I'm a Newbie trying to switch to GBPVR from MCE.
I have GB-PVR installed, configured and running, but can't set up the TV. Every time I switch to Live TV I get a black screen followed by a pause, followed by an error message "failure to play back file".

The stack trace from my log is at the bottom of this message as is the log section where it shows my settings.

But before all of that: How do I know I'm configuring my PVR 350 card correctly?
I have it connected to my satellite box via a scart cable.

I don't know if GB is failing to read the capture card properly or reading it fine but failing to play back. How can I test each part individually?

When I run the MCE setup it finds 3 or 4 inputs from the card automatically, selects the one that has a feed and shows it to me. It calls this "composite 1". It also shows "composite 2" and "Svideo 1" but they have no signal.

So how do I set up the equivalent in GB?

I selected "Direct Recording Plugin", then my card, then country UK (I'm in portugal but it isnt there at all - we use PAL-B here and I'm assuming that a) it’s the same as the UK, and b) this selection is not very important anyway)

I selected Capture Device #1. Is that right? What are the other 3? How do I know my Hauppauge card is #1? Should I experiment with the others? (I have no other cards)

Then for source I tried "Composite, External Tuner" which seemed the most likely given MCE's selection of "Composite 1". But I also tried "Composite 2, External Tuner", "S-Video 1 - then 2 - External Tuner", "Fixed …". Etc.

I'm using overlay mode, not VMR9 - though I have tried that too.

I haven't tried EVERY combination but pretty much all of them. And I get nada for LiveTV.

I have tried playback both on my video card and tv out on my 350. Same result.

My software video decoder options are System Default and CyberLink Video/SP Decoder. Tried both.

I have a new fast machine, plenty of disk space and no other problems. This part was easy in MCE (though I find the rest of it too restrictive in configuration).

I don't have a blaster yet - other than the one with my MCE remote which it seems will never be supported on other PVRs, but I do have a USB-UIRT on order. I'm assuming the lack of a blaster shouldn’t prevent me from seeing anything. Right?

Any help appreciated. I like the look of GB-PVR and it’s a shame to be so thwarted at such an early stage.


thanks,
rhubarb


Log excerpts:

Here's where my settings are loaded:


20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.156 VERBOSE [2] configurationFile is C:\Program Files\gbpvr\\config.xml
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.171 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/DatabaseConnectionString
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.171 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/DatabaseConnectionString : Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=".\gbpvr.mdb";User Id=admin;Password=
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.171 VERBOSE [2] databaseConnectionString is Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source="C:\Program Files\gbpvr\\gbpvr.mdb";User Id=admin;Password=
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.171 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/DontAntiAlias
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.171 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/DontAntiAlias : false
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.171 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/LoggingLevel
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.171 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/LoggingLevel : Debug
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.203 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/MiscMediaDirectory
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.203 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/MiscMediaDirectory : .\media
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.218 INFO [2] Starting
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.218 VERBOSE [2] Direct Playing:
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.218 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/UseSBE
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.218 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/UseSBE : false
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.218 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/EPGProcessingMode
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.218 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/EPGProcessingMode : normal
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.218 VERBOSE [2] getValue cached value: /settings/EPGProcessingMode : normal
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.218 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/Renderer
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.218 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/Renderer : Overlay
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.218 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/HardwareDecoder
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.218 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/HardwareDecoder : None - use software decoder
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.218 VERBOSE [2] Initializing renderer: OVERLAY
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.218 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/PreferredDecoder
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.218 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/PreferredDecoder : default
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.234 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/DirectRemoteAccess
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.234 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/DirectRemoteAccess : false
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.234 VERBOSE [2] getValue cached value: /settings/PreferredDecoder : default
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.234 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/WindowedMode
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.234 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/WindowedMode : false
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.265 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/RootSkinDirectory
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.265 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/RootSkinDirectory : .\skin\
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.265 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ActiveSkin
20/01/2005 7:16:32 PM.265 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/ActiveSkin : LCARS
20/


And Here's the error:

20/01/2005 7:16:53 PM.828 VERBOSE [2] RecordLiveTV: 1
20/01/2005 7:16:54 PM.171 VERBOSE [2] About to play LiveTV File: C:\GBPVR\TVBuffer\Alerta Cobra_1_20050120_18301930-2.mpg Channel: AXN Portugal
20/01/2005 7:16:54 PM.171 VERBOSE [2] Before LiveTV Play
20/01/2005 7:16:59 PM.359 ERROR [2] Error: msg=0x202 (WM_LBUTTONUP) hwnd=0x5014e wparam=0x0 lparam=0x2460167 result=0x0 : Failure playing back file : at NativeUtilities.MediaHelper.playVideoFile(String filename, Form form)
at am.a(Channel A_0)
at r.e()
at bw.a(Point A_0)
at n.f(Object A_0, EventArgs A_1)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
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)
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First of all, very good program. Maybe somethings for the future on this wishlist.

LiveTV: make it a choice for timeshifting, now it is alway's recording when you watch liveTV.

And as second, a network vesion with one server and multiple clients. I watch my recorded tv shows on a network.

Are there any plans to support a Tevion TV7134 Capture card. It's a Philips type card. Has FM radio and remove connection.

Got some software with the card but it's rubbish.

Let's hope support for this card is in the pipeline.

I'm having a problem where any text being displayed on my TV is very hard to reaad, it seems like it is out of focus, or pixalated or something. Does anyone have this problem, or know of a solution?

I read the thread on changing the size and alignment of the display, but my video quality is good and I didn't want to mess with that.

Thanks

Hai,

My PVR-350 displays its output just a tad too dark. So, I changed the contents of direct.ini to:

[SETUP-VideoProcAmp]
; valid values are 0 - 100 or AUTO
; AUTO tells GB-PVR to not set the property, but instead rely on driver defaults (AUTO is in upper case).
Brightness=65
Contrast=67
Hue=AUTO
Saturation=AUTO
Sharpness=AUTO
Gamma=AUTO
WhiteBalance=AUTO
Gain=AUTO

But, although the playback is now equal in picture quality to "real-time TV", I believe the recordings are also affected, and are just a bit brighter. That is not what I wanted. Recordings should not be affected, only playback.

What am I doing wrong? Or am I imagining things?

Hi,

My GB-PVR is not maintaining the correct aspect ratio...

If I have a video recorded in HDTV, it stretches the video to fill the screen, and everybody looks 7ft tall...

Is there a simple setting that I'm missing??

Thanks

Hi,

I am looking for functionality to shutdown when all recordings are done for the day (or at a specified time). It could be that after klicking shutdown it asks you for when the shutdown should take be done. I have not yet tried the shutdown plugin but I can not see that this feature is included. Maybe I am asking for much but it would be very useful.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

\\Anders

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Hello,

I am having an issue with the screen alignment of the output to my TV from my MediaMVP.  Everything is shifted to the right and down so I can't see some of the output on the TV and I now have a black 2-inch band on the left and top sides of the TV screen.

Is there some way I can change settings or modify the setup files on the MediaMVP so that I am able to move the screen output back to the left and up?  Or is this an issue with the hardware and will the warranty cover it?

I have had the MediaMVP a little over a week.  My system is a:

AMD Athlon 1.33GHz
512MB
60 GB 7200RPM HD
WinXP Pro
Hauppauge 150MCE
MediaMVP Rev. D3A