Hi,

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?

Thanks,

Stuart.

Hi, is there a way to tell GBRecord to continue recording 24/7 and change the filename it writes to with an adjustable parameter?

If, no, is there any chance this can be incorporated into a future version of this great program?

Regards
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Sub,

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).

You've probably spotted this already though....


Cheers

Steve

Great job on the new release!

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.

Burning data discs from the remote control would be exemplary. The data

discs would have video files (mpeg,avi,divx) written thru the gbpvr program

preferbly. This is just an idea in order to create discs for special dvd players

for playback in the living room for those who don't have the MVP.

I hope that noone stated this idea before, or I will look like a fool.

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.

Any idea ?

can't get comskip working.....

any idea?...I get error messages throughout the day from windows about comskip

Raven:

Getting mega errors in my pictures 3 beta since the GBpvr upgrade. log entries below.

11/28/2005 12:16:46 AM.229 ERROR [2] Error initializing menu plugin: D:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\\plugins\MyPicturesPlugin.dll
11/28/2005 12:16:46 AM.229 ERROR [2] Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
11/28/2005 12:16:46 AM.229 ERROR [2] at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly)
at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic)
at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type)
at xd426863f4d052758.xc4f12ec3a8a4c96b.xb77fa95273e0c228()

everything after the word error was just blah, blah, blah, yadda yadda yadda to me. Could you possibly translate?

For some reason unknown to me, the My Videos plugin stopped coming up when I run gbpvr. It just gets ignored..like its not there.... I looked around to see what might have happened and I see this in the logs..
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11/27/2005 10:53:49 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] first update not needed
11/27/2005 10:53:49 PM.921 VERBOSE [2] second update not needed
11/27/2005 10:53:49 PM.968 VERBOSE [2] third update not needed
11/27/2005 10:53:50 PM.031 ERROR [2] Error initializing menu plugin: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\\plugins\MyVideosPlugin.dll
11/27/2005 10:53:50 PM.031 ERROR [2] Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
11/27/2005 10:53:50 PM.046 ERROR [2] at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly)
at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic)
at a6.e()
11/27/2005 10:53:50 PM.046 ERROR [2] Inner exception: System.Xml.XmlException: The root element is missing.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlValidatingReader.ReadWithCollectTextToken()
at System.Xml.XmlValidatingReader.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename)
at MyVideosPlugin.FileList.init(String skinDirectory, SkinHelper skinHelper, XmlDocument settings)
at MyVideosPlugin.MyVideosTask..ctor()
11/27/2005 10:53:50 PM.046 ERROR [2] at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlValidatingReader.ReadWithCollectTextToken()
at System.Xml.XmlValidatingReader.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename)
at MyVideosPlugin.FileList.init(String skinDirectory, SkinHelper skinHelper, XmlDocument settings)
at MyVideosPlugin.MyVideosTask..ctor()
11/27/2005 10:53:50 PM.046 VERBOSE [2] MyVideosEvent created
11/27/2005 10:53:50 PM.062 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ShowButtons
11/27/2005 10:53:50 PM.062 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/ShowButtons : TV Guide,Search Guide,Live TV,Net Radio,FM Radio (has settings),Recordings,Music Library,Video Library,Exit
11/27/2005 10:53:50 PM.062 VERBOSE [2] GuideMenuTask created

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Two questions: is this pathname correct with the double \\?
C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\\plugins\MyVideosPlugin.dll

is this a problem? dont know what it means.
System.Xml.XmlException: The root element is missing.

THanks for the help. Steve