It's an ATI 9250 with DVI, VGA, and S-Video out. Also, VIVO
Does this hardware combo look ok?
I have some dumb questions, any answers are greatly appreciated:
1. Would the gbpvr box take the place of my cable box? If so, is there any reason that it wouldn't work, such as not being "official" hardware?
2. can I custom set recording resolutions, so for shows in HDTV, I could have it record in HDTV resolution, but for SDTV it would record at "normal" resolutions?
3. If I have the gbpvr box networked, could I grab shows and watch them on my other computer (which happens to have a very nice 1920 x 1200 screen)?
4. Hypothetically speaking, would the gbpvr be able to get more channels out of the digital cable? Would I need some sort of software signal descrambler?
5. VIVO: the card I linked to shows a special looking cable with four connectors on one end, and one single connector on the other, which I assume plugs into the card. The other 4 look like, maybe, different types of video connections? I assume 2 go out, 2 come in since it's VIVO? The two that look like they go out, do they look like an s-video cable and a component video cable? It would be nice to have both options, until I actually have a real HDTV. For now, the tv I'm using only has basic 1-cable component input.
I've been a pretty big fan of the XMedia skins that have been created for GBPvr! Very enjoyable!!
I have three questions...
1. They are a little fuzzy on my MVP (Hauppauge "everything" --150 card and MVP) It's not that bad, but I guess my eyesight is getting a little more fuzzy as I get older. The shows come in great, it's just that the menus in the skinds are a little fuzzy.
2. This newest version of xmedia (http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Skin/XMedia) displays (in the static picture in Wiki) some additional graphics which don't show up in my version after I installed it. '1' is the "19" graphic (I'm not sure what that represents) and the other is the long graphic at the top. Instead I just have a blank space. I'm also not sure what that graphic is suppose to represent.
3. My last question is 'why' are there always 2 or 3 files to install? I'm sure there is a valid reason -- it's just not apparent to those of us who download and install it. It just seems kind of strange to download a series of files -- each with their own installation without any real reason why.... Not really a complaint, just curiosity..... One would think that a single installation file would be sufficient? (again -- not a complaint -- just curious).
Good work on the graphics...!! I really enjoy the skins
Is there any reason not to do this?
For instance 93.10 is working just right, the W and K have taken complete advantage of the 200gb drive capacity.
I'd like to test the features of the newest gbpvr version so I thought I'd just install in in another directory and play around with it when nobodys watching the TV and when they want to watch or record I'll just run gbpvr from the 93.10 subdriectory?
I only use the remote for GBPvr and was looking at the Manual. I noticed that if you don't have the ir software running that came with the PVR150 that GBPvr should be able to use the remote when it's not the window in focus. However this doesn't seem to be working for me.
I did check the use direct access box in the config. Any thoughts?
I wanted to ask peoples opinions on what kind of wireless keyboard they have/like/want. I personally want basically a keyboard with a fully functional trackball nailed to the side of it, but so far I havent seen anything that looks perfect. Also, IR/RF/Bluetooth opinions are welcome.
I like the new update and stuill messing around with the new additions. My problem is the conversion processing. Mpg to WMV works and I have audio, however the XVid & Divx gives me converted video and no audio. I need help
I'm having problems with my MVP and dongle.bin. I have to run the Hauppauge service so that the MVP picks up dongle.bin even though I do have a DHCP server (a Netgear DM602 router) in the network. I power off the MVP quite regularly so it's a little irritating to have to stop and start the Hauppauge services all the time.
Strangely the MVP will boot up immediately after renewing the IP address of the GBPVR server through ipconfig. This only seems to work once though.
My ASUS Pundit-R is connected via S/PDIF to SONY DAV-SC6. When I watch recorded TV shows, everything hears ok (as TV shows are in 2.0 - stereo modes, Sony receiver detects signal as PCM). When I want to watch DVD from GBPVR, it seems like GBPVR (or audio codec?) downsamples DD5.1 or DTS to 2.0 and passes this to my receiver as general stereo audio, which receiver spreads to all 5 loudspeakers using Pro Logic. So, the audio I could hear is not the same audio I hear then I put DVD directly to Sony DVD player. If I open the same DVD from InterVideo WinDVD or CyberLink PowerDVD which both has setup to send its audio output to S/PDIF the Sony receiver detects audio as DD5.1 or DTS and the sound field is the same as I put it directly to Sony player.
So, is there any solution / any comment on that how to "teach" GBPVR DVD player to passthrough its audio to S/PDIF not to mix with it?
