Just wanted to advise you that there are 2 issues with tuning TV channels on the ATI Theater 550 in New Zealand (PAL B)
1. The Tuning Assistant is not detecting all the working channels, and the displayed frequency is wrong. It appears this utility is simply a front-end to the automatic tuning capability of the 550 card so I'm guessing this is more of an issue with the card itself.
2. Entering manual frequencies into gbpvr in place of channel numbers only works for the vision but the nicam audio does not work.
My workaround is to install MediaPortal and manually define TV channels in that application, then use gbpvr Tuning Assistant which will then detect all the channels and nicam works. This obviously shows my bias towards gbpvr
I am trying to get DVR-MS Playback working on my MVP
Ive got the latest version of GBPVR installed and .wmv playback is working without any problems on the mvp
Ive also installed powervcr II, as if i have read the forum correctly this will install the cyberlink mux?
On selecting a dvr-ms file for playback transmvp runs and playback starts, but there is no picture and occasional sound.
Ive rendered the dvr-ms file in graphedit and its shows mainconcept(hauppauge) mpeg video decoder and for audio, mainconcept(hauppauge) mpeg audio decoder, is this correct?
Hi everyone. I feel like I'm soooo close to getting this to work, I can taste it. Please help if you know what I'm doing wrong.
So I can view live TV on the PC using GB-PVR. I've disabled the two hauppauge services, and can get the GB-PVR menu up on the connected TV set, but when I click on "Live Tv" with the remote for the MVP, I get a black screen with the message:
"No tuners are available to watch the request channel. You can choose to watch one of the currently recording programmes: "Dont Watch TV".
I can watch pre-recorded videos just fine, but cannot get live TV on the TV.
First of all, let me say that I really like the GBPVR, all the plugins and the Music Panel display on the main menu.
I think this is a small thing, more of a nuisance than anything, but it would be nice if the Music Panel could pick up and display the song name from Net Radio when it's playing instead of displaying the name of the stream file. The song name is properly displayed on the Net Radio screen, so it seems like it would be available.
Once again, thank you all for all your effort! This is a great system!
Has anyone had any success using DVRtoMPG available from sourceforge? It's a command-line utility that converts dvr-ms files to mpeg2. I get an error on 'loadMux()'. The error (0x80040154) in the Winerror.h file suggests a class isn't registered.
The utility has no documentation and all I can find from various user forums is that I need the Cyberlink MpgMux.ax (which I have and it is registered). Any ideas?
Alternatively, recommendations for othe command-line utilities to do the same (freeware or cheap shareware)? My attempts so far to build a DirectShow graph in C# have failed miserably.
I run a dual-boot Windows XP Pro SP2 and MCE2005 setup, using a Hauppauge Nova-t PCI (Chelsea) and HVR-1300 (Oxford). Under XP Pro, I could scan channels fine, but under MCE2005 it was nescessary to set BDAScanType to 2.
Was this option put in for MCE2005 or is it something else that caused it?
I now have a PVR250 and PVR500, so 3 tuners.
As I was testing around, I found out that I can only cancel recordings a limited number of times (it looks like once only)
If I say "quick record", then cancel it, then do quick record again, then I have a duplicate in the recording schedule table, as well as duplicate files, and I can't cancel the recordings anymore
Here's the recording schedule table
Code:
oid programme
_oid capture_
source
_oid status filename
135 8995 2 2 \\ROQUEFORT\MEDIA\TV_SHOWS\One Life to Live\One Life to Live_20050817_14001500-4.mpg
136 8995 2 1 \\ROQUEFORT\MEDIA\TV_SHOWS\One Life to Live\One Life to Live_20050817_14001500-5.mpg
137 8697 3 2 \\ROQUEFORT\MEDIA\TV_SHOWS\The 700 Club\The 700 Club_20050817_14001500-4.mpg
138 8697 3 1 \\ROQUEFORT\MEDIA\TV_SHOWS\The 700 Club\The 700 Club_20050817_14001500-5.mpg
139 8793 4 2 \\ROQUEFORT\MEDIA\TV_SHOWS\As the World Turns\As the World Turns_20050817_14001500-3.mpg
140 8793 4 1 \\ROQUEFORT\MEDIA\TV_SHOWS\As the World Turns\As the World Turns_20050817_14001500-4.mpg
I'm thinking about building a new HTPC, and i think the Silverstone LC11M is a nice one. But this one needs a micro-Atx (mAtx) mainboard.
What is the best mATX mainboard, or chipset for a HTPC? It'll contain a PVR350, so should i stay away from Via? I think i'll put a Sempron in it, so it has to be socket 754.
The only chipsets i can find are:
- ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 Chipset
- VIA KM800
- nForce3 250 (but these ones are hard to find)
Which one is the best?
or should i stick with Socket A and search for an nForce2 board?
or should i save a little more money and search for a 939 with nForce4
Have recently downloaded the GBPVR software for the first time and have been seriously impressed. A seriously well thought out piece of software with some stunning looking skins.
As expected with new software, I have encountered a minor problem with my installation. (operator error strongly suspected)
Twinhan DVB-Sat card seems to work fine but the Twinhan DVB-T card in an adjacent slot fails to find any channels. Have tried selecting Sandy Heath transmitter - which is correct for Cambridge UK and also tried scanning for all regions.
System is as below
GBPVR Version: 0.93.10b
Skin: Xmedia LE
CPU Type: Pentium4 3Ghz
Memory: 1GB PC333
Motherboard Chipset: Asus P4P800 (Intel 865PE Chipset + ICH5R)
Video Card: Ati Radeon 9600XT 128MB Ram (fanless)
Video Card Driver: Ati Catalyst5.7 with Ati control panel
TV Card #1: PMI Sweetspot PDI Delux RGB/PDI input card
TV Card Driver #1: Sweetspot WDM driver (version 1)
TV Card #2: Twinhan PCI DVB-Sat CI
TV Card Driver #2: Twinhan BDA driver version 1.219
TV Card #3: Twinhan PCI DVB-Ter
TV Card Driver #3: Twinhan BDA driver version 1.219
Also have an Xcard fitted but have not yet tried configuring this or the sweetspot RGB aquisition card.
Attached file shows an error but I am unsure of how to fix it. I'm sure the DVB-T card works as Mediaportal is able to tune it. Would be grateful for any advice.
Another clue might be that when attempting to tune both of the Twinhan cards the little preview window above the rescan button is blank. Presumably some obscure .ax file is errant??? Have not yet changed my quartz.dll file so also have stuttering but will attend to PQ later.
