Hi,
I'm new here with this great stuff and need your help pls.
I have PVR 350 + 150 installed.
I have antenna plugged in PVR150 and can see live-tv on pc-monitor (hardware-decoder set to "none").
When i set hardware-decoder to PVR 350 and plug it to my TV via scart i only get a testscreen with color-bars on TV
If i then start the GB-PVR programm (not the service, its also running all the time) then i get the GB-PVR screen on my tv.
Is the GB-PVR Application really needed to get tv out of PVR 350 to TV ?
I don't want (and can't) log me into windows for proper usage.
Please can someone help me?
mcreek
P.S. I hope u get what i mean with my bad english ;-)
I currently have a 150 and MVP. I would like to be able to view closed captions. I understand that the 150 doesn't support them.
1)Can GBPVR support captions over the MVP? (assuming a hauppauge 250)
2)If so, can they be turned on/off while playing?
3)If yes on #2, via GBPVR, or the TV itself?
If yes to #1, and #2, would anybody want to trade their 250 for my 150 (1045) with IR blaster and 45 button remote?
My system 512Mb P4 3.0GHZ HT ATI Radeon with tv Out 160Gb HDD. PVR-250 and remote
I will start with the others first:
Mythtv:
Used Fedora Core 3 as Linux DIstro with Haupaugge PVR-250:
I eventually got this thing doing everything I wanted to do...autostarting on boot...remote button to restart daemons... Xine for dvd and mpg/avi/ogg playback. Took over 2 weeks to get everything configured properly. The video quality was never great though.
Pros:
If you are a linux buff go for it
Remote support excellent
Web Interface is extremely robust
TV Guide Easily updated and automated
Front Ends for Just about any OS...OSX, XBOX, PC...tested all 3 worked great
Once working very configurable
Open Source
Cons:
Linux blech updating anything is a royal pain
I just couldn't get the video quality where I would like it. (not horrible but worst of the 3)
Audio difficult to configure properly
Kind of made my dvd recorder useless in the box.... yeah it works but it isnt like ripping a dvd, making a data disk or burning an iso in windows
Limited capture card support
Media Portal
Pros:
Lots of stuff prepackaged
Live tv and recorded tv quality excellent
Opensource.
Easy to get started with...difficult to get fully functional
Cons
XMLTV what a pain took me a couple hours to get the guide and time in sync. I still dont know how I got it working right but eventually it did
SLOW real slow...
Menus are overly complicated. Made configuring the remote very difficult
Guide search function is horrible
Web front end is weak
GBPVR
Pros
Fast and slim...if you want to get as close to tivo here you go
Very easy to configure and automate. Up and running in a couple minutes tweaked in an hour or 2.
Plugins to add most or more of the features found in myth and media portal
Channel Guide is great
Importing channel guide is very easy
Supports many cards
Remote suport is excellent
Excellent web front end
Cons
Still some minor bugs to workout. You can workaround most
Not open source (maybe not a con you decide)
All around I have tried all 3 in the last month. MythTV 1st, followed by GBPVR and currently playing around with media portal. Probably going back to GBPVR once I resolve my current error (not making the program unusable or unstable just annoying and making livepreview unusable). The program moves very quickly and it is the easiest to use when comparing with TIVO. It is also by far the mode Wife friendly. Running on windows means the pc retains useability for other stuff (games apps etc). For linux buffs MythTV does too but not the average user. If the PVR has other uses the investment can further be justified over a TIVO or something else.
I have a PVR250MCE card and I have been using GBPVR. I had to completely reinstall everyting after reformatting and after I installed GBPVR, I get the following error when trying to get LIVE TV
Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
I am getting this error on many different versions of XP.
This card is easily seen by Win200TV from Hauppage.
Has there been a new build of GBPVR that is buggy that I have installed.
.. when I use the remote to change volume, I get a volume bar temporarily on the bottom of the screen to know something is happening
...likewise for mute, record (in live TV)
I know video settings aren't available within GBPVR, but it would be nice to have color bars or, even better, a step by step calibration guide.
Is it best to leave my PVR-150 at the default settings and adjust my AIW Radeon display settings? How about vectorscope analysis (I think that's the name)?
This could be as simple as a TGA file with instructions.
I haven't been able to tell from on here wether or not the 45 button Hauppauge is fully supported. I have seen the codes to make sure are in the .ini, and that config has a setting for it, and even that you can give GB full control of it. I only use the remote for GB, so don't care about the other programs. I installed the full set of apps with the 150, and so when I push the top green button I think it is, it loads the app that came with the card. I don't seem to be able to get it to load GB, even when I take the programs out from infront of GB in the .ini. Should I be able to? What steps do I take to make the remote work best with GB?
Everything seems to be working so far with the Walker Ultra except for one little issue. The Audio and Video are out of synch in Live Preview mode. It's pretty noticeable, looks like I'm watching a dubbed Godzilla movie.
As I am still figuring out stuff, etc, wondering if having a poor quality input i.e. picture breaking up, would cause GBPVR capture to crash or when in live preview mode to crash (playback through 350).
I had a problem last night when I ran out of disk space on the partition I use to store my videos, whilst a recording was in progress. Once I saw the low disk space warning, I freed up some space, but it looks like I was too late. The file was not getting any larger, but due to the fact that GBPVR was reporting the recording as in progress, rather than failed, I left it (foolish I know).
So my question is, if a recording is halted due to lack of disk space, how would I resume it? I thought restarting the recording service, but wasn't sure if it work or what would happen to the part of the show that was already recorded.
I'm going to experiment tonight, but if anyone knows anymore in the meantime, I'd love to know.
