I started adding several programs to record my shows.  All were recurring in time slot and following adding about 10 programs, GB-PVR no longer functioned correctly; that is, I could not watch live tv and the tv guide was blank.  All of the programs displayed as failed, even though they were in the future?  I uninstalled, reinstalled, which created a new mdb and renamed the old.  All then worked, and then I renamed both files to replicate and sure enough the original caused the error.  I opened the db and viewed the programs, some of the date fields had a date but lacked a time.  I still have the file if you want it (8MB).  Several shows butt up against one another and they all had the 1 min overlap before and after.  Not sure how that gets resolved.

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Another issue with the scheduler grid.  I record the West Wing on Bravo at 11am EST to 12pm EST.  Another episode always airs right after from 12pm to 1pm EST.  In this case, both shows display as being recorded even though I only want the 11am.

This was true also for multiple shows in a row as well, like WW at 10pm, 11pm and 12pm would all show as to be recorded if I select the 11pm show only to record.  (Thinking the 1 min overlap perhaps.)

Once a 200GB drive is filled with recordings, the existing recordings options become a bit slow and tedious on an MVP.

The key issue I have is as recordings accumulate, the most recent and most commonly used recordings become harder to get to.

Hopefully thanks to the great plugin structure, I'll get around to writing one specific to my needs, including groups, listings more like the tvguide displaying descriptions, disk space etc, however in the meantime one or more of the following would be very helpfull in the existing system.

a) If pressing the up arrow at the top, move to the bottom entry. (eg one press to get to the end)

b) Perhaps a button allocated to get to the bottom.

c) Skip allocated to pageup/pagedown?

d) An option to reverse the list, eg most recent recordings at the top.

Obviously any one of these will be of help to what I assume is an issue for anyone with many recordings.

Cheers
Chris

First of all.... Thank you for a great piece of software Sub!

I can't log onto the webinterface.
Nothing happends when I submit the username and password...
The password-field fills up with *** and then nothing....

I'm running IE5 on W2K.

Hi Sub!
I've been using GBPVR for 2 months...works great, I've not posted before but read thru the forums...your support is unprecedanted.I'm using a pvr350 and everything was working fine until I installed Panda Titanium Internet Security.When I try to watch LIVE TV or click on a schedule to watch a programme...the hdd lights flicker but GBPVR freezes. There is nothing in the log files(unless I missed it),but I found this in XP's application log under a GB-PVR Recording Error heading:

Service cannot be started. System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpServerChannel.StartListening(Object data)
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpServerChannel.SetupChannel()
  at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpServerChannel..ctor(Int32 port)
  at w.a(String[] A_0)
  at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.ServiceQueuedMainCallback(Object state)

However WinTV2000 still works. It makes no difference to GB-PVR if I disable Panda...it will only work if I remove it.
Hope you can help me.

Kind Regards,

Conrad

I've made dozens of recordings from my WinTV 250 PVR card using both GB-PVR and WinTVCap (I've had to switch to WinTVCap until I can figure out why the pre-show / post-show minutes are not being honored on my recordings).

I've noticed that my WinTVCap recordings are VBR by default. The WinTVCap.ini file allows me to adjust the setting as follows:

BitrateMode = 1 // 0:CBR, 1:VBR

Is there a similar change I can make in GB-PVR? I don't see this in 'direct.ini'. GB-PVR's recordings are CBR by default.

I must say, the quality of the WinTVCap recordings are not as good ... there is something of a 'red tone' which is not there on the GB-PVR recordings. However, I can't trace this to any difference in settings, other than the VBR/CBR one ... and I can't imagine why that would result in a red tone! I searched the forum for "VBR" but got only one hit.

I'm assuming that both WinTVCap and GB-PVR should produce very similar results assuming similar recording settings ... or is that a naive notion ...? Maybe GB-PVR does some nice image equalization or something before writing out the data ...?

I'm going to download the latest version now to see if it fixes the pre-show/post-show minutes issue.

When multiple reoccurring recordings are scheduled and some shows conflict with others, how does one ascertain what will be recorded over the other and is there a way to change those priorities?

Thanks!

Hi,

Can anyboby help me. I would like to be able to burn a cd or dvd with shows recorded with gbpvr. The shows will be seen on a standard DVD-player.

I don't know much about it - but i think i need to burn a vcd (or svcd?) with my Nero-software. I not sure what resolution i should use. I have a haugpauge 250 - and it can record in mpeg2 - but i think vcd is mpeg1.

Can anyboby help me getting the best recording on a standard dvd-player (that can play vcd or svcd). If it could end op on a DVD it would be easier to fit a large movie on one media - but if a cd is needed that fine.

Is there any programs around that can turn a mpg2 into a vcd?

Thanks

Hi all,

i found GB-PVR on thursday and played around with it
the whole weekend. GREAT!!! I am really exalted about
this piece of software i searched for.
But there are some things i found and wondered about.
Maybe someone can help (yes, i searched the forum, but i
can´t find solutions ;-) ):
- The unit "mhz" in the FM radio-plugin should be "MHz". 10^-3
cycles per second is too little ;-))
- Things concerning EPG, channel settings and channel
 order are not very easy to see through for newbies.
- I don´t want all these channel logos inside the channel-logo
 directory (i want to use my own), but if i delete these
 files, they are restored at the next start of GB-PVR. So if i
 have e.g. a CNN.png i created and want to use, the restored
 CNN.jpg is used instead. Maybe a separate file with custom
 channel/logo-assignment is useful...
- The weather-plugin is really great, but i can´t get the texts
 inside translated (to german)...
- It will be very helpful to have not only the fahrenheit
 translated to degrees celsius, but also the mph to km/h...
- What is "bleb-channels.xml" for?

So far...looking forward to your answers...

Best regards, Thorsten

Hi there,

I have Nero's DVD decoder, but it doesn't show up as an option under config>DVD>Video Decoder?

Thanks,

Jim

Hi there,

Just came back to GBPVR and I must say it's really come a long way. Great work!

3 Questions:

1. While using the MVP, I can pause live tv, but cannot FF or REW, is this by design?

2. My video is noticably cropped on the MVP, much more so that with the standard MVP software. I played with some of the settings in the .XML file and the menuing system looks good now, but the video is definitely cropped on all sides. I remember the MVP software came out with a fix for this and I assume that would apply here as well; but I don't think it is. Suggestions?

3. Is there any documentation anywhere on the BB regarding what buttons do what on the remote for MVP and the keystrokes for the PC interface?