I've configured my gb-pvr as followed from the quick start guide.

Zap2it Plugin was the EPG source I chose.

I added a channel called "Now Showing" and set it to channel 3.

I have 2 setups I've been playing with and I'm in the USA.

1) Satellite box, VCR, tuner card

setup: VCR has line in coming from satellite box
         VCR has line out going to a splitter
         splitter goes to 1)TV & 2)tuner card

result:
In live tv mode I can only watch channel 3 clearly. Using gb-pvr to change the channels results in static/fuzzy/snowy viewing. If I set gb-pvr to channel 3 and then use the satellite box remote control to change the channels, things get displayed cleary. In the end I achieved what I wanted watching tv and the ability to record using vcr or pc by manual recording for my initial test.

2) Satellite box & tuner card

setup: turner card has line in from satellite box

result:
Same has setup #1 minus the vcr recording cabability.

Question


Q1) Why is channel 3 the only channel I can watch my shows? I was hoping by watching livetv in gb-pvr I could change the channels without using the satellite box remote control. I'd assumed gb-pvr determined the shows I can watch by what channels I have stored in my EPG data list.

Example of my EPG data list would be:

Now showing     channel 3
KTLA                channel 5
KCAL                channel 9

So the default livetv channel would be channel 3, then I hit the next channel button on my keyboard, get KTLA ch5 is snowy/fuzzy, and the same for ch9.

My end goal is to have a setup where I can wake up my pc by a schedule recording tasks that I programmed in gb-pvr, have gb-pvr change the channel to correct channel as defined in the scheduler.

Am I misunderstanding a concept here  

Thanks for any useful/serious replies  

I have a PVR-350 and I've setup the EPG Source to zap2it. I've created the account successfult however everytime I update it takes about 20 or 30 mins and says it has an error and to check the EPG source. Is there a possibility that if the right Capture source isn't chosen it won't work right? Also I did check that the username and password are correct so the obvious is taken care of Any help would be appreciated. Oh yeah and I did log into zap2it and set up a lineup for my local area.

Hi, I'm playing back a previous recording and I'm not able to make it skip forward or backwards with my remote.. now I swear I just did this earlier today... is this something anyone else has experienced?

Oh, I'm recording another show at the same time too.. if that has anything to do with it.

I'm wondering if anyone else with a PVR-350 is experiencing this.

I have a stripe the goes across the screen and rises vertically.. sort of like a vertical hold problem, but the picture is fine, the stripe is just like.. lighter.. or more washed out that the picture behind it.

I also have a very distinctive hum on my audio. I've verified that audio played from the computer through the same output does not have the hum, only audio recorded from the input of the pvr-350.

hope this all makes sense

thanks

I recently switched to getting guide information for Dish network (sat in US) from basic cable. This increased the number of channels by a factor of about 5. When I start GBPVR and select TV Guide the first time, it takes about 15 seconds now to display the guide. The first time this happened I thought the app had hung since it was unresponsive. Once it does come up the app behaves fine and subsequent TV Guide callups are quick (since the guide data has been loaded).

I would suggest loading the guide data in app startup so that even the first callup of the TV Guide is quick.

See my message over in the hardware forum

(thought I'd post this here rather than at shspvr to give you all a head-start :-)

AP

I bought a MVP (which works great with GBPVR) last week at PC World in Birmingham for UKP 50, decided to go back today for another, and they're now 19.99 !

Also seem to be available on-line for the same price.  Can't link to the precise item because the site uses session crap, but just enter MVP in the search box.

Cheers, AP.

PS: the first was a Rev D3A, not opened the other one yet.

I recently bought a projector, and after having used an ATI TV Wonder VE card i am not very inclined to use a PC to encode my TV signals again. The quality was horrible.

*Where can I see screenshots of the capture quality of the different (modern) cards?

*Is HW MPEG decoding as good as they say?

*why shouldn't I get an AIW from ATI and get a decent video card on the way. It retails for the same price as the WinTV PVR-250 (when adding the cost of the RF Remote)

Many thanks for your replies.

After viewing various PVR solutions I've decided to go with GB-PVR for various reasons, one being what appears to be an active plug-in development community.

However, before I run over to the nearest computer hardware store I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on what capture card to go with. I don't know enough about them to make an educated decision and would rather not buy a low end one now and kick myself later because it lacks features that my reduce the functionality of GB-PVR.

If it matters (in regards to hw vs sw decoding) I am running a P4 3ghz w/512 memory.

Thanks in advance.

Does anyone have this working with GBPVR? Does it work well?

They seem to offer 2 versions, a base model and one with an additional 56 KHz IR sensor. What's the purpose of this additional sensor (other than costing $5 )?