I am using Compro T200 and it is working fine on LiveTv.

When I record the picture is garbled (though not constantly), and the sound misses every other second.

Is there a better MPEG2 decoder I can use. If I install PowerDVD for example will that give me another option on the decoderlist.

I am still a newbie when it comes to understanding this program and how it works but hats off to all involved, I really like it.
That said, I can't get my config utility to accept my password for web access. When I make the change and close the utility it reverts to the previous one when I reopen it. Other changes seem to stick with no problem.
Of course what that means is I can never get past the login screen. Unfortunately, I don't even know what the current password is as I don't recall putting one in. Perhaps there's a default password that I need to use the first time before I can change it.
I've downloaded and installed the enhanced version for web access and have done everything I can think off short of reinstalling the entire program. I have read many posts in the forums and most of the wiki and I haven't found the answer yet.
Is this a program issue, a Microsoft setting or the user? Can I reset this somewhere inside the GBPVR folders? I'm open to any suggestions.
(I'm using Windows 2000 SP 4, Athlon 2100+, Hauppauge 150 PVR, Firefox, Zone Alarm and an SMC Barricade router if that helps.)
Thanks in advance!

I am using both the Hauppauge MediaMVP (wired) and WinTV-PVR 150MCE.

LiveTV works via GBPVR, but I can't seem to get it to work with my MediaMVP. When I power on the MediaMVP it hangs on the "Contacting Severs" screen. It really doesn't hangs it looks to be stuck in a loop, it continueously tries to connect to the GBPVR MVP server.

I basically followed these instructions: Happy PVR to me, by Jordan

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to watch LiveTV via my MediaPVR?

I was tinkering where you don't like us to, but it may have been worth it.

In direct.ini, I changed these to 0:
Gamma=AUTO
WhiteBalance=AUTO
Gain=AUTO

Do these do anything? I'm trying to tell if it's my imagination, or if it just fixed a problem I've always had w/ natural shadows in the picture getting washed out.


Also, what would changing these do (config.xml)?
<!-- overscan control (zoom is floating point, offset is integer (pixels)) -->
<HorizontalZoom>1</HorizontalZoom>
<HorizontalOffset>0</HorizontalOffset>
<VerticalZoom>1</VerticalZoom>
<VerticalOffset>0</VerticalOffset>

The nVidia card stretches the picture a little too much vertically, and I can't seem to tell it to do just one side. I tried letterbox, but it is too wide. I'd like to just pull down the overscan from the top/bottom just a small amount.

Btw, I know I do these at my own peril.

I have a COmpro T200 card - DVB etc.

I see that it has an entry on the 'BDA recording plugin' in COnfig.

But I don't seem to have any BDA drivers - any they only for MCE or can you use them with XP?

The COmpro website does not seem to have any BDA drivers on it - where might I get them?

Thanks for help - real newbie on this

I just ran across GB-PVR and it, with "My Videos", seems like a pretty sweet setup, except... I'm have problems getting it to kick off an external DVD player. When I sniff the command line that was sent to the player (Media Player Classic) it still has "%FILENAME%" unexpanded. I assume this expansion is done within "My Videos", but just to be sure I checked the environment for MPC and it didn't have a FILENAME var.

Are other people able to run external players? I've re-installed everything a couple times and alll versions of the plugin I could find, but the all act the same.

Thanks.

Hope you guys can help me with this one - i'm really tearing my hair out!

After falling out with many PVR programs over the years (don't even get me started on MCE 2005!) I always liked the look of GBPVR. It's no nonsense yet funtional approach seems exactly what I need and the clean GUI looks great on the telly - it's only recently i've had the hardware to give it a go.

Am currently using 2 X GDI Black Gold Signature cards designed for MCE. I have the Cyperlink muxer and GBPVR sees the cards fine and has no problem installing them but when I scan for channels I get the following problem:

All the way through the scan it tells me that it's finding channels and the signal strength is over 80% but throughout the scan the preview window in the top right remains black until towards the end when It shows Sky Sports News for a few seconds followed by the hits (or it might be TMF - hard to tell in the small window). It then completes the scan and tells me no channels are found.

I know my reception is good and I have the correct transmitter settings and the card is obviously initialised otherwise why would it view the 2 channels?

I wondered if it might be something to do with having 2 identical cards?

They work fine with Media Portal and MCE.

It looks like a great piece of software and I'll be happy to make a donation if I can get it working.

Any ideas would be welcome before the wife throws the HTPC and me out on the street!

Hi I'm using an VIA EPIA SP13000 motherboard,
it has a MPEG2 HW decoder and a MPEG4 HW accelerator.

Is there any plans for supporting this feature of the CN400 chipset from via?

Currently I can only find support for this in linux

I was wondering if anyone knew if the ADS Pyro API-555 was compatible with GB-PVR. Im looking to modify my computer to act as a PVR and want to be able to have component inputs. So far it seems this is the only capture device I can find with component inputs rather than S-Video. I also can't figure out if this is a conexant based chipset which would seem to mean it would be compatible.

Thanks!

Ok, so my PVR-500 finally arrived in the mail the other day. I popped it in, installed the latest drivers and fired up GB-PVR. My initial tests worked (much to my suprise) but I finally have arrived at a kink in my project.

First off, my specs:
AMD 1.7 GHz on a non-VIA ABit board (NF7-M)
512 DDR
PVR-500MCE
GBPVR using just the default plugins for testing


I can't get this damn card configured for the life of me. Since the PVR-500 has two hardware encoders I have set up two capture sources in config.exe: "PVR-500 1-1" and "PVR-500 1-2". I am planning on adding one more PVR-500 someday which is why I named them in this way.

I have tried many permutations of "PVR150" "PVR150MCE" "PVR500" and "PVR500 w/ FM Tuner"

Both are set for "Direct Recording Plugin" in the USA. One is "Capture device #1", the other is "Capture device #2". They are both set to Internal Tuners running off of Cable on Medium (default) quality.

Both are using Zap2It which works like a gem. I also updated the EPG for both "capture devices" without a hitch.

I am only running one coaxial cable into the tuner card using the 'second to the right' input jack. I understand this card has a built in splitter, and the right input jack is for the FM tuner (which I dont't intend to use)

When I use TV guide to record 2 programs at the same time, 'PVR-500 1-1' always records a 0KB empty file. 'PVR-500 1-2' works flawlessly. Also, if I try to enter Timeshift mode in LiveTV right away I just get dumped back into the TV Guide page with no error message. However if I 'record' any ol show first (and thus sacrificing it to the 0Kb pit) and THEN fire up timeshift mode...it will work fine.

What the heck am I doing wrong? Do I have all my facts about this card correct? :mad:

Thanks!