Is there a wasy to keep GB-PVR from re-adding all the default net radio stations. I added some of my favorites from shoutcast, but keep getting all the others added back after I delete the .pls files.
I used to be able to watch a recording in progress by going to the recording section and picking the file, but I don't even see it in the latest version. Is this just me or is it for everyone?
If it is just me then I'll do a re-install or go back to a previous version.
Thanks in advance.
Once my selections are played within Jukebox it would be nice if tracks where continuously played at random. I thought this was the way it worked but it seems it only selects a random track when I press a key. Is this the way it's suppose to work or have I got it wrong? It's a great plugin which would be even better if this worked.
One feature of the Hauppauge software which would be nice to have in GBPVR is the ability to use the numeric keys to jump a certain percentage into a video file e.g. pressing 5 brings you 50 percent into file, pressing 6 60 percent and so on.
I've recently stumbled across the idea of building a PVR from my old desktop computer, it's a pretty decent AMD XP 2400 box with 512MB memory and a big 160GB SATA HDD. Currently all I have is a GeForce 4 128mb gfx card with Video-In / Video-Out.
When all is done I want to be able to record widescreen broadcasts from an NTL digital cable box (in the UK) via Scart / S-Video. Playback video recorded with GB-PVR and other video eg. DIVx on my Sony 100hz CRT via RGB-Scart.
I've downloaded GB-PVR and had a play about, but, I have a few questions I was hoping you guys could help me with before I splurge on hardware...
Capture Card
-- As I won't be using the built in tuner ever. Do I really need a card like a PVR 350 that comes with a built in tuner? Are there any simpler(/better) cards out there that just encode/decode?
-- Is hardware encoding the only way to go, is it even possible to encode in software, say using the Video-In on my current graphics card?
-- What capture card would people recommend in my circumstance?
TV-Out
-- Is the Video-Out on my current GFX card usable at all?
-- Is it at all possible to get my computer desktop to display on my TV via TV-Out? (This would be useful for occasional system maintainance)
-- Is it possible to play back DIVx at all via a PVR250/350 even though it wouldn't be hardware decoded or do I need an X-Card or similar for this sort of job?
-- What playback card would people recommend in my circumstance?
Remotes
-- I'll need a remote, but don't really care which one I end up with, am I right in thinking I'll be able to get almost any remote working to control GB-PVR with a bit of effort? (ie. I can worry about this later)
-- What remote would people recommend in my circumstance?
I hope they wern't such stupid questions, thanks in advance
I've just started exploring the wonderfull world of PVR's. My first choice was to buy a Kiss box that did it all for me, but I thought: I could do better than this. And thus I decided to build my own PVR.
I want it to be slick looking, not a PC smack-in-the-middle of my livingroom. I want it to blend in with the rest of my stereo gadgets.
But what bothers me with this case is I cant really put my own I/O cards in to it - and thus I can't put one of the supported video cards by this software in.
Any one got some good recommendations to cases. Only requirement is it has to be slick looking, have an IR reciever and have possibility to add your own IO cards.
hi i was just wondering some info on some hardware and stuff, just trying to sort out which capture card is for me, can you use the pvr-350 mpeg2 decoder output to output the entire screen, or does it just output mpeg2 files? i have a matrox g200 which could do both, but whenever you played a capture file it would spit it out to the tv even if tv output was off.
also can you change the capture settings to different file formats? what is the standard capture format? is it mpeg2 or raw avi?
im mostly likely going to get the pvr-250 or pvr-350, i also live in nz, and theyre really expensive here so just want to make sure i get the right one.
oh also is there you or are you going to implement a widescreen version? or can that be handled by windows or something? im making a pvr that just hooked straight up to a tv which is widescreen
also just want to say i love the project, a lot easier than all the linux ones, mythtv and freevo those were a nightmare to get working, gave up in the end
It would be great if it's possible to rund GBPVR as a service because the window on the desktop is really annoying if you want to use the computer for other purposes at the same time as someone else is using GBPVR on the X-card output.
