I am pretty much a newb to GB-PVR so there could be something totally obvious that i am overlooking, but i get the error message "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" whenever i click on the live tv button in GB-PVR. I have my capture card set up and the guide works and even records. What am i missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Let me first congratulate all involved with the development of this SW, it is pretty impressive. In a couple of hours I had everything up and running including EPG.
Used HW : Cinergy TV 400 via SWRecorder.
So, what's my problem :
Viewing a channel in LiveTV, video and sound are OK, but whenever I change channel (via up/down key), the audio starts producing static. Changing channels again (even to the 1st channel) produces only static. If I fall back to the Main Menu via ESC and go back to LiveTV, everything's fine again.
This is extremely reproducable : it has happened every time so far.
Logs in attach.
The basic problem, before y'all start suggesting changing audio settings, is that the first channel works perfectly. Is there maybe some sort of (re)initialization of the audio device which is done on leaving LiveTV, but not on changing channels ?
When I´m watching a movie/show on MVP which is still recorded, the timeline is not being updated (e.g. when I start watching 30 minutes after start the timeline stays at this time stopping the replay there).
Is there a button to update the timeline on MVP?
I have tried everything I can to get this setup but I can't get any Live TV picture nor will my recordings show any picture or sound.
I have a basic co-axial ariel cable going into a receiver at the back of my PC, and have downloaded the EPG XML file from AlanBirtles.com. My source setup is as follows:
Recording Source: Direct Recording Plugin
- Haupppage 250 with fm radio
- UK
- Capture Device #1
- Internal tuner, Tuning: Antenna
EPG Source: XMLTV Plugin
I have all the channels setup in the Channels Window.
Please can you give me any pointers on what else I need to do to get a signal? I'm really struggling!!
Is anyone else having Zap2It problems? Ever since the last upgrade, my listings doesn't work at all. When I use the config program to update it, the dialog shows "requesting information" but that's all it does. No errors show up in the log, but when I go to look at the schedule it says that no channels have been set up. Also, no channels appear in the setup anymore either. Any ideas?
I can get 2 PVR150mces for $134, one PVR500mce for $136. If I go with the first option I plan on getting two PVR150mce, replace the one in my current box with a 150mce and put the new 150mce and current 150 in the new dedicated HTPC box.
Several stations that used to be on my TV listing aren't there anymore.....
I have posted with ZAP2IT, but, I'm not getting any response. My cable provider hasn't changed a thing in months, so the listings should be there. But, they aren't listed on the ZAP2IT lineup page anymore.
Any ideas on what happened? I can't get them to respond - is anyone else having these problems?
No disrespect intended for the authors of these fine tools/plugins, but they could use a bit better (or some at all) documentation. I've had little problems with the various plugins.
Things aren't as clear though when it comes to the various "recording managers". They seem to have evolved, and merged into other plugins. It's hard to tell what I should be using, and how.
I'm hoping if I explain how I'm trying to set things up, you fine folks can point me in the right direction.
I've pretty much decided upon using MyVideos as the front end to my collection. It has the wife-rating, and has support for PIN's, which is a must have now that the kids understand how to use this and no longer need me to start thier movies.
So, what I'd like to see, is some automation of what to record and when. From what I've seen, the various plugins do some, or all of this. I just haven't figured out which, and how
I want to:
- auto-schedule various tv shows, yet ignore episodes I've already recorded, and NOT based on the fact that the episodes are still on disk. Ideally, I'd like a somewhat easy way to say "re-record that one", in case the recording failed. I can manage with playing in a db if needed for this.
- auto-record any new movies that appear on a given channel, again, as long as I've not previously recorded it.
I *think* CDKrecord is what I want, but I'm not sure. Again, it's not clear how the various modules interact. I've seen some stuff in FastFind that allows setting some of this up. Xrecord seems to come into this, I think? I don't know
Now, once they've been recorded, and are sitting in the gbpvr recording area, I'd like a way to "move" them to MyVideos. I'd like to be able to "preview" the show, to see that it did record what I asked, and move it to one of 3 or 4 various directories that MyVideos works from. This is how I sort out the kids shows, tv shows and movies. Simply "moving" the files on disk, causes me to lose the description. While I can ask MyVideos to get the info again from IMDB/TV Tome, it's not always able to, so I like to carry the description forward.
I'm not asking for too much
The moving part I've somewhat sorted out with my own script I call from the Postprocess.bat. The downside is that I don't get to preview the recording, so failed recordings show up, and the wife and kids whine.
The auto-scheduling, I simply haven't been able to sort out which tools to use.
