Just wanted to start a thread to see who is working on what? Plugins?Skins? etc..Post away or not.  Me i am working on a video plugins alone with a new skin...

They both used to work. Now one works and one pretends to work. The pretender creates a recording folder but records no data to the program folder it opens. I am using the latest version. Any ideas?

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S.

I've just downloaded the latest Xrecord plugin and can't figure out why my art for the programs set to record do not show up. I've moved the jpg files all over and still the picture for Stargate Atlantis does not show up on my pending submit poster". What folder does this go into?

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Is there a way just to display text anywhere I want on the screen? I tried a special element, but I think those need to be called directly by the plugin.

Did a search, and either I set the options wrong, or I really am the first to ask if GB-PVR will work with this device. Anyone who's tried this already, and if so did it work?

Thanks,
Ewan

Ok, I'm ready to put together my GB-PVR system, but I just can't seem to figure out the final details. I know I could just buy this stuff and get it set up, but I'd rather order everything right the first time. I will be setting up a standalone PVR.

PVR Hardware I want to use:
1) Asus A7V133 VIA KT133A motherboard
2) AMD Athlon 1333 MHz processor (Thunderbird, 266 FSB)
3) 256 Meg PC133 SDRAM
4) A couple of hard drives.
5) Other stuff....



PVR Goals:
1) Currently want to capture PAL video from my Thomson Sky Digibox in the U.K.

2) In a year from now, I want to capture NTSC in North America.

3) I have a multi-system (PAL and NTSC) TV.

4) Only need to record one channel at a time while simultaneously watching whatever is on the harddrive. Don't need or want multiple capture cards. Want time shifting and all the PVR goodies.

5) Also want to play DIVX and XVID. Raw AVI captured from my DV cam would be nice, but I can always convert that to mpeg-2. Don't see the need to play DVD since I have a standalone DVD player and I'm content with that.

Things I am considering buying:
1) PVR-150, PVR-250, or PVR-350 for video capture and possibly playback using the 350.

2) If I don't get the PVR-350, use the mediaMVP for playback. I'm leaning towords the PVR-250/mediaMVP because then I don't have a PC (even a quiet one) sitting next to my TV.

While I'm fairly confident all of this would work, here are the questions:

1) Should I have any concerns about the A7V133 with 1.33 GHz processor? Since the PVR cards do hardware encoding, and the 350 or mediaMVP do hardware decoding, I should be safe right? I understand this is for the mpeg1 and 2, but I also read the new mediaMVP software is DIVX compatible. I assume that is software transcoded on the PC and might be to much for my 1.33Ghz processor.

2) Is there any GB-PVR compatible video card that can capture *both* PAL (U.K) and NTSC? I'd hate to by a card, and then have to buy another in a year.

3) If I need to buy a PAL only capture card, anyone know where I can buy the PAL PVR-150, 250, or 350 for U.S. dollars? There is no problem getting it shipped to me, but where can I buy it. Seems the Brits pay twice as much for everything. If I can't get it in USD, where is the best place in the U.K.?

4) Without opening the box, how do you tell if a Hauppauge card is PAL or NTSC? I've seen references to various model numbers, but what do they mean?

5) I see the TV Walker mini, which has some GB-PVR support, does PAL and NTSC. However, their website leads me to believe it has no hardware encoding. Probably not possible to use with at 1.33Ghz processor?

6) How do I know which IR Blaster is compatible with my digibox? I'm guessing both the USB-UIRT and PVR-150,250,350 IR blasters would all work, but can someone give me proof? (I'll take a simple "works for me" answer).

7) My desktop machine will be relatively top notch (AMD 3500+) or similar. I could use it for occassional divx playing. Is there a way to use a single mediaMVP with multiple servers? For example, I would routinely want it "connected" to my GB-PVR, but optionally connect to my fast machine for DIVX playback.

8) Would a simple CPU upgrade be in order? I think I can put a Athlon XP 2200+ in the A7V133, but the FSB is still 266 and PC133 limits memory bandwidth.

9) How the heck does a Tivo get away with only a 33Mhz (I think) processor? Could I get away with that using the PVR-350 if I only wanted PVR capabilities?


sorry for the long post!

kenb88ocworkbench

Looks good, maybe even better than the ASUS Pundit-R. It is likely to be pricey though

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20615

Even better pics
http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2317&p=5

Hello everybody!

I'm new to GBPVR since XMas and love it.
But until now i couldn't find a nice skin working on my TV set (PAL 16:9) ... so you see i need at least a skin with an aspect ratio of 14:9. So i decided to build my own skin based on the very nice "The Street" skin by dimov. So now the first few menus are working and i liked to have some feedback. But there is another problem: i have no webspace available for hosting the pics and than posting them here. So if someone can help me feel free to send me an email.

OK Problem solved now i have some webspace. Pictures will come in a moment

Hi.... Ive got this program working pretty good now.... Its great.. im looking for help on one issue i have not figured out yet.... I have noticed if you move your files to a different drive they will no longer show up in the "recordings" window.... (even after you reconfig it to the new drive)... i added a new disk drive and moved everything onto the new drive, lets call it F:, I cant seem to get programs that were originally recorded on c: to show up in the 'recordings' window. Newly recorded programs show up fine.
At least this is my perception of the issue

Im wondering if there is a way to get it to re read all of your saved files.

I am sure this has already been mentioned, but having test drove Sage and Beyond recently I found these two features very useful.

Simply doing a 'record season (all episodes on this channel)' is great, but be able to detect from the guide the shows original air time and determine if it is a new show or not is a great feature.

Also the 'FAN' mode would be a welcomed addition.

So this is a two-for reqeust for the record menu from the guide to have two more options added to it.

Season Record (record all new episodes)
Record All (record all episodes on all channels)