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January 11, 2005 Video Archive Plug-in Release

* Fixed a bug in the archive utility that caused it to rename comskip log files when archiving files

* Fixed a bug that could cause GB-PVR to crash when converting DVDs to MPEG format.

* Rewrote the display DVD by Genre code to load the file list in a background thread. This will prevent timeout on the MVP display in the case where you have a very large number of DVDs.

* Panel now will optionally display current music track

* Panel now cycles between messages at a configurable rate (default every 30 seconds) if there are multiple messages of the same priority

Hey guys, okay so when i run the plugin it does step one, then does step 2 (out of 3) and then just starts from the beginging (goes back and says click start to begin the rip) I have checked to see the directory that its looking for, and the app is there... I tried changing the directory to a new folder, and the .xml file says its changed, but when checking in the cfg utility, it says the previous directory... any help wouldbe great!

I was wondering if any of you can tell me if it is possible to use one of the legal movie subscription services (Cinemanow, Movielink, etc.) with GBpvr. I use an Xcard for TV-out and Wintv-250 for Capture.

I know the Xcard is mostly designed for mpeg playback, but it can play certain avi's as well. I'm pretty sure Cinemanow uses the wmv codec for their films and at present the Xcard can play these types of files. I don't know about Movielink.

There may be a way to re-stream the file but I don't have the knowledge and my PVR pc is kind of old and slow (350 mhz PII with 320 mb ram).

Any ideas how I may be able to view legal movie downloads with this setup? Thanks!

Don't know if this happens to anyone else or not, but I'm a big fan of "COPS", so I have season recordings set up (it is on frequently), which works great when I can keep up with it (believe it or not, some things DO take priority over COPS ).

Anyway, I've got like 90 episodes that I know I'm never going to watch (400Gb is nice!, and its a real pain to go through one by one and delete them.

It would be nice if I could just delete the files from my HDD and run some app that would compare my video directory and the MDB file, removing any entries that don't match.

Or, is there some other way currently available that can accomplish this?

Thanks,
Anedjf

Hi all,

I am new to GBPVR and have just installed it on the following kit: XP1800+, 512Mb, PVR350, Radeon 8500, QWare 5.1 Soundcard

I have a couple of queries though!

1 - I am assuming I need to connect the TV to the PVR350 and not the Radeon card.

2 - If I do this can I still get my sound from the optical outs on the sound card or do I have to use the audio outs on the PVR350.

3 - I have a bunch of AVI files which show up in the Video section but when I try to play them I just get a black screen. This could be a crippler for me as I have literally hundreds of AVI's and converting them would be a non starter.

Thats all I can think of for now.

Thanks in advance

Zitman

I've just tried to find UpdateEPG.bat on my machine, and can't find it. ( Basically, I am trrying to automate the downloading of XMLTV data every evening)

Since I can't find it, I was wondering
a) Have I lost it somewhere, and need to reload GBPVR
or - and I suspect this is the more likely
b) I need to create it myself.

If it is the latter, can someone talk me through the basics of what I have to do.

Thanks

dave ><

Hi,

(Firstly, let me complement you, sub, on the finest pvr s/w on the web)

I installed (upgraded) GBPVR recently to ver 2313. I'm not sure which version I ran before but it worked like a dream. Ever since the upgrade, the software gets stuck every time I exit playback of a recording (and sometimes when opening a playback too). The only way to recover is to kill the process.

Any ideas what the problem is?
Are older versions available anywhere online (in the meantime)?

p.s. well done on grouping of recordings. great feature in 2313!!!

Thanks
ren

Hey, folks. I just built a PVR (check my blog at BYOPVR.com if you're really curious), and I've been trying to find a skin for GB-PVR that works well both for me and has a high WAF.

I've downloaded a couple of skins from the "Downloads" page as well as the Documentation Wiki, but on some of them I'm getting the dreaded "Error: Object Reference Not Set to An instance of an object" message when I attempt to go into different modules. I'd really like to use the BlueTask skin, but I can't get to the TV Guide or some of the other modules without getting the error.

Everything is working great with the default skin, so is there any way I can figure out what the problem is and fix it myself? I am a software developer by trade, so I'm comfortable going in and changing configurations and code. I know I need to look in the error log, but is there a general rule to try to fix these problems?

Hey,

A while back I installed a serial cable to go between my PC and the low speed data input of my RCA DirectTV box. It greatly sped up channel turning while using Beyond TV. But I would much prefer using GBPVR. How can I use this hardwire approach?
Warning, I am new to all this so be genital.

-Eric

Hey,
A while back I installed a serial cable to go between my PC and the low speed data input of my RCA DirectTV box. It greatly spead up channel turning while using Beyond TV. But I would much perfer using GBPVR. How can I use this hardwire approch ?