Been using GBPVR quite a bit recently, but ran into some problems with my main XMLTV source, in that its support for the three major free-to-air channels was getting pretty patchy.

I found a better XMLTV source for these channels, and thought the simplest way to use both of these was to add another capture source, with the same capture card (I have only one) but a different XMLTV source.  I then deselected these channels from loading with my standard source, and made sure that my combined channel listing was in the right order via the channel tab.

This has worked well, and I now have a much more reliable program guide.  The only problem is that if I try and schedule a recording on one of the free-to-air channels at the same time as a recording is already set on one of the cable channels, GBPVR doesn't pick this up as a conflict, as they are on two different capture sources (although are using the one card).

Is there a better way for me to setup dual XMLTV sources, or to convince GBPVR to check the other capture source for scheduling conflicts?

Here is some C# source code for searching for an Episode by Keyword. This only checks the title, and the function can be modified for anybody's use. Since I wanted to learn C# (amazing how much like Java it is. ) and GBPVR was missing a more robust search method to find episodes, I figured I'd give this a whirl. Took about a half hour to get working, but this will take a keyword, and search all channels from the current date and time to an ending date 30 days out. It'll return all episodes that have that keyword in the title. I believe Jorm is planning on implementing something like this for the UI, I may try and get this implemented for the Web Interface as well. I don't plan to use the UI too much, just the recording engine.

Anyway, here is the function, feel free to modify it and use it as you wish in your own plugins.

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private static void SearchForEpisodeByTitle() {
ScheduleHelper scheduleHelper = ScheduleHelper.getInstance();
// Search for an episode listing, set the start time and the end time
DateTime startTime = DateTime.Now;
DateTime endTime = startTime.AddDays((double) 30);
String searchFor = "Apprentice";

IList allChannels = scheduleHelper.GetListingsForTimePeriod(startTime, endTime);
foreach (Channel channel in allChannels) {
foreach (Programme program in channel.getProgrammeList()) {
String findString = program.getTitle().ToUpper();

if (findString.IndexOf(searchFor.ToUpper(), 0) >= 0) {
Console.WriteLine("Found: " + searchFor);
Console.WriteLine("Title: " + program.getTitle());
Console.WriteLine("Channel: " + channel.channelName);
Console.WriteLine("Start Time: " + program.getStartTime().ToLongDateString() + " " + program.getStartTime().ToLongTimeString());
Console.WriteLine("End Time: " + program.getEndTime().ToLongDateString() + " " + program.getStartTime().ToLongTimeString());
}
}
}
}
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Does anyone have a guide on how to take recorded episodes and burn them as DVD's?

I'm thinking about creating a plugin to do it if it proves feasible, but my specialty is programming, not video.

Must start by saying that this project has gone a long way and that I like it a lot. SUB you are great.

The plugin that I would like to have is a key word function which will store key words in a separet file. When the EPG is updated it will look through that file, and if it finds a match in the EPG it will be recorded.

Example: In the file I put in &quot;Sylvester Stallone&quot; and in the EPG it will find Rocky I with Sylvester Stallone. Then it will get recorded.

Hope you all get what I mean.

Cheers /Jonas

Does anyone have a guide on how to take recorded episodes and burn them as DVD's?

I'm thinking about creating a plugin to do it if it proves feasible, but my specialty is programming, not video.

OK here is my list of current issues and possible wishes for GBPVR (it has taken the place of my primary PVR solution embeded in Meedio). I'll restate older/ununswered issues too.

1) Is it possible to exit directly from GBPVR? (and I mean including IN a plugin, eg. when playing TV) - will CTRL-F4 work? If not, this is a nice request. &lt;Solved - Yes&gt;

2) There is a rather long delay (longer than 1-2 seconds) when switching channels. I know it's not a PVR-350 problem, since both Hauppauge software and other PVR solutions (even old-GotTV) change channels much faster. Any way to fix this? &lt;Pending issue&gt; I could say it's even LONGER now!

3) How does DIRECT NUMBER channel switching works? When I press a number on the remote, I see it printed on screen (lower left) but nothing happens. If I press &quot;OK&quot; on my remote (it is NOT a Hauppauge remote), it moves me to a specific channel, irrelevant to the channel I have in the list. I would love if I could enter the number and NOT press anything else after that (no ENTER needed). If I want a double-digit number, to be able to input it in a specific delay, like a real TV. In other words press &quot;2&quot; takes you to channel &quot;2&quot;, but pressing &quot;2&quot; then &quot;1&quot; immediately after, take you to &quot;21&quot;. Much nicer and MORE wife friendly. &lt;Personal preference for wishlist - pending&gt; Still the same

4) I miss two TV functions that most real televisions and TV-PVR have: &quot;last channel&quot; button (ie. press it and it takes you back to the channel you were before - so you can easily swap between two channels) and &quot;channel list&quot; (ie. pop you in your TV screen the list of channels and you move up or down and select the channel you want) &lt;Last channel works, channel list as a list is personal preference for wishlist - pending&gt;

5) Mini-guide doesn't work well with the remote. Works ok with the keyboard (CTRL-G). Remote also has CTRL-G programmed, but what happens... it pops the mini-guide but just keeps it open for... 2 seconds! So you don't have the chance to select anything. Also if you press the button again, it switches to info on the current channel and I need to press it a third time! (this could be a Girder problem I need to look up - anybody has any thoughts on this?) &lt;Fixed - user error&gt;

6) What about a PROPER ability to sort the buttons in the main menu the way we want? Sub has mentioned something about renaming the plugins (! but this is not a nice solution (and I don't know if it works too - and surely after every update, we'll need to rename them again!. &lt;Pending for future version (next?)&gt; I think fixed?

7) Ability to hide mouse cursor? (normally I am fine since my cursor is set automaticaly to bottom right) &lt;Partially working, I would prefer real hiding, irrelevant to movement&gt; Not yet...

(older issues from here on)

8) Of course the lack of ability to assign the buttons we want to the functions we want. I would love even a preliminary (throught the .ini file directly) solution. People that don't want to use Hauppauge remote (like me with Girder and an X-10 remote) have problems. &lt;Personal preference for wishlist - Pending&gt; Not yet...

9) Anybody to make a skin resembling Meedio's Pandora Box Ice Age? :-) - I tried but couldn't do anything more than change the background. &lt;Pending... anybody?&gt; I now use direct calls to the modules I want so I don't care.

10) A little bug. If you have a mix of channels having EPG and channels that do not have (or you don't currently have EPG info on them), there is nothing to show your position. For example:

ET1 (empty nothing to the right)
NET (empty nothing to the right)
ANT1 (EPG list for the day)

if you are over a program on ANT1, all fine... if you press up button (where you go in the empty NET list) there is nothing to show you are over NET or ET1. If you press up once more, then you are over ET1, but you don't know that - you need to press down, twice to go back to ANT1 list and SEE where you are. I hope you get my meaning. There should be some indication of where you are in ALL cases. &lt;Pending&gt; My temporary fix is to fill the whole 24 hours with &quot;EMPTY EPG&quot; program, but GBPVR should fix this!

11) Popping the on screen menu (the menu with the &quot;pause&quot; symbol in the middle) doesn't do anything for me. Does this work? I have tried with keyboard, mouse and everything! Nothing! &lt;Problem for users with overlay - Pending&gt; Kind of fixed - but not transparencies.

12) Is there instant record (while you watch)? If not, there should be. Pressing the record button while watching a channel, should start recording until I press stop. Right? (also a &quot;REC&quot; indication on view screen - read 13) - Sub already mentioned this is not yet possible and will be added in the future but I list it anyway as a reminder. Limitation of current version, pending for later version&gt; I think fixed but without any OSD indication.

13) RECORDING SHOULD SHOW ON SCREEN. In all GBPVR screens! If you watch TV, there should be an indication that you are recording (so if you change channel, you screw your recording - the system could let you know and ask if you are sure). Also there should be an indication in main screen and an extra question in PVR programming, so if you select to record something else, the program should let you know that you are already recording and if you want to end the current recording. The least that should be implemented is RECORDING INDICATION, in all screens. Checks etc. could come later. &lt;Personal preference, although I guess public demand, for wishlist - Pending&gt;

14) Nothing. Keep up the good work! (I didn't want to stop at 13) When should we wait for the next release? :-P &lt;blip&gt;

:-)

Phew... finished. I hope sub takes the time to answer most of the above (if not all).

If I'm in the TV guide and I tell it to record a show once it works fine.

If I tell it to record a season it registers my recording, but my MediaMVP immediatly starts looking for servers and spends 15 seconds or so looking and then comes back to the main screen.

This didn't happen early in the week when I first got the equipment but has been 100% consistent in the last half of the week.

Simple question:
Say, my EPG-update is at 0300am. I don't want to wake my computer for that ('cause I'm sleeping next to it ;-)).

Does GB-PVR automatically update the EPG the next chance it gets, say when I turn on my computer (at 0900am, for instance)?

Thanks!

Last night I canceled a recording about 2 minutes before the pre-padding record of the show was about to start. It dissappeared in GB-PVR. But the recording service started to record anyway. I started GB-PVR, but could find no mention of the recording anymore, nore some notification that a recording was taking place.

To stop the recording, I closed the recordingservice (tray-application). About ten minutes later, I noticed that there STILL was some recording going on (HD-activity, and file-size of the mpeg was still increasing). I opened the windows taskmanager, and in &quot;Processes&quot; I still saw the GB-PVR recording service. I had to kill that process to stop the recording...

But I think the problem was with the original 'cancel' in GB-PVR, which apparently didn't work well... just to let you know!

Don't know if this has come up yet, but a &quot;hibernate&quot; or &quot;poweroff&quot; after record function should be nice.

I know you can set something like that in the Windows control panel, but that doesn't work all the time. With a wireless mouse for instance (has already been mentioned), or a download-manager running in the background...

I used to use iuVCR (http://www.iulabs.com), which had this function (power off or hibernate after record).

That shouldn't be too hard?

Thanks!