In Comskip 0.77 build 65 I added a parameter to ignore a certain amount of pixels at the bottom of the screen.
This is useful if you have a ticker tape or fixed logo at the bottom of the screen and still want to be able to detect black frames.
The default is:
ticker_tape=0
the value is the amount of pixels from the bottom of the screen to ignore
Hey again everyone! As a quick update to those who spent so much time helping me out with my last problem I thought I would give you all an update real quick.
I was able to record shows fine on only one input of my PVR-500 but the other would always be a 0Kb file. Well, Hauppauge tech support told me to send the card back to them and they would replace it for me...they didn't even ask me for any information regarding where/when it was purchased or anything! What great guys and gals In either case, my new one works great!
Anyway...on to my new question...here is a scenario:
-Totally formatted hard drive gets Win XP Pro put on it (and all necessary drivers and Windows updates)
Which codecs am I going to need to go get in order for GBPVR to properly record shows.
My new card worked fine on an old machine with tons of crap on it, but I wanted to wipe it clean and turn it into a dedicated HTPC. Now I find that GBPVR is indeed recording my programs but when I go to play them back I see a black screen and no audio.
Anyone have any quick ideas so that I won't have to hunt down every codec that I even had on that computer?
I'm not sure if this should be here, or under the Wishlist forum.
I've been playing around with GB-PVR on my laptop (no tuning capabilities, but I wanted to see how the UI was before deciding to dump MythTV and going with GB-PVR), and thus far, I like what I see. I'm busy for the next week or so, but after that, I'll do a hard drive swap and install Windows and GB-PVR. It also gets high marks from a friend of mine who is pretty picky too, so it must be pretty good.
Anyway... I have a situation that I suspect may not be unique (though it might be). The apartment complex where I live provides their own cable services. They are listed in Zap2It, and I can retrieve the listings, both with GB-PVR and MythTV. But, there is one catch - they at some point changed their channel lineup, and the listings at Zap2It don't reflect it.
When I say that they changed their channel lineup, what I mean is that they kept the same channels, but changed the feed. The programs for the cable provider, with the exception of the local channels (and maybe even the local channels) come in from DirecTV - most of them (except the local channels) are in the Eastern timezone (I'm in California, so Pacific here). This is not a problem for me (that's why I run PVR software, to record my stuff), but what is a problem is that the listings for some of the channels are three hours off - the listings are for the Pacific feed, but they show the Eastern feed (so the shows are on three hours before the listings say they are). This is not the case for all channels - maybe about 10 of them, but it means that I have a few recording profiles scheduled by time, rather than the guide listings. This is a real pain, especially if I miscalculate the time.
Is there any way (or will there be any way) to take the DataDirect listings and offset selected channels by a time offset? This would fix my problem. MythTV doesn't currently do this in the stable version, but I think that the development version does - I haven't tried it, and really, with all of the quirks of the hardware in Linux and such, although I'm quite comfortable with it, I'd like to simplify my life by going to a Windows solution.
I've contacted Zap2It, and received an encouraging response from them initially, but they haven't taken any action (this was a month ago that I requested their assistance). My cable provider isn't helping any either.
Does anybody have any suggestions? Or am I looking at developing a plug-in?
Hi I get the "No tuners are available to watch the requested chanel. You can choose to watch on of the currently recording programs" message when I try to watch live TV.
But I am not recordings anything. When I open up the GB-PVR recording status its red, but it doesnt say anything about what it is or isnt recording. I've never seen it like this. It just shows the blue windows bar with the minim, maximize and close button, but nothing under it! Everything was working fine before but then I had hard drive problems (but that should be unrelated).
Ive tried reinstalling gb-pvr and no luck. I installed the mpeg2 decoder http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/software/...wsmd05.exe here but no luck. I got winTv2000 installed and it works fine for all chanels. When I use the GB-PVR tuning assistant all the chanels show up fine!
I am really confused, if anyone can help, I will be forever indebted.
I use comskip to remove commercials from my recordings. Yesterday I tried to use the minimal OSD during playback option which worked fine. However, when I watch recordings, the auto skip does not work anymore. I can see the flagged gaps for commercials, however GB-PVR does not skip them any more. If I disable minimal OSD... option, the skipping works fine. Is it an either or, or is it a bug?
Hi,
I can't seem to get a progress bar to display when playing back recorded shows. I can get a progress bar when playing videos by pressing the blue button the Hauppauge remote, but this doesn't seem to do anything when it's a recorded show. Am I missing something???
Thanks for the help!
JC
Okay. Starting yesterday I started to get a low, but noticeable humm coming from my speakers. I have not loaded any new drivers or programs. i am working on an Nforce2 mobo using onboard sound with 2.0 logitech speakers. I have updated the audio driver....still there. I unplugged the jack and powercord incase they werent sufficiently grounded...still there. Im running out of ideas. One item of note is that if there is something bright "like white or yellow" on my TV screen, the humm is louder.
In either case, my new one works great!
