I can kind of new at all this. I haev tried several other PVR progams and so far I really like GB PVR.
I do have a couple questions... I am using the BlueMCE skin and I am trying to get the My Pictures and Weather plugins to work.
First, My Pictures... Everything works just fine, except I get no thumbnails or file names of the pics. I looked in the mdb and they look like they are all listed there. But I can't get anything to display.
Weather, If I go into the plugin, sometimes it searches for the weather in my area or right away I get.. Error: an object reference not set to an instance of a object.
I also tried the Blue skin and My Pictures or Weather didn't even show up in the list Thanks in advance for any help, I would like to get this working and maybe get the wife to approve.
Is it normal for the tray app to be using 25 MB of memory? I notice that its handle count increases by 4 every two seconds, up to about 800 handles, then drops back down to 200-something, repeating the process. The recording service use increases by 8 KB every six seconds. I'm just wondering, because this is about 50 MB of -real- RAM being used, not VM. Nothing is being recorded (two are pending for later today). The recording service just hit 22 MB, and climbing. This is from booting less than 30 minutes ago. I'll have to check what it's like after a few more hours, let alone a few days.
Sometimes I am recording a program and an hour into it the computer crashes. When the computer is started up again etc GBPVR wipes out the first hour and records the last 10 minutes! Is it possible for GBPVR to keep the first recording and append the last bit to it?
Having recorded the programs I am now filling up the hard disc with 'want to keep' or 'need to watch' programs. I have a DVD writer which I haven't used yet (or when I did it took an absolute age before showing 3% progress (4X, +RW)).
Questions:
1. How do I reduce the quality (& therefore size) of program and test it before writing to DVD?
2. How long does the writing take?
3. Where is there general information on the Internet re. making DVDs?
4. Does anyone else have a routine or hardware that helps them keep on top of storing recorded programs?
Thanks.
v24 2005-5-14
*Fixed button location in the skin for dottore
*added logs for those complaining about guide2j not scheduling
*Fixed prepadding, postpadding, quality defaults in guide2j
*Added lookup in recording folder for folder.png, folder.jpg, folder.gif if not we go to art.
Let me know if any of the GBPVR plug-ins support "ripping - burn GBPVR show(s) to DVD ", I have seen one that does the reverse "copies from DVD to GBPVR".
I am interested in selecting shows recorded in GBPVR and ripping them to DVD. This could be as simple as quick access button that does the burn, or more complex with the ability to search directories within GBPVR (records,libarry etc,) select and define compression rates and audio rate, show space required on DVD to rip (burn disk). Posssible even define items such as type of burn CD or DVD, burn type VCD,SVCD,XSVCD,AVI,DIVX,DVD,Mpeg,MPEG2,MPEG4, additional enhance features.
As you may note this could end up consuming alot of time but hey it worth a shot to ask, even if this feature started simple and evolved hoepfully some would find it worthwhile, I am not sure where you would start to program something like this and I can imagine its not easy.
It would just add to the features that set GBPVR above the rest
This could be a pretty powerful feature for GBPVR, especially to those who have wives whom are constantly bringing home requests from their friends/family for shows that have been recorded.
Hey there, everything was working nicely, until suddenly the Live Tv now comes on, blasts about 2 sec of audio and then flips back to the main menu.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
I am having a problem with the playback of DVD's (either from the disc or from an iso version), whereby I can't get them to playback in 4:3 Pan & Scan, even though this is set in my preferences. WinDVD can play the disk back in Pan & Scan, but in GBPVR all I can do is use the yellow button to switch between either a letterboxed view or a squashed full screen view. I am using the Intervideo decoders.
Just in the last week, there must have been a Directv receiver firmware update that broke the command line utility for changing channels thru the serial port on the receiver. (It has been working fine for me over 2 months)
What happens now, is that 2 digit channel numbers cannot be dialed in with just 2 digits nor with padding to make it 3 digits (ie channel 12 cannot be dialed by "12" or "012"). I even tried the Windows GUI version and saw the failure errors when trying to dial 1 and 2 digit channel numbers.
Is there another way to utilize the serial cable for changing channels on my DSS sattelite box? or am I stuck buying an IR blaster?
