Hello there everyone, I have been working with a different software package and wanted to give GB-PVR a fair shake, but I have been having problems with getting this to work. I had posted a message once before and it was moved off the boards so my hope is that this time the post/thread stays here so that I can easily find out how to resolve my issues.
First, my existing equipment:
Dell Dimension 8200, P4, 1.7GHz Processor, 512 MB DDR2 RAM
Windows MCE 2005 (update rollup 2 applied)
Dvico Fusion Lite 5 (HDTV Tuner) - Newest Drivers as of 10/25/05
WinTV PVR-150 (Basic/Extended Basic Cable Tuner) - Newest Drivers as of 10/25/05
IR stuff from WinTV PVR-150
Audigy 2z Value Sound Card
EVGA Nvidia 6600 PCI Video Card (newest drivers as of 10/25/05)
Radio Shack Amplified indoor HDTV Antenna (signals scanned with other software at 95-100% strength)
Dell 19" Flat Panel Display (for setup only)
Long Term will be connected to:
52" Toshiba HDTV Monitor
NAD T762 Receiver
Harmony 680 Remote
Ok, now for the problem I am having.
I installed GB-PVR using default directory structure, I went in to configure the sources, so I create an entry for my Dvico HDTV tuner, set it up to grab the EPG information from Zap2it.com. I create a second entry for my PVR-150 and set it up to grab the EPG data from zap2it as well. Left it with 4 days of information to grab. I click out to save the information, and then go back into the config program to tell it to update the EPG information by clicking the button. It says it is retrieving info, which I am sure it is doing. BUT, the problem is that I see all these check boxes that are disabled and I am unable to check them and make them permanently checked. How can I tell which channels listed there are HDTV signals (I thought the DT at the end was one of them)...but why would I see these channels listed in the PVR-150channel listing? I'm not understanding what is going on, where the information is coming from, how I am supposed to modify this information.
Oh my God I am rambling...HELP ME!
Then again, I am confused how can I find out what the steps I need to do are to get this setup?
I'm not sure what the call this problem, but here I go.
When I play a recording, a video file or live TV I am unable to use the controls untill I click.
What I understand is hapening is that when the video starts playing it brings GBPVR out of focus (Not: you dont actually see anything different). At this point most (maybe all) of the controls dont function. If I use the mouse to left click (thus bring it "in focus") then I can use all the controls (ratio, FF, RW, guide).
Is this a known issue?
At first I though it was a codec problem, I tried every codec I could think of and they all do the same thing.
Then I thought it was the sub-par video hardware on the ASUS Pundit so I tried it on another system of mine that has a Radeon 9600 Pro. Same results.
At this point I also beleive a friend of mine is having the same issue on his Pundit-R (ATI Based). I have not tried it on Nvidia hardware (Will try later today).
Anyone else have this problem? Is it just a setting or something I'm missing?
Changes in 0.77.76
- Solved a bug that might cause a crash when live_tv is on on a very long recording
- Solved a bug that might cause a crash when the timeline of the input mpeg is severily corrupt
- Improved the heuristics related to Aspect Ratio mismatch
- Improved the heuristics related to logo changes
Changes in 0.77.68
- Fixed a bug in the support for cuttermaran
- Added the information required to run cuttermaran from the commandline
Changes in 0.77.66
- Added support for output for cuttermaran
Changes in 0.77.65
- Added the ticker_tape option to ignore a certain amount of pixels at the bottom. Nice if you have a continues ticker tape or fixed logo at the bottom and still want to detect black frames for the rest of the screen.
TipStir - any help you could give me to get My Pictures working with your Media LE skin would be really appreciated as I'd hate to have to go back to the basic Blue skin after getting "hooked" on yours.
Posted by: Slacker - 2005-10-27, 10:02 AM - Forum: Hardware
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Hello all
I'm hoping someone can help me. I'm having trouble getting GB-PVR up and running with my new KWorld DVT-B PCI card, and I know from searching the forums that this is not an uncommon problem! I'm trying to follow the solutions people have posted, but I cant seem to get hold of the suggested drivers.
But this doesnt appear to exist on the Kworld FTP server anymore. Does anyone know where I can get hold of it? I'm about to throw the damn thing out the window. :mad:
When I first set up my MVP (rev D1) I had it connected directly to my router (Belkin F5D7231-4) along with the PC running GBPVR (0.9413), two other wired PC's and a laptop connected to the wireless. Every once in a while the MVP would lose connection and go to the main menu. It seemed to do this only when there was high network traffic on the router from the other PC's. The WAF was losing points so I thought I would give an alternate setup a try.
What I did was put my MVP and my GBPVR PC on a Netgear 5 port 10/100 switch I had laying around. I connected that switch to one of the now free ports on the router. This way I know that my MVP to GBPVR traffic was truly segregated from the rest of the network traffic in and out of the router. Now I know some will say that the switch built into the router should handle the switching and this shouldn't be an issue. That is SOMEWHAT true. The buffer cache in the router could be running full and if there is a lot of traffic then the logical "switches" will get refreshed frequently.
With the MPV and GBPVR off of the router's switch it hasn't disconnected or restarted in 3 days. Not even once.
Maybe it is an issue with my router but I believe this is the best setup to go with for a wired system with moderate to heavy network use.
If you are having disconnect issues and have access to a switch then you should give this a try. Helped the WAF here immensely!
