If you're one of the many PVR350 users that encounters hard system lockups when using the TV out, could you possibly try the newest Hauppauge drivers and let me know how you get on? You can get them from:

ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/downloa....inf.zip


The release notes for these drivers contain two particular items that make me wonder if they might help this problem:

Driver Release 1.18.021.22247 (09/03/2004)
* IRQL-safe DMA improvements.

Driver Release 1.18.021.22237 (08/24/2004)
* Newer, better firmware.
* DMA improvements.

Is the Adaptec VideOh! DVD Media Center 2310 USB2.0 Edition supported by GBPVR?

Anyone here use it with GBPVR?

I see slow downs when switching channels or starting up "Live TV". It takes about 4-5 seconds to switch channels. I am using the Haupauge 250 on WinXP Home (AMD 2000XP, 512MB RAM). The channel seems to stutter at times as well when viewed in GBPVR, like my machine can't keep up with the signal.

Another issue is that when I hit the esc key when viewing a channel, I get a black screen that says "initializing channel" but it never goes away. Maybe I shouldn't be using esc to get back to the main menu?

Switching channels seems reasonably fast (and doesn't stutter) using the haupauge winTV2000 program. How can I start to debug this problem?

Thanks!

I just installed GB-PVR and am having problems updating the EPG from zap2it. I have an account there and use it for othe guides but GB-PVR is telling me it's not confugred correctly. I found this in the log file:

9/9/2004 18:03:47.476 INFO [155] Auto-Updating EPG
9/9/2004 18:03:47.788 VERBOSE [155] FindLastListingDate() oid: 2
9/9/2004 18:03:47.851 INFO [155] Requesting listings for period: 2004-09-09T00:00:00Z - 2004-09-17T00:00:00Z
9/9/2004 18:04:06.273 ERROR [155] Error UpdateEPG()'ing: '', hexadecimal value 0x1F, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 1.
9/9/2004 18:04:06.288 ERROR [155]   at System.Xml.XmlScanner.ScanContent()
  at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseRoot()
  at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
  at System.Xml.XmlReader.MoveToContent()
  at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)
  at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters)
  at Zap2itDataDirect.xtvdWebService.download(String startTime, String endTime)
  at GBPVR.Backend.Common.Zap2itEpgReader.a(IEpgUpdateProgressCallback A_0)
  at s.a(aq A_0, IEpgUpdateProgressCallback A_1)
  at a.b()


Any ideas?

I manually configured a couple channels and the system seems to work...even able to use the MVP...but without EPG it's a pain...

Thanks...

I love the new web based TV guide to schedule programs for the GB-PVR. I was wondering if it would be possible to add a search feature just like those used on tv.yahoo.com, titiantv.com, tvguide.com, etc... It would be nice not only to do a title search but also a full text search that would include the episode title and description.

Keep up the great work

This is my second time to try GB-PVR and once again it's the XMLTV that stops me in my tracks. I'm using a Hauppauge WinPVR 350 and up to now have been using the supplied PVR software. I'm really anxious to try out GB-PVR and see how it works with my MediaMVP too.

I don't really understand this whole XML TV listings stuff yet and am just blindly following the quick start instructions.  I'm in Ireland, but since I can't seem to find out any information specific to here, and since much of my channel selection would be UK based I've selected the bleb file.  I understand (too strong a word) that it's the source for UK channels, and I'm using a Sky Digibox for most of my channels.
However when I clicked on the 'Update EPG' button in the config screen I get two boxes - one telling me it's updating the EPG file and the other an error box saying 'XMLTV: error reading XML. Value cannot be null. Parameter nametring.'

This is all gobbledygook to me.  Can anyone explain in simple English how to do what's required to get GB-PVR up and running, or is there a layman's guide URL anywhere?  Thanks.

i don't know, if anyone else has this problem, but in firefox the dropdown for the days doesn't work. sometimes, it just refreshes the actual page and sometimes it jumps right.

i assume, the go-button just refreshes the page, so if i clicked right, pressing go takes me another step forward.

by the way, internet explorer shows the same behaviour. have i missed something or is this feature planned for future releases?

the web-feature is a great improvement, thanks to all developers!

Hi,

I'm thinking of building a dedicated PVR using the VIA Epia-V 8000 board (KustomPc Link). Has anyone had any experience of this mobo/cpu combination? ie is it good enough, are there any problems with it, etc etc.

Thanks in advance

When attempting to download the Girder plugin from the plugin page on this website, the download link doesn't work, it just goes to a page that looks like html. I would love to try your software, but can't untill the link is fixed, or can someone please point me to an alternate download site? I have already looked on girder's site and don't see a plugin there for GB-pvr. Thanks in advance for any help or advice.

Just tried GBPVR for the first time tonight, overall very impressed.  I will post in the wishlist soon.  I searched the forums to find out why I could not FF/RW during live TV on my MVP.  Saw a couple posts that said SBE had to be enabled and I needed XP SP1.  Does that mean that if I'm running Windows 2000 I can't fast forward live TV on my MVP?  If so is there any other way around this?