Modern families watch tv in small groups, not as a unit.
I would like a way to manually mark who in the family has watched and finished with a recording, or wants specifically to ask it not be deleted yet.
Just now we just get together every few days and have a "deleting" session agreeing what can go and what should be kept. Some sort of simple tag that could be updated after watching a recording could help with this chore.
Would best be doable from mvp or computer screen.
After spending quite some time this last week to get GBPVR set up (novice user alert!) it would be really great if the setup process, especially channel tuning, could be made to be a little smarter. If at all possible I would like to see:
1. Configuration for UK Bleb plugin (or maybe even XMLTV itself?) updated to grab groups of pre-set channels (eg. choice of Freeview, TOTV, Sky etc. channels from a menu).
2. Tuning dialog to put digital radio channels in a seperate list from the TV channels selected.
3. Tuning dialog to warn if expected channels (ie those selected for inclusion in the EPG) were not found?
4. Ability to setup timeshared channels in tuning dialog without having to rescan manually at different times of the day. For example on Freeview CBBC becomes BBC3 at 7pm so if you scan too early you might not get BBC3 in the channel list though you will get them seperately in your EPG. Assigning BBC to CBBC or vice versa appears to confuse the hell out of the EPG at the moment :-)
5. It would be useful if the tuning dialog was able to handle channel names a bit more smartly - could there be a map between BBC ONE, BBC1 and BBC 1 for example? this would reduce the amount of frantic mousing required to get things working.
At home, I have GBPVR with a Hauppauge Nova-t and I use a Pinnacle Showcenter to watch recorded TV on the TV. A colleague of mine is interested in having a similar setup but I don't know what to recommend.
It's taken me about 2 years to get everything working as it should. I've had numerous different software packages, some other media streamer before I found the Showcenter and even a replacement PC. I'm still not confident enough to tell him to go out and buy all the same bits that I have even though my setup now works. It would be a disaster if I landed him with a couple of years worth of dissappointment.
Since I started my own project, Windows Media Center edition has been released. It's certaining something he should consider but what are the pros and cons of something like that compared to the excellent GBPVR and an independant streamer?
Don't know if you've fixed this in the latest v95 version.... (apologies if you have)
I've found a bug in the way conflicts are handled when you have 2 (virtual) tuners.
My setup has one physical PVR150, configured as 2 tuners:
1: Telewest (cable box controlled by USB-UIRT)
2: Terrestrial (normal channels off Antenna no changer required, used for Channels 1 - 5)
Situation:
1) Do a reoccuring schedule for something on tuner 2 (e.g. the daily daytime rubbish on Channel 1) I call this SHOW A. It's on everyday Mon-Fri same slot.
2) Schedule reoccuring SHOW B the similar daytime rubbish on Channel 3, scheduled as a *deliberate* conflict. (again this should be on Tuner 2)
What I see in SCHEDULED_RECORDINGS table.
SHOW A is scheduled correctly all shows scheduled on Tuner 2 Status 0.
SHOW B is scheduled INCORRECTLY all shows scheduled on TUNER **1** Status 5 (I assume 5 means conflict).
Even if I remove the conflict the Status changes OK but the Tuner remains 1 (i.e. incorrect).
Repeated above experiment but removed one of the SHOW A schedules (e.g. Wednesday) before I scheduled the SHOW B slots.
Results: All the show Bs are scheduled wrong except for the "Wednesday" one where I pre removed the conflict.
This results in shows not recording (coz the tuner's wrong).
I saw that you added support for the MCE2005 ir blaster. This seems nice, as I can get one of those cheaper than I can get a USB-URIT. A few questions though. Some of these I guess Sub is more suited to answer, others might be more aimed at other readers =)
a) Can I use GBPVR to learn my STB remote, or do I need another program for that (previously people have used HIP, if I understand correctly)
b) Can I use the ir blaster from the MCE2005 only, and still use my universal remote that I use today? Alternatively, is the MCE2005 a learning remote in the meaning that I can teach it the remote codes of my TV, Surround system, etc?
c) Would I have an equal chance to teach the MCE2005 the remote of my STB as I would have with the USB-UIRT, or would I have a greater chance with the USB-UIRT? The remote I'm using is in the 56 KHz band, so it's not in the "normal" 32 KHz.
When I updated to v.44 I had a problem that XGuide would only show 8 channels. Althoug the Guides.xml file correctly shows the channels that I want to exclude, the Guide2JConfigForm displays the channels to be excluded in the exclude and include tables. I have enclosed an example of the duplicate channels. How do I fix this? (Please note that the regular TV Guide works without any problems.) I have also upgraded to version 9.5.11 tonight and I still have the problem.
Before today, LiveTV was working perfectly, but now, LiveTV shows a black screen. However, I can still hear the tv sound.
I've tried to uninstall GBPVR, delete the whole installation directory, upgrade to the lastest version, but I still have the problem.
My tv card is an ATI 550 Pro.
remote, or do I need another program for that (previously people have used HIP, if I understand correctly)
