I'm sure I saw someone ask this before but can't find the post so...
Does anyone have two digital cards (DVB-T specifically) successfully working with GB-PVR? I have two Nova-t 90002 which the OS recognises and installs drivers for but whichever cap source is set to Board #1 can't fand any channels when scanning (Board #2 is fine). I can manually edit the MDB to put the channels in but then recordings on #1 produce 0KB files.
I suspect BDA support isn't quite ready for 2 boards (or two Nova-t boards at least) so it's no biggy as I don't record that many digital channels at the moment.
If anyone has had success, I'd be interested in what cards you're using and what drivers and if there were any tweaks you had to make.
I used WinTV 2000 to test my audio issue, and I saw one thing about it GBPVR could use.
I understand the shift from Live to Timeshift when you pause, etc. What I don't is that it stays in Timeshift when you change channels.
I think it should go back to Preview Mode when you change the channel. This would keep it from having to make a file unneccessarily as you flip. It would also speed up surfing.
GBPVR does not record--it creates phantom folders and places nothing in them. Does anyone know a solution? I am using the latest maintenance release as a fresh install and I have reinstalled and reloaded the EPG. I have had it running with 2 150's before with the same maintenance release.
in switzerland, a lot of movies are broadcasted in what is called 'zweikanalton'... (i do not know what the official english word is for this... the words translated to englisch mean 'dual channel audio'.
if a movie is broadcasted in 'zweikanalton', the left audio-channel contains the dubbed german soundtrack of the movie, while on the right channel you hear the original soundtrack (hmm... or is it vice versa? well... doesn't matter).
normal tvs are able to somehow detect if a transmission is in 'zweikanalton'-mode, and you hear only the left audio-signal (of course you hear sound on both speakers... but only the left (or right) audio-signal is used for both speakers).
with the remote you can switch between dubbed and original soundtrack.
i am using a hauppauge pvr-350 and before i switched to gb-pvr (which is great! i used the hauppauge wintv-application which came with the tuner card.
it did detect the 'zweikanalton' autommatically and let me choose the left or right audiochannel (well.. not with the remote... i had to set the option in the audio-config-dialog).
in gbpvr i hear allways both channels.... left german, right english (or whatever language the movie was shot in).
it's not that important that gb-pvr automatically would detect the 'zweikanalton' (well.. would be nice to have *g*). but it would be great if i would be able switch the audio-channels with the remote... kind of a cycle...
,--> stereo --> left only --> right only -,
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i did not find something in the forum or documentation (well... how could i if i don't even know how this feature is called in english...? *g*)
is there a functionallity? if not, this pos should possibly get moved to the wishlist section :-)
What video capture settings do I choose for my card. I'm using a Sony Vaio VGN-A190. The only info sony would tell me about my card is that they call is a gigapocket card version 4.4 I would really like to get this to work so I dont have to use their CRAPPY gigapocket software. thanks
I want to get rid of my old VCR and decided to build a PVR from scratch using gbPVR. I also decided to use one Hauppauge 150 (or several 150's in future) and the Xcard for hardware-supported output to my TV set (in order to keep my CPU cool ;-)
I want to install the PVR next to my TV set in the living room so I don't want to use an extra monitor - just the TV set.
Now my questions:
1. What happens if I want to view a format the Xcard has no hardware-support for (a JPG for example or an old, not supported DivX)? Do I need to use a extra graficcard connected to the xcard?
2. I read a lot about suspend and hibernate mode. I guess it *IS* possible that the machine sleeps in hibernate mode, wakes up for recording, and goes back to hibernate mode afterwards, right? But what kind of hardware (mainboard, power supply) is necessary for that?
3. I will use pre- and post-show padding in order not to miss any parts of the recorded show. Is it possible to cut the unnecessarily recorded parts off the show for archiving the file (out of gbPVR frontend or using any other program that can be seen on TV set)?
4. Is it possible to burn things onto DVD or CD (out of gbPVR frontend or using any other program that can be seen on TV set)? What about authoring?
I would really appreciate any answers to my questions in order to not spending money or time on not working items...
sub does ffdshow work with dvd playback? i enabled ffdshow in the config, set ffdshow to work with raw video (which is how i made it work with dvd playback and zoom player, its also setup to work with mpeg2), but i cant get it to work.
if it doesnt work is there any chance of this being added in the future?
Short version: Does anyone have a reasonable looking skin for xrecord which fits in with the GBPVR Media Experience skin or similar?
Long version:
Recently I upgraded (and I do mean upgraded) to revens GBPVR Media Experience and love the look (alongside the fantastic My series of plugins). (As a sidenote reven on my MVP's the skin is a bit light, I may have to rejig some font colours)
In fact I liked it so much I dropped xrecord and returned to the basic recording built in plugin so I could get a decent skin running (yes I had a quick go at skinning xrecord but quick realised I would have to spend hours to get it right)
As it turns out I can't live without the simplicity and options that xrecord has, jorm I think its great.
However with something like the blue skin and style it doesnt really fit in and brings my proud display of what is possibly one of the nicest media center experiences in existance down a peg or two.
Does anyone have a skin that makes xrecord fit in more with the GBPVRME skin (and my plugins), Does reven have plans to create a 'My Recordings' plugin, Does jorm have any plans to improve the skinning in xrecord or offer source code so we can have a play (just a suggestion), Will Ms Piggy marry Kermit...... ok ok it was the long version
Thanks to everyone (sub, reven, jorm, others), especially those who have the spare time the rest of us don't have to make such truely amazing systems.
Intalled gbpvr this morning. All went well until I tried to watch live TV. I get the "Starting timeshoft mode tv" message and then nothing. If I hit the escape key, I get this message: "Failed to commuinicate with the GB-PVR recording service..." The service is running and and restarting/rebooting makes no difference. I am using a Leadtek Winfast PVR 2000 card, which works just fine with both leadtek's software and dscaler. Live preview mode is _off_.
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