I was wondering if we can create a scene selection like DVD's for a recording maybe every 10 minutes or so, showing a screen shot. Probably not a bad plugin. I do not know how to play a mpeg (from code) nor extracting stills from there.

I am new to this program so correct me if im wrong but i donot believe that this program has a few features that are available on some of the Linux based PVR's which would be really useful.

1. Automatic commercial detection and one button skip.
2. Automated transcoding of recorded programs into smaller Divx/Xvid files.
3. DVD transcoding and playback from ISO

These features would make this exceptionally promissing program into an indespencible piece of kit.

Thanks

i have just found this program and have not had a chance to try it yet but it looks wicked! i have a suggestion for a plugin which i read about on the MythTV forum and think is a fantastic idea.

This plugin uses bit torrent protocols to contact other gbPVR users machines to see if they are going to record or have recorded a certian show. This would therefore allow for the resolution of recording conflicts for those with not enough capture cards.

For example i wanted to record the simpsons and CSI, which are both on at the same time but only have one capture card. Normally you would have to decide, however with this plugin my PVR rig could contact my mate "Bobs" PVR over the net and find out that he too is recording CSI. My PVR would then record the Simpsons and at the end of CSI download this recording from Bobs PVR.

I think that this would be one of the finest plugins available and would make GBPVR the most desrable windows based PVR around.

Thanks and keep up the good work

Hi Guys,

Is there any utilities available, that will let the MVP wakeup the Hibernating/Standbye GBPVR server. I have seen software thet will send a magic packet,but for this to work it needs to be two PCs.The MVP has a MAC address so there needs to be software installed on the GBPVR server, that listens for configured MAC address on the local network while the Server is in Hibernation/Stanbye Mode.

Regards
Joe

I have had some success in setting the software end up. I can get the TV Guide up, set recordings, record the correct channel and playback my recordings all fine, but I am struggling to make the Live TV feature work.

If I select the Live TV button on the MPV interface the screen changes to the last used channel and says "Buffering 0%" and then reverts back to the menu screen.

Can anyone throw some light on this? I have tried various settings and have searched without success for a manual of sorts so I don't end up asking dumb questions (this is the first of several! I am sorting issues one at a time.)

I have been using "Beyond TV" but this software is excellent. Well done to the author.

hi, i have a few problems in dvd-playback:

i can't change the volume using the remote. it works in live-tv and in mpeg-playback (video-library) but not for dvd's. also, when i chose skip instead of fast forward in the configuration, the dvd-playback doesn't skip, it switches to fast forward.

can the decoder be a problem? i use cyberlinks decoder, which came with powerDVD. should i use another decoder? the hauppauge-decoder doesn't work, i can't chose it for dvd (only for live-tv and video-playback, because of my pvr250) and there is no other decoder installed.

another problem is the aspect ratio, but i mentioned it before, i think sub knows, what i mean ;-)

keept it up!

Hello,

How can I tune Channels on a pvr 250, I live in the Netherlands. I got the epg working. But when switch to live tv I get a tv window but no picture just noise and then when I want to go back to the main menu the program hangs.
I don't see a place where I can fill in frequencies for the different channels.
Wintv works fine and I used freqcopy but still no luck.
Can somebody plaese help me.

TIA,
Smokie

Having a problem getting my Adaptec Videoh USB & Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe USB to co-exist.
Configured as follows
Adaptec Videoh - Capture Card #1 - Internal Tuner - XMLTV.
PCTV Deluxe - Capture Card #2 - Internal Tuner - XMLTV.
Both TV Tuners work on their own but if configured as above or vice versa i get the following error "cannot connect to GB-PVR Recording Service" when the Adaptec is busy recording & i try to view Live TV on the PCTV Deluxe.

Sub,
The search tv-guide has helped me several times now. It has been a very good idea of yours to add this feature. But scrolling the alphabet takes some time and about 25 keypresses to get to the z (which is quite common in Dutch and German). It would be far easier to use the telephone-style input. Just press the "9" four times and you're at the z.

Is that feasible?

Greetz,
MaBo

I have noticed if I leave the GBPVR on screen application open for a couple of days, when I try to play a recording the swap file goes crazy and I have to kill the program with task manager or wait up to 10 minutes for the video to start. Has anyone else noticed this? Also with the app open the HD seems to be accessed once every second even if I am only in the main menu doing nothing, is that normal?