I have got the gbpvr service running fine on my computer, I can record programs and view them from the computer. I cannot get GBPVR to come up on the Media MVP box on my tv though.

It gets stuck on the "contacting servers" phase of boot up. I do have GBPVR running as a service. I can get the Hauppauge software to come up on Media MVP and I can even watch shows that GBPVR has recorded on my TV though the Media MVP.

I am running windows xp service pack 2 with firewall disabled. How do I get the Media MVP to boot GBPVR?

I am running .227. I uninstalled .238 thinking that that might have been my problem.

I did a search of the forums for "contacting server" but that didn't get me any answers. How can I get it to boot?

Thanks,

Javalina

Hi,
I'm new to GB-PVR.

It's version GBPVR0238.msi

I'm using it with a Hauppauge PVR-350 with direct output over SCART and it works great. I have no monitor and so I'm managing the PC with UltraVNC. DVD-Tool is PowerDVD 5.

The most things works great. But in the first time of installation and using I have collected a few questions:

1. Why isn't it possible to search in this forum? Or where can it be done?
2. How can I play *.wmv-files?
3. I have tried to run the DVD2MPEG and after the first errormessage and generating the folder C:\DVD it does nothing when I try to start it. No HD-activities or progressbar or else.
3.a. I have activated the DVD-Button in the settings but it is not shown in the mainmenu.
4. I have tried to run the DVDripper and it works. But how can I show the ripped DVDs with GB-PVR?
5. Is it possible to show *.dvr-ms files with GB-PVR? With Windows Media Player it's no problem?
6. I have generated a folder for my MP3-files and copied all my folders in this folder. But if I try to play one or all files of a folder it does nothing. Can you give me a tip, what to do?
7. I have activated comskip and it seems to work fine. I have found textfiles in the recordingsfolders. But trying to use this information does not work for me. Is it a "0" (Null) or an "O" which have to be pressed before skipping? I have tried both and maybe I'm stupid. ;-)

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Jens

ive made a new plugin "My Pictures", its pretty basic, has slideshow, rslideshow, 4 different views (list, icons, big icons, preview).

you can zoom in and out of an image whilst in fullscreen mode (doesnt have the same bug "Picture Library" does when zooming). theres only one bug im trying to fix now (well one that i know of) which when you zoom in, it always returns to the very center of the image, and not where you well focusing on (if already zoomed in). once i fix this little bug ill send it to sub to upload.

same interface as "My Videos" so any skin developer, you can pretty much skin two plugins with the same skin.xml (a few changes, just preview mode vs details mode).

build number 1.0.1806.28775

Howdy,
I am not sure if this is the right place for this, but I can't seem to find another other place thats better. Searching the forums hasn't netted me anything either. So when all else fails ask.

I am using the MVP without a PVR card, and I honestly don't watch much TV. I already have a PVR from my satelite company too. What I do use the heck out of is the MVP to playback Movies, Music, Pictures, Internet Radio, etc.

The GBPVR Software takes my default capabilities and puts the MVP on crack. I love it, and I certainly appreciate all the work and effort being put into it. I plan on making a donation soon in fact. I am having issues with a few things tho.

1.) Often when using the device things will just slow down and eventually after clicking trying to get a response I get the normal MVP screen back. I am not sure whats up with that. I have not upgraded to the newest version yet because it seemed mostly directed towards the TV aspect.

2.) When using the DVDRipper plugin, it does what its supposed to do, however I can't play that file back on my MVP and thats what I was hoping to use it for. I have jacked around with Dr.Divx, DVDx, SmartRipper, etc and I have to just be retarded, because I can't ever get it to work. I get errors, applications just quit, etc. Any specific suggestions?

3.) DVD2MPEG - Thats what I was hoping to get working right. I have downloaded and installed all the required elements as dictacted from the PDF, however it's not functioning as advertised.
a.) I am not getting any log anywhere from it as the pdf says there should be. I can't figure out how to get it working so I can at least see what the problem is. I have ran searches on my computer to find it in case it was somehow in the wrong place.
b.) The DVD Decrypter works like a champ, then besweet does it's business, after that it closes and it appears another windows comes up and immediately goes away so fast I can't even tell what it is. I have nothing in my event viewer saying there is a problem either.

At this point nothing else happens and I never get my finished files but I can see the working files in my Temp directory. I have pasted in below my config file as directed by the instructional pdf. Maybe I screwed up and you can help.

Also below are my system specs so that you can see my environment. Thanks so much for everyones help and time on this. It's an incredible tool and if I can get these last few things to work, I will be in heaven. Thanks!

<settings>
<DVDDecrypterPath>C:\Program Files\DVD Decrypter\</DVDDecrypterPath>
<BesweetPath>C:\Program Files\besweet\</BesweetPath>
<mplexPath>C:\Program Files\Cuttermaran\Provider\mux\</mplexPath>
<DelayPath>C:\Program Files\dvd2svcd\mDVDauth\</DelayPath>
<tempDir>K:\Temp\</tempDir>
<DVDPath>P:\</DVDPath>
</settings>

Windows 2003 Enterprise Server
AMDXP 1900+
512mb pc2100 ddr
Geforce 3 ti500
4 - Western Digital 120gb drives
2 - IBM Desktar 80gb drives

This is my server I use for MVP, Shoutcast, Storage, ISO's, etc. I have the k-lite Mega Codec pack installed, and the tools I named above and a few others.

Does the TV Guide work in New Zealand, if so how do I get it to work, i have nothing showing on the screen when I select Tv Guide

i was just wondering what the universal buttons should be, like what button should be used for page up/down, change view etc. the common functions found in various plugins, red/yellow was used in a few plugins for page up/down, then sub used green/blue for page up/down in tv guide, i was just wondering if we should stick to certain buttons, just to make the functions universal. so i say we give it a vote.

blue/green seem better for page up/down, but blue was taken for switch view in video library (so i kept blue as switch view in my plugins and used red/yellow for page up/down). so we need to get some order!

heres what i can think of for common functions
<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">
page up
page down
switch view
information (movie info, dvd info, i think this is used a fair bit).
[/QUOTE]
im sure theres more or something. anway heres my vote
green = page up, blue = page down, yellow = switch view, red = info.

sub can you make it so the page up/down, is relative to the top channel, not to the highlighted, so the top index is always incremented by the number of channels displayed and so is the selected index. i mean currently if you highlight the very first channel and press page down, the page now only displays one extra channel and not a whole page of new channels. it just doesnt feel natural, im not sure if im explaining this right, but if you look at &quot;My Videos&quot; plugin and try doing a page down/page up in there that will show you what i mean (do it in details view with lots of files to get the best idea).

I have a hauppauge 350 and I know if I connect my console to it and then use the tv-out hardware encoding will be used and there will thus be a noticeable wait due to the encoding. If I use my computer monitor, and thus software encoding, will this still be the case however?

fini

I have found a huge difference in performance if I turn the panels on the main menu on.

If the panels are on, the TV Guide is very sluggish.

In VideoArchiver, I have measaured the time to scroll once through my complete list of shows. With the panels on, it takes 80 seconds. Without the panels, it takes 40 seconds!

The panels must be using a lot of the available cpu cycles?

I have found that the Flat Blue Hi Visibility skin (the new for 23.8) is much more sluggish than the standard Blue skin. Not only in the menus, but also in some plugins.

Strangely, I have measured that (initial) scrolling through a list of shows in Jeff's VideoArchive plugin takes appr. 30% longer if the Flat Blue Hi Visibility skin is used, compared to standard Blue. It is hard to see how the skin can have such a huge difference. Go figure...

I have much fewer reboots on my MediaMVP with the standard Blue skin than I had with Flat Blue Hi Vis.