Great pvr by the way. I'm torn between Beyond TV and GBPVR... Both very great products.

I would like to be able to toggle between windowed and fullscreen mode without having to exit out to the menu. I understand I can maximise it but thats not the point. I might sit here and do some work in windowd mode and want to be able to sit back in fullscreen without having to exit out of timeshift mode and lose my buffer.

I have obtained two OEM PowerDVD5 CDs (one with ATI 550 capture card, and one with DVD drive), and both "appear" to have full 5 channel Dolby Digital using the inbuilt Cyberlink audio filter, but they actually are 2 channel stereo with surround sound effect enabled. If you go into the PowerDVD audio configuration and go into the advanced setup and disable the effects, then you hear the true output which is only 2 channel stereo (this of course is not an issue if you are using SPDIF output).

Also when PowerDVD installes, the Cyberlink audio decoder becomes the Windows default audio filter, hence same issue to gbpvr when configured to use the default audio decoder or Cyberlink audio decoder.

I know the title is freaky. Sorry.

My TVGuide shows about 5-6 days. Today I saw a show in the guide that appeared about 2 hours ago. I wanted to add a weekly (timeslot) reoccurring recording, but that show is weekly, so I don't have the next one in the guide yet. If I press OK on the previous one, all I get is "Exit". Can't set a recurring recording. I'd like to.

Thanks,
GGF

The "AC3 Filter" is recommended on many threads on various forums but in my opinion it causes more trouble than its worth. There are several versions of the AC3 Filter, and the 3 commonly mentioned ones are shown below. I use the Intervideo video decoder filter, VMR9, and Dx9b quartz.dll, and this is what I've found:

ver 0.70b (incl fix patch), causes problems with live-preview not working
ver 1.01a RC5, causes video jitter and 0MB recordings
ver 1.02A test3, causes subtle video jitter which you can see if you closely study objects as they are moving (compared to a standalone TV), and occasional studder

I uninstalled the AC3 filter (needs to be fully uninstalled to fix problems) and instead went to the Intervideo audio filter, and now video movement is very smooth with no jitter or studdering.

I have been having trouble with the last few versions of GBPVR. The last version that worked consistently for me was version GBPVR09112b.

The problem versions install with no errors, but after 30 – 60 minutes of viewing recorded data on my MVP, the connection drops and usually cannot be reconnected until I open config and hit OK. In addition, when I right-click on the tray monitor app, nothing happens (the little option menu will show up after I hit the OK in config). It appears this is related to the disconnection problem.

My last attempt at installing GBPVR09310 was after in-installing a previous version, deleting everything in the gbpvr directory; then installing with no plug-ins or any settings from the previous version.

The only log error is in gbpvr.exe.log:
21-Aug-05 1227.089 ERROR [2] Unable to find node: /settings/SpecialElements/SpecialElement[@name="MenuType"]

No errors in any other log files, including GBPVRTray.exe.log

Any ideas? I used GBPVR09112b until recently, but would like to use the current version for the significant improvements and support for current plug-ins.


Stan


MVP rev E1, 2.4.23055 (also tried 2.5.23209)
XP Pro, SP1 (updated as of this morning)
ZoneAlarm
1 gig memory (~650M free at time of problem)
no indications in Task Manager that there is a problem

I have an MVP on the TV in my bedroom which is connected to the PC in an adjacent room with a crossover cable. I like it (with GBPVR) so much that I'd like to connect the 32" TV in the family room downstairs. I think I can run the cable through the heating air ducts to get there.
My question is, how do I go about hooking up a second MVP. I'm guessing that I'll have to buy a router and connect the router to the PC with an ethernet cable. What do I connect both MVPs to the router with, crossover or ethernet cable? What's this gonna cost me?
Second question, can two MVPs be playing videos at the same time?
Thanks in advance
Jerry

Hey everyone,

So I got my wireless network all setup and stuff and the mediamvp is seeing it but it tends to hang when it gets to the "Loading Application" Screen. I find that the only way I can power through this screen to get to GBPVR is to jumpstart it by connecting it to a wired network.

Any ideas how I might be able to get around this? As you might image connecting a 50 foot cord doesn't go over to well with the misses.

Dubya

I've just been looking at how dvr-ms playback on the MVP works. The process to convert a one hour programme (dvr-ms format) to the temp. mpg file used for the playback, took 58 seconds according to the Trans2MVP logfile. This is pretty lightweight stuff. So, wishlist entry...

An option in GB-PVR to have it automatically convert anything recorded in dvr-ms format to MPEG format at the end of the recording.

Using dvr-ms format is my preferred format at the moment as it is consistently stable. I like the fact that dvr-ms playback is supported on the MVP but the lack of the Resume feature can be a minor problem in my house (my wife often watches a long film over a period of 2 or 3 days in bite-size chunks).

Cheers,
Brian

Hey to all,

I need your help.
As you can see in this thread nVidia GeForce FX5200 and VMR9 on 2nd Display Device it's not possible with the nVidia GeForce FX5200 to play LivePreview with VMR9 on the 2nd Display Device.

So to solve this little problem I just want to buy a new graphics card. But I don't know which one does not have the same problem as mine.

Can you tell me if the combination VMR9/LivePreview/2nd Display works with your card? (and of course the name of your card )

Thanx in advance
Tommi

Ok, I have a working gbpvr, but when I hooked up the second MVP and try and watch TV at location 1 and location 2 I get the following error on the TV screen:
No tuners available to watch the requested channel

I have both capture devices set up
I assumed that the card would split the channels, but could be wrong here.

Thanks for any help
Tenspeed