I was running out of HD space on an 80GB movie drive. I record Good Eats and each 30 min show is about 950MB when using CBR MPEG2. I had 1 GB left then downloaded the new version and started using VBR MPEG2 and now each show only takes up 550MB. Each time I record a re-run, I get more space back.

What shortcut keys are used to shutdown GBPVR??

Also, as soon as I get my PayPal account updated, a donation will be on the way.

This has to be the greatest FREE PVR program around!!

Good work SUB.

Hello,

I am pretty new to GBPVR 2.38 so I haven't figured out if these things a possible or not. I would like to see the ability to manually input channel and recording time instead of scrolling. I would also like to see support for the ATI all in wonder cards.

Thanks,
Rick

Hi!

Are there any TV-Card requirements to run GB-PVR through the MVP, or will any card that works with GB-PVR also work in combination with MVP?
I have a Leadtek WinFast PVR2000 card, and it works perfectly with GB-PVR on my PC.

I'm on a bit of a roll so I'll get my second post on the go.

Is it possible to install some software on a second PC to essentially give the same functionality as the MVP. The second PC would be able to watch videos, play music etc. all from the "server" PC (the one with the big hard disk with all the info and the capture card). Live TV could then be played on any PC in the house from the "server" PC.

Can this be an alternative installation of GB-PVR for the future. A "client" version.

If I have missed this functionality somewhere then please be kind, i'm a newbie of about 2 weeks after buying a PVR-250, seeing the state of the bundled software and doing searches on Google.

Smeghead

May I start by praising the software and the forum. I wouldn't have a system up and running without the quality of GBPVR and the assistance of the forum.

I read in a post that the idea of Live TV is not to channel surf but to record, pause, rewind etc.  That's good and I don't want to knock it BUT I was planning a setup that meant hiding a PC in a cupboard with my cable box and an IR blaster. This way I could use my MVP for everything (and maybe buy more MVPs for the rest of the house).  But alas I can't because changing channels is so slow. I understand why but can we have a key press to start/stop it recording and allow channel surfing.

Smeghead

It will be a few weeks before gbpvr is ready for this plugin.  Not sure what will be going on with me then, so I will release what I have now.  It seems to work when gbpvr is on the main menu, except that it won't erase until you do something on the menu.  Trying it on other screens is at your own risk (I have seen gbpvr hang) for now.  The config screen is coded and built in, but for now gbpvr won't show this plugin in the plugin list, so you can't invoke it.  The config screen only allows you to change the port number, so it not a big deal.

See the post in the announcements forum for how to setup the YAC server.

Note that if the DLL exists in the plugin directory it will be active.  So once you are done testing it out, I would recommend removing it from the plugin directory.

This message has the attachment for the dll.

I wasn't really sure where to put this, but anyway...

I think the GB-PVR version number should be changed - its seems silly that we have a stable release with many features and its still only version 0.23xx. When I first saw GB-PVR I almost didn't download it because I thought it would be sooo buggy - which its not. I'm not suggesting a 1.0 anytime soon, but I see where GB-PVR's at now at atleast a 0.6.. anyone else agree?

fini

Hello all,
         Is it possable to playback via the WinTV-PVR-usb2 tvout function or do i have to use tvout on my video card ?
Many thanks
Mark Wales UK

I just found my old mpeg2 decoder card made by Sigma Designs. The chip is the EM8300. Any chance GBPVR can use the decoder for output?