Please post your best practices for optimizing XP so user of slower machines can get the best performance through XP. The goal is to create an improved machine without going so over board that one has to always troubleshoot the system after upgrades, etc...
I saw two "tweeking tools listed": nlite and XPlite. nlite's author posts to the effect - I got pushed this update out quickly becausee the errors in my last build were so bad. The second's web site does not inspire confidence... So before jumping into this myself and really screwing things up, I was hoping the users of gbpvr can give me some *safe* leads.
Thanks all... I think this thread can be useful for many, many people.
Sorry, I'm a noob here and I've just started playing with GBPVR. I'm sure my questions are already answered, but buggered if I can find where...
I bought SageTV, but I'm unhappy because first, it doesn't handle DVB, second, it seems to lose a lot of frames when capturing to SATA2. So I'm thinking of ditching it, but my main concern with GBPVR is Recordings: will GBPVR automatically skip programmes it has already recorded? If I tell it to record all instances of Lost on C4 (no timeslot), will it still skip the Sunday repeat?
Also, is there a way to make it always use 13:9 aspect ratio by default? It's a PITA to have to tell it *again* after changing channel...
It would be nice for tuning comskip if GBPVR could display the frame number in the playback OSD. Not sure if GBPVR currently knows or cares about frames?
For some things I intend to keep I have manually altered the comskip frame file. This is useful for blanking out pre and post padding on a recording even if it isn't actually a commercial. And also obviously for commercials that are missed or mistakenly split. I know I can do this with other software but it is when you are watching the program you notice the missed ads.
I would suggest that it might be a setting that could be turned on or off in the config.xml I doubt it needs to appear in the config.exe. (keep that simple)
Can I use the remote control from the Nova-T PCI to control :
1. GB-PVR ? (I remember someone told that the new Nova-T 90002 remote control will work but not the old model). Can anyone confirm this ?
2. Can I use it to control the PVR150MCE card? Do I need any software or plug-in to do this?
3. Can I use it for other applications (e.g. WMP, Cyberlink DVD, WinAMP etc.) ?
About a quarter of my recordings have stuffed sound. The whole show sounds like a WW1 machine gun! It not being consistent makes trouble shooting pretty hard but wonder if anyone else has any ideas.
I get black video screen on playback every time when I do the following:
either:
1, Go into TV guide and on occassion the MVP reboots.
2, Go into pending recordings guaranteed that the MVP will reboot and it will sometimes come back to main menu or come back in pending recordings.
In both cases if I then try to look at any video, either live or pre recorded the video will be black.
The "fix" that works almost every time is to turn off the MVP and turn it back on and go directly to the video I want to play without going to either place mentioned in 1, and 2. Playback is normal and everything is functional. Occasionally I have to restart the recording service.
If anyone has an idea I would appreciate it.
11/20/2005 1:01:58 PM.871 VERBOSE [65] MVP data read: 1 (4)
11/20/2005 1:01:58 PM.871 VERBOSE [65] User pressed: 19
11/20/2005 1:01:58 PM.933 VERBOSE [65] MVP sending frame
11/20/2005 1:01:59 PM.027 VERBOSE [65] frame sent
11/20/2005 1:01:59 PM.027 VERBOSE [65] MVP request processed
11/20/2005 1:01:59 PM.277 VERBOSE [65] MVP data read: 1 (3)
11/20/2005 1:01:59 PM.277 VERBOSE [65] MVP request processed
11/20/2005 1:01:59 PM.543 VERBOSE [65] MVP data read: 1 (4)
11/20/2005 1:01:59 PM.543 VERBOSE [65] User pressed: 13
11/20/2005 1:01:59 PM.558 VERBOSE [65] RecordingFactory.loadSchedule()
11/20/2005 1:01:59 PM.558 VERBOSE [65] getValue cached value: /settings/AutoRemoveMissingRecordings : true
11/20/2005 1:02:10 PM.058 VERBOSE [65] MVP sending frame
11/20/2005 1:02:10 PM.183 VERBOSE [65] frame sent
11/20/2005 1:02:10 PM.183 VERBOSE [65] MVP request processed
11/20/2005 1:02:10 PM.183 ERROR [65] handleMVPConnection() exception: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine
11/20/2005 1:02:10 PM.183 VERBOSE [65] at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags)
at xae10db17d26ba033.xbb1566157f5f8b1f.x3d75adb3418c5c9e()
at xae10db17d26ba033.xbb1566157f5f8b1f.xd3faf5962405de4e()
11/20/2005 1:02:10 PM.183 ERROR [65] MVPWorkerThread - Connection lost, waiting a new one
11/20/2005 1:02:10 PM.996 VERBOSE [65] MVP Control thread waiting connection
Have anyone tried to have two network card in the GBPVR Pc and have one card with fixed IP dedicated for MVP via a crossover cable. And the other networkcard for normal LAN traffic using DHCP or fixed IP?
Is anyone using MVP via crossovercable?
is the response faster when starting and "remoteclicking"?
I want to look a bug with CC playback. Can someone with a PVR250 or PVR350, and access to a web server, please help me out? I need a 5 minute capture of a show with closed caption information. One with lots of talking would be ideal.
Low bitrate would be preferrable to minimize the size of the file.
Is there a way to determine if a recording started late or ended early?
For instance, say I have a show scheduled to record all season. I boot up the PC after the show has started, and GBPVR starts recording as soon as it's up.
Any way to know that it didn't start when the show actually began?
