After buying a MediaMVP today, I've been reading up a little bit on it in this forum and came accross the mention of the dongle.bin file which, if I understand it correctly, is the software that gets uploaded to the MVP the first time it starts up. I also read conflicting statements that say you should use the original Hauppauge software for the first-time start of the device, whereas other people mention that this doesn't need to be the case. My question: What's wrong with the dongle.bin that is included in the GB-PVR installation? Is this a custom one, or is it an original one from Hauppauge? Is there any advantage to using one over the other?

I never installed the Hauppauge software, yet everything is working fine so far with my GB-PVR / MediaMVP solution. Therefore I suppose I should stick with the old Sysadmin wisdom of "never touch a running system"?

Also, I have a revision D3A device. Does the revision matter with regard to general functionality/reliability and specifically the interaction with GB-PVR? I read that the revision D3 was a bad one.

Thanks
Jan

Hi!

This is my first post, and oddly enough slightly off-topic. However, I thought it was a good idea to point out that when using a "." (dot) in your password when registering for this forum, a confirmation message claims that you have successfully registered, yet upon login attempts the site tells you that your user name is nowhere to be found. Took me four tries (each time using the same login name) until I tried a password that doesn't contain a dot.

Just thought this might be useful information for the maintainer of these forums.

And now on-topic: I am so thrilled to be using GB-PVR. This is such cool stuff, especially in conjunction with the MediaMVP. I bought my Hauppauge PVR-150MCE card a few days ago for under 70 bucks and was researching on the web as to how to best utilize it. I was considering bying SnapStream, but that would have meant that my computer would have been blocked while watching TV. Now with GB-PVR and the MediaMVP, this is just the coolest solution under the sun. A BIGGGG thanks to the developer(s) for creating such a great yet free product. I am thrilled.

Some feature suggestions of mine are upcoming in a future post, but I will do some research in these forums first to see if they have already been suggested or answered.

Thanks!

I am currently using a pvr 350 for my card and using the tv output with the osd to use it on my tv. I also use direct remote access so that I can use the remote to control gb-pvr even when the program is not in focus. I was wondering if it was possible to minimize the program to the system tray and still use the tv out of the pvr 350? If not maybe this could be implemented in the future if it isnt too hard. -rob

I was wondering if it is possible to page up/down using the remote in TV Guide mode? or is this a wishlist item?

Also, when I am in TV Guide mode, & other modes, I notice the images are off the screen on top & bottom. Does anyone know what I need to tweak to correct this?

I am using a PVR-250 with the MVP and the Hauppauge remote. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

It seems that when I sync my time with the Internet time that my shows get cut a few seconds off the end of the program. A "Time Bias" that would always bias the recording time could cure this if possible. I love GB-PVR - GREAT JOB

Going through the old documentation, I saw that GB-PVR once supported .my (myhtpc) files. These are very similar to the .dat files the XRecord exports.
I tried, but could not see if/how any support was still there.

So, my question is does GB-PVR still support .my files, and if so, how is that support?

I've been thinking of buying the remote for the AverMedia M150 card. Does anyone know if it will work with GB-PVR? Thanks.

I bought the AverMedia M150 and have been using it with MCE. The driver page on the AverMedia website says it is ONLY good with MCE. Is it true that I can install that driver on regular old Windows XP Pro and it will work with GB-PVR? This is amazing if true, the answer to what I have been searching for, and definitely worth a donation!  

Hi,
I have just installed GB-PVR (v0.22.7) and I am trying to figure out all the features of this brilliant program.

I managed to make a live recording, which I can play back without problems in Media Player 9. However, when I try to play it back in GB-PVR I only get to see half a second of the video, which then turns black, while the audio continues playback.

My playback configuration:
video decoder: InterVideo
audio decoder InterVideo
Audio renderer: DirectSound
I have to use VMR7 because my system is not compatible with VMR9. If I choose Overlay, the screen gets stuck in Recordings > Play and I can only hear the audio.

my system:
Athlon XP 2100
Hauppauge PVR150
on-board video (SIS 630/730)

Thanks for any help!

Would it be possible to add an auto-view option? By this I mean that, instead of recording a program you could choose for GB-PVR to automatically change to that channel when the program starts so you don't forget about it (in the same way Sky does). If GB-PVR was not running at the time it could launch GB-PVR and go straight to live tv and that channel.

The reason I'd like this is so I could have it automatically turn on the radio some days during the week and the TV at a different time on different days of the week. I realise I could use windows scheduler to schedule the Hauppauge TV and/or radio programs to load at specific times etc., but I like using GB-PVR.

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