Hola all!

I have a weeny problem that when I try to access Live TV, all of a sudden I get the following message:

"Error: Failure playing back file"

Now, the last thing I changed was the Live TV buffer dir, but tele worked the first time I tried after that, and from then on it doesn't. Even if I uninstall and reinstall GB-PVR, nothing. I changed the buffer dir to "C:\LiveTV Buffer", perhaps it doesn't like spaces?

Anyway, here's my "GBPVR.exe-native-1.log" log:

01:19:10.203 INFO Log started
01:19:10.203 INFO DirectShowHelperXCard()
01:19:10.203 VERBOSE getSetting(OSDTransparency)
01:19:37.578 VERBOSE getSetting(OutputMode)
01:19:37.578 VERBOSE getSetting(TVStandard)
01:19:37.578 VERBOSE getSetting(ForceHDTV)
01:19:37.578 VERBOSE Using vertical resolution: 576
01:19:37.578 VERBOSE getSetting(LiveTVPrePlayDelay)
01:19:37.578 VERBOSE getSetting(XCardOSDMarginLeft)
01:19:37.578 VERBOSE getSetting(XCardOSDMarginTop)
01:19:37.578 VERBOSE getSetting(XCardOSDMarginBottom)
01:19:37.578 VERBOSE getSetting(XCardOSDMarginRight)
01:19:37.578 VERBOSE getSetting(XCardOSDHighQualityOSD)
01:19:37.656 VERBOSE Original flags: 00000003
01:19:37.656 VERBOSE Setting PAL mode
01:19:37.656 VERBOSE New flags: 00000003
01:19:37.656 VERBOSE Setting CVBS mode
01:19:37.656 VERBOSE mode: 00000003
01:19:37.781 VERBOSE DirectShowHelperXCard::BlendBitmap()
01:19:37.875 VERBOSE DirectShowHelperXCard::BlendBitmap() done
...
01:19:56.500 INFO DirectShowHelperXCard::playFile C:\TV-1-120050313_0100.mpg
01:19:56.906 VERBOSE Stopping previous graph
01:19:56.906 INFO DirectShowHelperXCard:top()
01:19:56.968 INFO DirectShowHelperXCard:top()
01:19:57.250 VERBOSE DirectShowHelperXCard::BlendBitmap()
01:19:57.343 VERBOSE DirectShowHelperXCard::BlendBitmap() done
...
01:21:20.593 INFO DirectShowHelperXCard::playFile C:\TV-1-120050313_0100-2.mpg
01:21:21.015 VERBOSE Stopping previous graph
01:21:21.015 INFO DirectShowHelperXCard:top()
01:21:21.046 INFO DirectShowHelperXCard:top()
01:21:21.296 VERBOSE DirectShowHelperXCard::BlendBitmap()
01:21:21.390 VERBOSE DirectShowHelperXCard::BlendBitmap() done
...
01:22:17.234 INFO DirectShowHelperXCard::playFile C:\TV-1-120050313_0100-2.mpg
01:22:17.656 VERBOSE Stopping previous graph
01:22:17.656 INFO DirectShowHelperXCard:top()
01:22:17.671 INFO DirectShowHelperXCard:top()
01:22:17.937 VERBOSE DirectShowHelperXCard::BlendBitmap()
01:22:18.031 VERBOSE DirectShowHelperXCard::BlendBitmap() done
...
01:22:46.734 INFO DirectShowHelperXCard:top()


And heres (what I assume is the relevant bit of) my "GBPVR.exe.log" log:

13/03/2005 12:40:03.265 VERBOSE [2] HideMouse ref=-1
13/03/2005 12:40:06.437 VERBOSE [2] RecordLiveTV: 1
13/03/2005 12:40:08.656 VERBOSE [2] About to play LiveTV File: C:\LiveTV\TV-1-120050313_1200.mpg Channel: Galaxy 102.2 (Birmingham)
13/03/2005 12:40:08.656 VERBOSE [2] Before LiveTV Play
13/03/2005 12:40:09.140 ERROR [2] Error: msg=0x100 (WM_KEYDOWN) hwnd=0x5013c wparam=0xd lparam=0x1c0001 result=0x0 : Failure playing back file : at NativeUtilities.MediaHelper.playVideoFile(String filename, Form form)
at aw.a(Channel A_0)
at aw.k()
at bk.d()
at al.e()
at cc.a(KeyEventArgs A_0)
at cc.a(KeyEventArgs A_0)
at p.a(Object A_0, KeyEventArgs A_1)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyEventArgs(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmKeyChar(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at p.a(Message& A_0)
13/03/2005 12:40:09.187 VERBOSE [2] StopLiveTV()

I assume it's something to do with the live tv buffer, but I don't know what, or how to fix it! :S

Thanks in advance for any ideas

josh

Hi all,

problem:
TV channel numbers are mixed up. I can select a program in the TV guide and choose "watch". On my TV, I get picture and sound, but unfortunately, the wrong channel.

My idea was to run tuning assistant to find channels, write numbers down and fix it in GB-PVR.

Tuning assistant obviously finds channels but does not show anything on my computer monitor, so I have no idea WHAT was found.

Any ideas?

Regards
Gerhard

A quick question regarding using PostProcessing.bat to transcode recordings to another format and comskip.

If I use comskip, and I also call a script to transcode the latest mpeg to DivX format, presumably both the divx encoding program and comskip will be attempting to access the same file at the same time. Can anyone see this causing problems?

The reason I ask is because ever since I set my transcoding script up I'm finding that my programmes no longer have any comskip markers on in GBPVR.

It says that Generic Conexant Blackbird cards are supported. Can anyone tell me what some of them might be. Here's what I am hoping for. I would like to buy a cheap, decent card that will work for now just so I can try this out adn see if I like it. If I do then I guess later I can buy a PVR-350.

I read on here that the MSI TV@nywhere master isn't supported but it has a Conexant CX23883 chipset. Is the CX23883 a Blackbird? The card says it has MPEG1, 2 & 4. If by that they mean hardware encoding then that would be good.

The MSI TV@nywhere master is only $57.


Thanks for any help?

Would be possible to write a ftp plugin to transfer from one pc to another?

Hey Sub,

Is it possible to make the default button (and top) button, "Watch" instead of "Exit" on the Tv Guide?

Does anyone else care?

Just wondering?

Dubya

Jorm,

I cleaned up the default skin for the theater plugin. Here it is for anyone who is interested.

[CODE]<?xml version="1.0"?>
<settings>
<!-- THEATER LISTINGS LAST UPDATED ON 3 10 05 named coloxxxrs -->
<!-- name colors -->
&lt;NamedColors&gt;
&lt;NamedColor name=&quot;NormalRecording&quot; color=&quot;Transparent&quot;/&gt;
&lt;NamedColor name=&quot;SelectedRecording&quot; color=&quot;DarkBlue&quot;/&gt;
&lt;NamedColor name=&quot;Selection&quot; color=&quot;DarkBlue&quot;/&gt;
&lt;NamedColor name=&quot;NotSelectable&quot; color=&quot;Gray&quot;/&gt;
&lt;NamedColor name=&quot;ButtonBackground&quot; color=&quot;Transparent&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/NamedColors&gt;
<!-- text style -->
&lt;TextStyles&gt;
&lt;TextStyle name=&quot;ScreenName&quot; color=&quot;White&quot; typeFace=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;17&quot; style=&quot;bold&quot;/&gt;
&lt;TextStyle name=&quot;ButtonText&quot; color=&quot;White&quot; typeFace=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;13&quot; style=&quot;bold&quot;/&gt;
&lt;TextStyle name=&quot;NothingScheduled&quot; color=&quot;White&quot; typeFace=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;11&quot; style=&quot;bold&quot;/&gt;
&lt;TextStyle name=&quot;ProgrammeTitle&quot; color=&quot;White&quot; typeFace=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;12&quot; style=&quot;bold&quot;/&gt;
&lt;TextStyle name=&quot;NotSelectable&quot; color=&quot;Gray&quot; typeFace=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;11&quot; style=&quot;bold&quot;/&gt;
&lt;TextStyle name=&quot;ProgramText&quot; color=&quot;White&quot; typeFace=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;12&quot; style=&quot;bold&quot;/&gt;
&lt;TextStyle name=&quot;GroupText&quot; color=&quot;White&quot; typeFace=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;11&quot; style=&quot;normal&quot;/&gt;
<!-- the following are used by the recording details popup -->
&lt;TextStyle name=&quot;Settings&quot; color=&quot;White&quot; typeFace=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;11&quot; style=&quot;bold&quot;/&gt;
&lt;TextStyle name=&quot;SettingLabels&quot; color=&quot;White&quot; typeFace=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;11&quot; style=&quot;bold&quot;/&gt;
&lt;TextStyle name=&quot;GeneralText&quot; color=&quot;White&quot; typeFace=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;13&quot; style=&quot;bold&quot;/&gt;
&lt;TextStyle name=&quot;SelectedGeneralText&quot; color=&quot;White&quot; typeFace=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;13&quot; style=&quot;bold&quot;/&gt;
&lt;TextStyle name=&quot;SelectedProgrammeDesc&quot; color=&quot;White&quot; typeFace=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;12&quot; style=&quot;bold&quot;/&gt;
&lt;TextStyle name=&quot;SelectedProgrammeTitle&quot; color=&quot;White&quot; typeFace=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;13&quot; style=&quot;bold&quot;/&gt;
&lt;TextStyle name=&quot;SelectedProgrammeChannel&quot; color=&quot;White&quot; typeFace=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;13&quot; style=&quot;bold&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/TextStyles&gt;
<!-- Composite Images -->
&lt;CompositeImages&gt;
&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;Background&quot; size=&quot;720,480&quot;&gt;
&lt;DrawImage filename=&quot;..\background.jpg&quot; loc=&quot;0,0&quot; size=&quot;720,480&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawRoundedRect loc=&quot;150,50&quot; size=&quot;520,375&quot; radius=&quot;7&quot; borderWidth=&quot;4&quot; borderColor=&quot;White&quot; fillColor=&quot;Black&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;Theater&quot; loc=&quot;5,5&quot; size=&quot;160,120&quot; textStyle=&quot;ScreenName&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;
&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;SelectedButtonImage&quot; size=&quot;130,45&quot;&gt;
&lt;DrawRoundedRect loc=&quot;4,5&quot; size=&quot;120,30&quot; radius=&quot;10&quot; borderWidth=&quot;4&quot; borderColor=&quot;White&quot; fillColor=&quot;DarkBlue&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;@buttonText&quot; loc=&quot;15,9&quot; size=&quot;115,34&quot; textStyle=&quot;ButtonText&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;
&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;NormalButtonImage&quot; size=&quot;130,45&quot;&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;@buttonText&quot; loc=&quot;15,9&quot; size=&quot;115,34&quot; textStyle=&quot;ButtonText&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;
&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;PopupBackground&quot; size=&quot;620,480&quot;&gt;
&lt;DrawRoundedRect loc=&quot;0,0&quot; size=&quot;600,380&quot; radius=&quot;10&quot; borderWidth=&quot;4&quot; borderColor=&quot;White&quot; fillColor=&quot;Black&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;
&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;NormalName&quot; size=&quot;330,90&quot;&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;@buttonText&quot; loc=&quot;15,9&quot; size=&quot;315,34&quot; textStyle=&quot;ProgramText&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;
&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;SelectedName&quot; size=&quot;530,90&quot;&gt;
&lt;DrawRoundedRect loc=&quot;4,5&quot; size=&quot;500,30&quot; radius=&quot;10&quot; borderWidth=&quot;4&quot; borderColor=&quot;White&quot; fillColor=&quot;DarkBlue&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;@buttonText&quot; loc=&quot;15,9&quot; size=&quot;315,34&quot; textStyle=&quot;ProgramText&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;

&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;NormalItemName&quot; size=&quot;530,90&quot;&gt;
&lt;DrawRoundedRect loc=&quot;4,5&quot; size=&quot;500,40&quot; radius=&quot;10&quot; borderWidth=&quot;4&quot; borderColor=&quot;White&quot; fillColor=&quot;Black&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;@buttonText&quot; loc=&quot;15,9&quot; size=&quot;515,34&quot; textStyle=&quot;ProgramText&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;@timesText&quot; loc=&quot;15,25&quot; size=&quot;515,34&quot; textStyle=&quot;ProgramText&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;

&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;SelectedItemName&quot; size=&quot;530,90&quot;&gt;
&lt;DrawRoundedRect loc=&quot;4,5&quot; size=&quot;500,40&quot; radius=&quot;10&quot; borderWidth=&quot;4&quot; borderColor=&quot;White&quot; fillColor=&quot;DarkBlue&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;@buttonText&quot; loc=&quot;15,9&quot; size=&quot;515,34&quot; textStyle=&quot;ProgramText&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;@timesText&quot; loc=&quot;15,25&quot; size=&quot;515,34&quot; textStyle=&quot;ProgramText&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;

&lt;/CompositeImages&gt;
&lt;Navigation&gt;
&lt;ButtonLocationElement loc=&quot;11,60&quot; size=&quot;230,30&quot;/&gt;
&lt;NavigationElement name=&quot;Ready&quot; display=&quot;Current&quot;/&gt;
&lt;NavigationElement name=&quot;MainMenu&quot; display=&quot;Main Menu&quot;/&gt;
&lt;SortModeElement loc=&quot;280,20&quot; size=&quot;250,20&quot;/&gt;
&lt;PopupBoxLocation loc=&quot;50,20&quot; size=&quot;675,375&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/Navigation&gt;
&lt;Language&gt;
&lt;MaxListingDisplay name=&quot;MaxListingDisplay&quot; key=&quot;10&quot;/&gt;
&lt;TextElement name=&quot;ReadyCantActivate&quot; key=&quot;You have no shows to &amp;#xA;watch&quot;/&gt;
&lt;VideoLines value=&quot;6&quot;/&gt;
&lt;GroupLines value=&quot;9&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DefaultDisplay value=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
<!-- 1 title, 2
channel, 3 day of week, 4 period -->
&lt;Advanced active=&quot;true&quot; rows=&quot;2&quot; columns=&quot;4&quot; box=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;
&lt;Stats xpos=&quot;300&quot; ypos=&quot;400&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/Language&gt;
<!-- special elements -->
&lt;SpecialElements&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;SearchControl&quot; loc=&quot;50,40&quot;/&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;SelectedDetails&quot; loc=&quot;15,165&quot; size=&quot;685,235&quot; showChannelIcons=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/SpecialElements&gt;
&lt;/settings&gt;

Download:  My Videos 3.0.0.0

added
- .Link files now work with sub folders
- Amazon Poster and IMDB Description added to Scan Menu
- Actors added (displays a list of actors and their movies you have)
- Scrolling Text for the tagline in the Info Screen
- Scrolling Text for the movies description in the Info Screen
- Toggle Seen
- Every lookup uses a thread now so mvp shouldnt have any problems with long lookups

Actors Features
- Biography
- Gallery (images of that actor)
- Movies (all the movies you have online of that actor).
- Sort by Name, Date of Birth, Credits (how many movies of theirs you have).

Remote Keys
- FF/RW - next/previous actor/movie in the Info Screens
- PgUp/Dwn/Yellow/Blue - moves the scrolling text up/down for the actors bio or movies description in the InfoScreens.
- Red - Delete actor (in &quot;Actors&quot; screen).
- Left/Right - Next/Prev Gallery image

Installation
- If you are using My Videos 2.1.10.0 just unzip the file into the gbpvr directory and run, the database will automatically be updated and no configuration is needed.
- If you are using an older version of my videos, try and just unzip it and see if it works, i havent got an older version to test with but it should work with all 2.1.x version.

Warnings
- IMDB lookups can take awhile now, since it needs to download every actors info (only a issue if you are using a dialup connection).
- Uses more memory (not that much, but still a little bit more).

Notes
- This ones has had a lot of bug testing, but im sure there will be a few more bugs in it, but its pretty good as is.

Extras
- In the zip is a skin.xml for the Blah Blue skin, its been update by me and not the author of the skin, im sure he will update offically it to the newest version, but in the meantime you can get the skin to work by using the skin.xml included in this zip.

enjoy.

updated gbpvr media experience to work with my videos 3.x

download: gbpvrme.zip

I have been working with Xrecord through Scheduler and it is awesome - kudos to the programmers.

I would like to be able to set this up to record all instances of Carnivale on HBO. Problem is that I do not want it to record the ones on HBO Latin. My problem is that I cannot remove that channel from the lineup. I have tried through config, throgh the ZAP2it site, and nothing will remove it. It would be great to tell Xrecord to record all instances, except a certain channel (meaning, record by exclusion rather than inclusion).

Is this possible?