"No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it"

I keep getting this error after scheduling a few programs. The gbpvr.mdb recording_schedule table appears to get corrupted leading you to THINK a recording is scheduled, but it really isn't.

That's a symptom, but I have no idea what the cause is. If I check the "GBPVR.MDB" database I find entries with incomplete start and/or end times. Like this:

manual_start_time manual_end_time
4/1/2005 11:00:00 PM 4/2/2005

I also have entries like this:

manual_start_time manual_end_time
1/1/2001 1/1/2001

Can anyone help? I can't graduate this thing from the basement to the living room if I can't resolve issues like this!

Thanks in advance!

I have a couple of questions relating to what I perceive as config.xml oddities.

1) In the extras section, I find two <WakeMachineForEPGUpdate> entries, one set true, the second set false. Should they both be there, and if not, does the first or second control the behavior of the system?

2) I also have two <DatabaseConnectionString> entries, one set to the default location on C:, the other set to where the database actually resides. Same questions, and should I delete the redundant entry?

3) Finally, is there a document anywhere that describes the config.xml entries?

Thanks!

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Another question ,

I put some mpgs into the video directory. When I go to play them the following is observed.

1. 1 mpg starts about 4 mins in. Will not start from the begining
2. 2nd mpg starts at a random deep location. Again will not start from the begining.
3. FF/REW put the system back to the menu
4. Resume throws the playback back to menu.

this is via the HW decoder 350 tvout

I thought perhaps I had messed up the mpgs, but they play fine in media player, and gbpvr software mpg decoder.
*edit* also play fine using the win2000 tool, eg starts from the begining

Any ideas please.
Thanks

Hi - I hope someone can help. I have just installed GB-PVR and when I press the livetv button it comes up with the following error message:

failed to communicate with the recording service

Thanks

Is it possible to have an option on GBPVR Menu to view an IP camera, thats monitoring your front door.

I just built an HTPC from scratch (my first attempt - fortunately no hardware issues). So far, I have just about everything running fine in GB-PVR, however, the picture quality could use A LOT of improvement. Its real grainy and has white lines on the bottom and right hand side of the screen too. Any suggestions?

Anyways, more importantly for now, I want to play games on it and use the TV as the display. I noticed that when using the internet and other applications the visual quality is pretty poor on the TV as the font is difficult to read. Will I run into the same visual quality issues if I play pc games on the TV? When I first started this out, I posted a message that I wanted to use the htpc as pvr, internet, etc and someone said the internet wouldnt work unless I had hdtv. Is this the case with pc games too. If so is there anything i can do other than going out and buying a hdtv?

Thanks for any reponses guys.

I have 29 various .log files in my GBPVR folder.
What can I delete? All? Some? If so, which ones?
I suspect many of these come from trials of various skin mods that have failed.
I have since switched the logging to error only.

Is it possible to have a seperate Menu or Skin for MVP use while using a different menu/skin for PC use?

That'd be cool.

John

I get an error message every time I try to use the new XRecord. Either in a clean installation on my test box or on my 'production' box. Using either the Blue skin or the BlueMCE2 skin. The error message is:

Error: Object Reference not set to an instance of an object.

I am running the latest version of XRecord and GBPVR. I do have the fastfind dll in the $GBPVR directory as well. The older version of XRecord worked fine prior to last nights upgrade to GBPVR and XRecord, and My MVP (Music, Video and Picture )



John