Hi,
I am currently trying to decide whether to use BeyondTV or GB-PVR for my HTPC. I love the idea of the GB-PVR project and the great work by its creator and the developers of the fantastic plugins, and the program itself seems to work well for me. Unfortunately, I'm experiencing an absolute showstopper, which is that the channel listing guide is missing about 3/4ths of my channels!
I'm using the Zap2It service in NY, USA. It lists all of the channels, and they're checked in the setup screen, but when it downloads the program listing (which takes an awfully long time), most of them are missing. There seems to be no pattern to it; the channels skip from like 1-4; 7,8,11, 16, 17-21, 27, 30-33, etc. I'm not sure if it's the same channels missing from the lineup after every channel download, though.
So, does anyone know what could be going on? I use Time Warner digital cable in Queens, NY which has about 1000 total channels (though I'd use only about 100 of them at most). Is there some kind of numerical limit to the number of channels GB-PVR will show? Would it help if I unchecked all the PPV, etc channels I won't use? Is there an alternate service (I haven't tried looking into the XML option; don't quite know how it works yet)
I've currently set up my postprocessing.bat file to automatically extract commercials using Comskip and VideoReDo. Now I'm looking to add some stuff to that batch file to autocompress the video, to save on HD space.
VirtualDub seems to have a good set of command line options (so it can be set to execute in a batch file) but my question would be the output file.
Say I started with:
<show name>.mpg
and ended up with
<show name>_orig.mpg
and
<show name>.avi
Would GBPVR play the file correctly if the extension is changed? Can GBPVR even handle playing DivX encoded AVI files at all?
I'm new to GBPVR but wanted to give it a try after mixed experiences with Showshifter and MediaPortal.
Problem is it claims to work with the Pinnacle Mediacentre 300i DVB-T cardbut I tried setting it up as described in the help GBPVR help file and it doesnt appear to work. I used the BDA recording plugin to set up the capture card. The Pinnacle is listed under that plugins menu but I see no other way to set it up. It appears to refer to a satellite card ? The Pinnacle is a Anntenae powered card but there is no where to set it up.
So Skype a few months ago released an open API. I have found a .NET port that seems to have some good functionality. I wanted to get some requirements and ideas for a UI.
Requirements -
View Buddy List ( with icon support )
Add a Buddy
Place a Active Call
View Missed Calls
View Active Calls
Mute Call
Current User Status
Other things
- View chat messages
- Send chat message
- Chat message history
- Version info
- Search for User
- Lookup user profile.
Is it better to structure it like theater or recordings? With a button for each type of operation
Buddy List, Active Calls, Missed Calls, Active Chats, Missed Chats etc....
I am not sure if I how much time I have to work on it but I might start it.
Wasn't sure where to post this so decided to put it here.
After many happy months running a dual tuner setup with GBPVR I decided it was time to utilize an extra couple of tuners I've had lying around from 'old' projects. This meant scrapping my beloved Silverstone LC11M case (only 2 expansion slots) and replacing it with a shiny new Silverstone SG01 (v. funky 'shuttle' like case with 4 slots! - definately reccomended for anyone who needs to take full advantage of a M-ATX board).
My new build now has 2 X GDI Black Gold Signature, 1 X Nebula PCI and 1 X Nova T USB 2 (I wired this into a header on the MB and mounted the unit internally to keep everything out of sight). I've gota admit that I was quite worried about how GBPVR would cope but after 4 days heavy testing it's solid as a rock and easily records 4 X DVB channels while watching a pre recorded show at the same time!!
Just out of interest I tried a couple of the 'other' pvr apps with my new config and only one even attempted to work...for about 30 seconds before complete lock up.
Hats off to Sub.....yet again GBPVR proves it's worth. Now I wonder where I could fit a fifth tuner?........
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I bought one as it was a little cheaper than the hauppage . It works well with its own bundled software (which is relatively primative) but is a NIGHTMARE to set up with GBPVR seemingly due to various bda / muxer /demuxer issues. I've wasted many hours trying to set it up, so far without success. Others seem to be having similar problems buthave got there in the end. My advice would be to go for another card if you want to install GB-PVR. If anyone disagrees and has a surefire way of setting up a Twnhan DTB-T for GBPVR then put me out of my misery and post anm explanation ASAP!
I have added the MyPictures plugin, but it doesn't appear on the menu. I also get "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" errors on other screens. When trying to play mp3s or video and whenever i stop a recording from playing, i then get dumped back to the main menu.
Been looking around awhile for the answer to this - when restarting a Windows XP SP1 machine the GBPVR recording services start and run in the background - no problem.
How can I envoke GBPVR to show full screen at start-up. The system I am running GBPVR on will act soley as a PVR. I currently access the GBPVR system using "Simple Desktop" from a laptop over an in-house wireless network. GBPVR has been configured and is working very well, therefore access to it will be minimal, we also have an MVP for watching recorded media elsewhere in our house.
