does anyone use this card? is it any good? hows it like against the pvr-250?

also does the remote work in gb-pvr?

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.

Cheers
Henrik

When I first created a lineup in zap2it, eveything worked fine, but I did not list all my channels since I was still "experimenting".
Now all is working fine, I went to my zap2it account, and checked (enabled) all my other channel. Did a EPG update from GBPVR config, and all seems OK.
BUT, when I go the TV Guide in GBPVR, I see all my channels listed, but only the old channels had programming and shows listed with them, the other 'new channels' I added only show their channel titles with no programming present (the row is just all BLANK in GBPVR).

I fixed this by going back to zap2it account, DELETED my old lineup, then created a new lineup where I added all my channel, updated my GBPVR config, and now eveything is all right..

It would be convenient to be able to update my zap2it lineup with any new channels I am interested in (or just purchased) without the need to delete the whole lineup, and re-create and select all channels again.


ANOTHER minor thing, when I hit Empty GBPVR (ver 214), it displays a message of warning, but after I hit OK, nothing happens. i.e. I still see all the channels listed in the Listbox.
Would be nice to provide visual update indicating those channels are truely deleted (even if you re-start config, it still shows the channels you emptied).

Not trying to be critical, but trying to make a very good and nice software even better

Cheers...

Do closed captions work? I have a PVR-350 and a EPIA M10000. I'm using the s-video output on the epia motherboard. I saw there was an option for close captions in the config dialog so I checked it, but it didn't work. I tried the InterVideo and Cyberlink software mpeg codecs and each of three overlay choices VMR9, VMR7, and overlay manager. I tried each of those setting with the three close captions settings on my Sony TV: XDS, CCT, & TXT.

I have got the Pinnacle working fine for recording video using the Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe (PAL) by changing all PAL entries to NTSC. However it records video fine but there is no audio. Also during Live TV there is no audio either. Here is my debug info. Any help would be apreciated. Thanks

21:30:39.953 INFO Log started
21:30:39.953 VERBOSE DirectRecorder(1, 1, 2, 0)
21:30:39.953 VERBOSE Loading filter names from C
21:30:39.953 VERBOSE Found names:
21:30:39.953 VERBOSE Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe USB (NTSC) Crossbar
21:30:39.953 VERBOSE Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe USB (NTSC) Device
21:30:39.953 VERBOSE Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe USB (NTSC) TvTuner
21:30:39.953 VERBOSE Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe USB (NTSC) TvAudio
21:30:40.203 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:30:40.203 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:30:40.203 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:30:40.203 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:30:40.812 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:30:40.812 VERBOSE ConnectPins failed!
21:30:40.812 VERBOSE Failed to connect pinNameCrossbarAudioDecoderOut to pinNameCaptureAnalogAudioIn
21:30:40.812 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:30:40.828 VERBOSE put_Mode(AMTUNER_MODE_TV)
21:30:40.828 VERBOSE put_CountryCode(1)
21:30:40.953 VERBOSE put_TuningSpace(1)
21:30:40.953 VERBOSE put_InputType(0, 0)
21:30:40.953 VERBOSE put_ConnectInput(0)
21:30:40.953 VERBOSE put_Channel(2, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT)
21:30:41.156 VERBOSE get_VideoFrequency() returns 55250000
21:30:41.156 VERBOSE get_CountryCode() returns 1
21:31:02.140 VERBOSE DirectRecorder(1, 1, 3, 0)
21:31:02.140 VERBOSE Loading filter names from C
21:31:02.140 VERBOSE Found names:
21:31:02.140 VERBOSE Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe USB (NTSC) Crossbar
21:31:02.140 VERBOSE Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe USB (NTSC) Device
21:31:02.140 VERBOSE Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe USB (NTSC) TvTuner
21:31:02.140 VERBOSE Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe USB (NTSC) TvAudio
21:31:02.156 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:31:02.156 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:31:02.156 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:31:02.156 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:31:02.406 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:31:02.406 VERBOSE ConnectPins failed!
21:31:02.406 VERBOSE Failed to connect pinNameCrossbarAudioDecoderOut to pinNameCaptureAnalogAudioIn
21:31:02.406 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:31:02.421 VERBOSE put_Mode(AMTUNER_MODE_TV)
21:31:02.421 VERBOSE put_CountryCode(1)
21:31:02.546 VERBOSE put_TuningSpace(1)
21:31:02.546 VERBOSE put_InputType(0, 0)
21:31:02.546 VERBOSE put_ConnectInput(0)
21:31:02.546 VERBOSE put_Channel(3, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT)
21:31:02.750 VERBOSE get_VideoFrequency() returns 61250000
21:31:02.750 VERBOSE get_CountryCode() returns 1
21:31:08.062 VERBOSE DirectRecorder(1, 1, 4, 0)
21:31:08.062 VERBOSE Loading filter names from C
21:31:08.062 VERBOSE Found names:
21:31:08.062 VERBOSE Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe USB (NTSC) Crossbar
21:31:08.062 VERBOSE Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe USB (NTSC) Device
21:31:08.062 VERBOSE Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe USB (NTSC) TvTuner
21:31:08.062 VERBOSE Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe USB (NTSC) TvAudio
21:31:08.093 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:31:08.093 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:31:08.093 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:31:08.093 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:31:08.328 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:31:08.328 VERBOSE ConnectPins failed!
21:31:08.328 VERBOSE Failed to connect pinNameCrossbarAudioDecoderOut to pinNameCaptureAnalogAudioIn
21:31:08.328 VERBOSE ConnectPins
21:31:08.343 VERBOSE put_Mode(AMTUNER_MODE_TV)
21:31:08.343 VERBOSE put_CountryCode(1)
21:31:08.468 VERBOSE put_TuningSpace(1)
21:31:08.468 VERBOSE put_InputType(0, 0)
21:31:08.468 VERBOSE put_ConnectInput(0)
21:31:08.468 VERBOSE put_Channel(4, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT)
21:31:08.671 VERBOSE get_VideoFrequency() returns 67250000
21:31:08.671 VERBOSE get_CountryCode() returns 1

This one could be chalked up to user error, but may have been prevented. Tonight while one of my gbpvr machines was recording I changed the config to include another video folder (so I could view shows recorded on the other gbpvr box). This caused gbpvr to interrupt the current recording. When the service came back up it started recording the show again, but over the previous file. My wish is for a prompt to tell me that a recording is taking place and asking if I really want to enable that config or for gbpvr to see that a file is already present with a given name and append a _copy (or something) to the filename.

Thanks & Great piece of software!

First, this program was so easy to setup and works wonderfully!

I do however have a few relatively small issues I'd like to iron out. I just recently bought a PVR-350 and installed it in a Windows 2000 machine.

It seems that there are a few things not working on my remote that do work in the MyTV2000 suit that it comes with, such as muting.

I've read the threads pertaining to external volume control by binding the FUNC button to the Volume.exe I downloaded from that website (can't remember off the top of my head what the url was). Anyway, I noticed that the keyboard command to mute was "m", but even that doesn't work. Is it something else?

Here is my irremote.ini:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">
[GB-PVR]
1=1
2=2
3=3
4=4
5=5
6=6
7=7
8=8
9=9
0=0
STOP={ctrl}S
CHNLDOWN={DOWN}
GRNPOWER={alt}{f4}
PLAY={ctrl}P
GO=g
BLUE={ctrl}B
BACK={esc}
REC=r
SKIPREV={ctrl}{left}
OK={enter}
PAUSE={ctrl}Q
MENU={home}
FASTFWD={ctrl}F
VOLDOWN={left}
RED={ctrl}R
VOLUP={right}
CHNLUP={UP}
YELLOW={ctrl}Y
REWIND={ctrl}R
GREEN={ctrl}G
FULLSCREEN={alt}{enter}
MUTE=m
SKIPFWD={ctrl}{right}
FUNC={run{C:\Volume.exe}}
[/QUOTE]

Some of that may not be right. Perhaps there is a listing of what the remote binds are and also a listing of keyboard commands for GB-PVR so I can double check my irremote.ini against those.

Other than that, the program was super easy to setup and get running fully functional. That reminds me, I did have a problem with the TheatreListing plugin. The GetTheaterListings.exe generates the following error:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">
Process id=0x470(1136), Thread id=0x2fc (764)
[/QUOTE]

Then goes on to say:
<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">
Registered JIT debugger is not available. An attempt to launch a JIT debugger with the following command resulted in an error code of 0x2 (2). Please check computer settings.

cordbg.exe !a 0x470
[/QUOTE]

Thanks a lot for you help in this matter.

Half the time I am ending up with zero length files. I can't seem to figure out what I am doing wrong.

Any help would be greatly apreciated

Is there anyone out there who succesfully uses a Dutch EPG (I don't know if I got to have a special one for my cable provider which is UPC in Amsterdam).
I'am a complete newbie on XML.
I did read the thread on teletext converting but since Wintv nor VTplus work properly on my Hauppauge 250 I've given up on Hauppauges native appz, so no teletext on my HTPC.

cheers, arttext