I have successfully configured xDVD, and it is working great, but it is not playing loud even if you turn up the volume of MVP to the max and TV's volume to 3/4.
Following up on alot of hand ringing over system instabliltiy and a lot of issues that I never was able to really resolve, I'm thinking of trowing in the towel and going with a new box with win media center pre-installed... Tiger Direct is selling a remanufatured gateway media center machine with all the bells and wistles for $434 and I'm really temped to go that route...
Nothing against GBpvr - in fact I'm a "donatar" - and have had alot of fun with the software... but I've also been responsible for teaching my children a few new swear words along the waym -- AND also note, that I'm inclined to be thinking the faults were hardware related anyway...
But - now faced with having to get new hardware - and having the opportunity to get media center included - I believe that maybe it's time to get a system that will be working out of the box with microsoft confirming that everyhting will work together...
What are your thoughts? Without judging the software involved too much, will getting a box "designed" for media center, with media center, help get me a more stable system that is less of a toy for me and an appliance for the family?
I'd love the functionalty to:
1) When browsing the TV Guide, just select a program and press "Record" on the remote and it would do a "quick record" just like going to the sub menu and selecting the menu item. (Play might start playing a show that's running.)
2) When in the recordings screen, one layer down (i.e. "inside a show" where the episodes are shown), pressing play would start playing, eliminating the need to go into the sub menu and select play there.
Nvidia MPEG2 and CyberLink PowerDVD: Recordings plays back choppy, not constantly, but every minute or two it seems like the image jumps. Live TV (not in timeshift mode) is much worse with choppiness every few seconds.
Intervideo WinDVD: Live TV and Recordings play smooth but the video quality is horrible. Recordings playback so dark that I can barely see anything in some scenes.
Elecard MPEG2 Codec: Live TV and Recordings are smooth and a little brighter then Intervideo WinDVD codec, but still too dark, and lots of lines through the video as if de-interlacing isn't working.
I would try the InterVideo NonCSS Video Decoder for Hauppauge if I knew where it was, but I'm guessing my 500MCE card doesn't come with a MPEG2 decoder since it's the MCE edition?
I've tried using VMR7 and Overlay Manager for each of those, and I also tried replacing the Quartz file which helped with choppiness, but did not eliminate it. I followed the steps on the Playback Wiki page, and yes Windows Media Player plays videos smooth and very nice with Nvidia MPEG2, but VMR7, Overlay in GBPVR make only a slight improvement to playback, still no where near WMP. FFDshow is not installed.
Could someone please tell me if there is a list of user bat files that are run when certain things happen - for instance I think there is a bat file that is run before or after a recording.
I'm particularly interested in being able to determine when:
A recording is just about to start - preferably a minute before GB-PVR sends the IR codes to my Sky box. So my PC can inform me not to use any remote controls until it has changed the channel.
An item has been added to the scheduler. This is for use by my program which forces the PC into standby mode when it determines that there is nothing to record or being recorded for a while.
Posted by: funkybro_uk - 2005-10-25, 10:41 AM - Forum: Wishlist
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I have finally got my wireless bridge to work, so I now have two MVPs. One for living room and one for bedroom. It would be lovely if I could use the default skin in the living room (widescreen TV), and a different skin with larger font size for the bedroom (14" portable TV). Potentially implemented by configuring attributes for each MVP's mac address?
Hehehe, well it's something to bear in mind if you ever reach the end of your TODO list eh Sub? ;-)
