I have been planning on building a network media center for a few months now. In my endless search for the perfect hardware and software, I have been disappointed. It seems every PVR software package is lacking one key feature or another. This is my first time at GB-PVR.com and I have to say the software looks promising.

My plan is to build my media network in client server architecture. Its intent is to watch/record live television, play ripped movies and listen to stored music. The server will house a number of HD drives and will encode TV through multiple Hauppauge 250 encoders hooked up to multiple cable boxes via. USB-UIRT. The setup will also be comprised of a number of Clients PCs, Media MVPs or a combination of the two.

I am listing the features that are important to me. I would greatly appreciate any information/feedback you have GB-PVRs support for these features. Also any commentary on GB-PVRs strengths and limitations compared to these other products.

- Support for Multiple encoders
- Support for recording shows from the client interface on to the server
- Software interface for the MVP
- EPG
- Smooth Tivo like FF/RW (haven't found this yet on any platform, not a deal breaker)
- XCard Support
- Dummy proof UI (Setup and configuration can be difficult, but a child needs to be able to understand how to work it)
- Decent interface for browsing DVDs, Music
- .Net Development (not a big deal, but as a .Net programmer It would be nice to play with it)
- Price isn't a concern (I will donate the cost of other retail products, if I choose free solution)
- Windows OS
- Intelligent recording scheduling (IE if one show is being recorded and another is scheduled the software will automatically start recording on another 250card.)

I realize as with most things, nothing is going to have everything I want. I am just looking for the best fit. This project is a big undertaking for me; I know how much work I have put into it. Knowing how much time I have put into research, I would like to recognize the extraordinary amount of time sub, you have put into this project. You seem to have done amazing work and it is appreciated by all.

Thank you Sincerely,
SoonerToucan

I changed my disk configuration on my Pc today
and now my databas says that I have no recordings
but on disk all records excist

1- can this be stored?
2- if not is it posibel to use this files as Video
3- if yes on 2, I missing a function for deleting files(could be an option)

Sven Aake

How about a plug-in that could read a compact Flash drive (or any drive for that matter) and help you copy the files to either the server or local directory. Maybe even have the ability to burn a CDR by selecting different images.

The tricky part would but to use only the remote and easy.

Raymond

How do I change the port for the webserver to 80,
in previouse versions you could but now the box is greyed out?

Thanks
Dan

I was hope that there was a way to put the title of the show for the name of the title instead of using the date and time. For example:

093004_18001900.mpg
and have
093004_18001830_simpsons_halloween_special.mpg

or something like that

Is this possible?

If you someone is trying to organize shows and not get duplicates it would be a whole lot easier if the show title or episode number or something was there.

How about direct support for the DCT2000 series of cable controllers serial port.

Or does it work with ANY multi function remote such as the FireFly for that matter?

For some strange reason livetv behavious differntly when the -livetv commandline option is used, and when livetv is selected on the main menu.

If I start livetv on the main menu all is fine, is get a smooth fullscreen picture.
When i use the commandline the picture is zoomed in a bit, it looks like the videoframe is not fullscreen. It kinda looks like gbpvr isn't starting in fullscreen mode, but in windowed, since the zooming is about the same amount as the titlebar height.

I also tried to start with the -noframe option, but for some reason there is still a frame (the menuoptions, close,max,etc are gone btw )

The main problem is that these couple of zoomed line make the dvdmax feature of the matrox work wrong, since that requires the right aspect ratio of the videoframe (which it isn't 4:3 anymore since because of the couple of zoomed lines).

Ps, using the latest version (21.4),  tried several decoders . overlay vs vmr  but problem is always the same.

An idea of what is causing this behaviour?

Hardware: WinTV-PVR250. WinTV2000 works fine. Re-installed the latest MVP software.

I can contact GB-PVR server and load application. GB-PVB' GUI does show on TV. I can also play vedio file, just can not watch TV program.

I select TV-Guide>Choose a program>OK>Watch, I can see program name and "buffer %0 full" etc on TV screen, but no picture shows up, just some black and wihite noise.

Also, there are other two problems:
1) whenever I reboot the machine, I have to phsically stop Haupage's MediaMVP and start GB-PVB Media MVP server, other wise MVP always goes to Haupage's MediaMVP server.

2) Somtime when I tried to turn off the MVP, it just re-contacts the server and can't go off.

I know could be some config issue, just can't figure out.

Having more money than sense :) , when I was preparing for my GB-PVR setup, I bought both a MediaMVP and a PVR350.  Now, I have a configuration that works wonderfully with the PVR350, and the MediaMVP is still in the box.  

Being new to the PVR arena, I don't think I understand all of the possibilities that are available to me.  

I imagine that, since the MVP doesn't have a tuner card, it would be useful in the following scenarios:

a)  for the playback of media after it has been recorded
b)  to be able to view recorded programs while others are being recorded
c)  to watch two different recorded programs simultaneously (provided that they could be modulated onto different channels and distributed appropriately)

I'm looking for any suggestions on how I might use these two in conjunction (assuming they're hanging off a single machine, and what benefits, if any, I might gain from such a setup (if it's even possible).

thanks,
junkman