I captured video using the default half DVD in gbpvr. When I try to archive them to DVD using Ulead Movie Factory 2 some clips want to re-encode. I look at media clip properties within UMF 2, some clips show NTSC DVD format and some with MPEG-2 format. All other settings are the same for video and audio. UMF2 won't re-encode if I delete the clips with MPEG-2 format.
What caused the file format to be different even though there was no change in the default capture.
Anyone out there remember an os called Geos? VERY strong app that ran on dos, but worked like windows. What it came with was VERY strong, but was very limited due to lack of outside support, just couldn't compete with windows, but had a dedicated forum and dedicated user/programmers that came up with apps and ways to add to the main program. They offered a SDK, but was way too advanced for the average user like me. Geos eventually went other directions, left the desktop unsupported, and sold that to newdeal, and that even died I think. This seems kind of like Geos, in that it is up against all the prepackaged apps that come with hardware, and some well know established names, yet is stronger at the core. It would be very cool if someone could create a kind of SDK for GB that would make it possible to give this the outside support it deserves. I know we can all go learn programming, but if there was a template like program, that would make it possible for anyone that wanted to play with it.
I downloaded Comskip to my PC but it doesn't show up when watching recorded videos on my PC monitor. It shows up in the directory (all 3 files), but the screen looks the same as before. Do I need to run the videos through something like MediaMVP to get Comskip, or should it be appearing on my PC monitor?
I would like to see GBPVR have more options for disk usage. Seeing how everything (seems) to be stored in an mdb file, would it be that hard to point to a different disk for different files?
Two examples:
1) Two or more storage locations. GBPVR is told to save the next recording to which ever has more free space.
2) Multiple storage locations with size allocations. Can either be based on option 1, or use disk 1 until it is at its quota, then use disk 2 until it is at its quota, etc. This doesn't need to be perfect - Ie, if you set location 1 to 40 gb and you start a 3 hour recording, it can still all go to location 1 (it need not break the recording into multiple segments). But the next recording should then go to location 2, etc.
With the increase in use of networked attached storage and external disks, anything that gives GBPVR more flexibility to use multiple locations (without the need for archiving) would be a real asset.
One issue w/ skins always seems to be compatibility w/ plugins, obviously. Maybe just having a theme option would be a flexible alternative.
This would be a control panel option that, in additions to skins, would just do the backrground and button color. I think all it would take to do this is make the exisiting deafult blue skin dynamic and read the background and color from a master setting (and I suppose a list of font choices & colors could be done in same way).
The pulldown, instead of skins, would be just different backgrounds it finds in the background folder. I'm assuming GB could be made to just read all images in a dir by extension (jpg,gif).
This wouldn't replace the skins, as they are transformations of the look. This wouldn't alter any positions, just look of the exisitng display.
The real benefit is two-fold:
1) This allows even just the casual user to create a custom look for themselves. I do this now as far as dropping in backgrounds, and it's cool to do because it is easy (I use a greyscale version of the flat blue). It also gets it to look how I like it. I think everyone is so used to being able to do themselvs w/ their computer background, it would just extend it to GB.
2) It would allow those w/o programming expertise but w/ an idea to make theme combos to offer. This would increase the base of ppl contributing to GB, the number of look options, and overall participation.
I don't have an MVP, but I'm considering picking one up.
Currently, I use GBPVR as a front-end for playing movies off a low end laptop. It's sufficient, given that it's only going to a 20" tv through an RF convertor.
What I'm toying with, is putting GBPVR on my PVR pc, which is a lowly P3/800, with a PVR250 card using a custom web interface for scheduling. Then I'd replace the laptop with an MVP served off the PVR pc.
My questions are:
- Does the MVP handle PAL video on NTSC? I've long been under the impression it won't. So if I download something in PAL, would I have to transcode it, or is this now handled.
- Likewise, does the MVP handle odd mpeg files, stuff that's not in the typical VCD/DVD framerates/resolutions?
- Is GBPVR capable of transcoding avi on the fly as the Happuage server is (I think), or no? Granted, the P3 probably won't cut it for that...
And lastly, related to the last question.. can I run the recording service on one PC, and the "server"/front end on another? Ideally, I'd like the gbpvr front end to run on a faster PC, but that doesn't have my PVR card, so I'd like it to talk with the recording process on the PVR pc. Can it handle that?
I've been playing, getting changes to work in existing skins. Is there a list of what commands/descriptions are available? I mean, you can have White as a color. Can I have BrightPink? Yes, I know I can try it, and no I don't really want BrightPink, but you can only make one change at a time, or you don't know where you entered a bad descriptor (a word?). Clock is another. Is there only one type of clock? What if I don't want the date? These are just examples. I'm wondering what kind of skin I could make if I knew all the stuff.
Would it be possible to have a Default Skin folder? Every plugin would then be required to have a default skin installed into the default skin folder. This way you wouldn't need to copy the folder into each skin. There should be a way for GBPVR to say when loading the skin for the plugin (plugin folder in current skin) does not exist use (plugin folder in DEFAULT skin).
One other item: Let's say I delete a show, when returning to the menu, the selected item is now like the last one. Couldn't you make it the one right after this one. Either compare the date of the deleted file & choose the one right after it, or by number in the array (checking of course to see that it wasn't the last one).
I have built a PVR using the VIA M10000 motherboard. This motherboard has hardware MPEG player. How can I configure GBPVR to use this as it is not using the MPEG accelerator on the motherboard. GBPVR does not appear to be aware of it.. Just an observation, Windows XP boots up in ten seconds Flat on this motherboard.
Also can GBPVR use the Twinhan remote control. If so, how?
