I installed GB-PVR for the first time a couple of nights ago, and I almost have it working. Now I am having a problem with the guide. I signed up for zap2it, but when I display the guide, it is an hour off. For example, Wheel of Fortune is on at 7:00 pm, but the guide says it is on at 6:00 pm. I have tried changing my timezone to a couple other time zones in EPG Source Settings, but this doesn't seem to affect anything. When I check the listings on http://www.zap2it.com, they are correct (I'm not sure if the two websites use the same data). Any help would be appreciated.

I've got GB-PVR up and running and love it!  I really like the way the service will wake the PC from standby and start recording automatically.

Now, is there any way to wake the PC from standby with the Hauppauge remote?  This would be a complete solution - able to wake a sleeping PC, select some shows to record, and then set back to standby until the service needs to wake again for recording. I'm running Win2K.

Thx.

I have approx 6 shows that are on "Season-Record". I don't monitor when it's recording. I try to look at what's been recorded every couple of days. I noticed today that nothing recorded for a couple of days. I started poking around and noticed the EPG was empty.

Has anyone else noticed this? I'm using Zap2it. I went into the Configuration Tool and ran an "update epg" and all appears fine now. I checked the Windows Scheduler and did NOT see an entry for the EPG to run (I don't remember if this is how it runs anyway). Anyone have any ideas? It's v17i

Thanks
John

For those that want to view DVDs from their hard drives on their MVP or PVR350, below was a post from another forum that I thought some people would be interested in knowing about.

There is so many tools out there, that its often difficult to find the exact one you need for a task like this, so here it is in nutshell:

[b Wrote:Quote[/b] ]Step 1: I rip the DVD's with SmartRipper to my hard drive. I set SmartRipper to rip the movie to one big file.

Step 2: I then import that file into Womble MPEG Video Wizard and select Export. I only change the AC-3 audio to MPEG Layer II and hit Start. Only the audio is re-encoded.

The entire process is very fast and the resulting file is of excellent quality and plays just fine through the hardware decoder of the PVR-350

If a DVD has no copy protection I wont even use SmartRipper. I import into Womble direct from the DVD and proceed with Step 2.

I just installed GB-PVR (v0.18l).  When I try to watch live tv, I get the error message "Failed to Communicate with the GB-PVR Recording Service".  I checked the task manager, and GBPVRRecordingService.exe is running.  I tried restarting the recording service from the start menu, but that didn't help.

I am running Windows XP Home Edition with an Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-350.  I live in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Thanks in advance.

Actually, I just found the problem. I had set it up for Capture Device #2. When I changed it back to #1 it worked. Sorry.

I get nothing but static on all channels within Live TV. I can't seem to find any settings to tune these. I have had the same problem in anumber of other programs as well. I fear it is either a M$ issue or my drivers are just no good. The bundled software appears to be based on the Honestech Capture software and the card tunes just fine in that program.
Anyone had similar problems and overcame them?

I have a revision 2 Yuan MPG600 (the purple one). I am trying to make this work in GBPVR but am having little or no success.
The section of my direct.ini that I have cobbled together by guesswork and with the help of this thread;

http://gbpvr.com/cgi-bin....hl=yuan

looks like this;

[Python 2]
FILTER_CROSSBAR=Python 2 Crossbar
FILTER_CAPTURE=Python 2 Capture
FILTER_TV_TUNER=Python 2 TV Tuner
FILTER_TV_AUDIO=Python 2 TV Audio
FILTER_ENCODER=Python 2 Encoder
PIN_CROSSBAR_VIDEO_TUNER_IN=Video Tuner In
PIN_TVTUNER_ANALOG_VIDEO_OUT=Analog Video
PIN_TVTUNER_ANALOG_AUDIO_OUT=Analog Audio
PIN_TVAUDIO_TV_AUDIO_IN=TVAudio In
PIN_TVAUDIO_TV_AUDIO_OUT=TVAudio Out
PIN_CROSSBAR_AUDIO_TUNER_IN=Audio Tuner In
PIN_CROSSBAR_VIDEO_DECODER_OUT=Video Decoder Out
PIN_CAPTURE_ANALOG_VIDEO_IN=Analog Video In
PIN_CROSSBAR_AUDIO_DECODER_OUT=Audio Decoder Out
PIN_CAPTURE_ANALOG_AUDIO_IN=Analog Audio In
PIN_CAPTURE_I2S_OUT=Video YUV
PIN_CAPTURE_656_OUT=Audio PCM
PIN_ENCODER_I2S_IN=Video YUV
PIN_ENCODER_656_IN=Audio PCM
PIN_ENCODER_OUT=Video/Muxed Out
PIN_WRITER_INPUT_IN=Input

I am particularly unsure of evrything above that includes the word "ENCODER". That was just guesswork.

As per the thread above, I also reregistered the three dll's listed. And rebooted the machine after changes were made.

The only output I get when I select LiveTV is a black screen if I turn on VMR instead of Overlay. (I am using the cyberlink dvd decoder and encoder)

On most channels, especially BBC 1 and 2, the sound is distorted. I get this in GB-PVR during playback and live tv, as well as in Xplayer 2.1. But in Xplayer 1.2 the sound is good! I thought I had seen a post earlier on how to change the volume but I can't find that anymore. Perhaps it was not in this forum.

I have noticed that video playback looks substantially different through GB-PVR than the standard Hauppauge software in that it seems to stretch farther into the overscan areas of my TV. Because of this, the Hauppauge software looks significantly better on my TV using the same recorded video files. The effect is so intense that the playback icons actually go partially offscreen.

Is there any way to configure the playback area of the screen, so that the video does not stretch into the overscan area?

First of all let me state that this is a terrific piece of software!

Now for my three questions:

1) Can you search the program listings for a particular show? (i.e. "American Chopper&quot
2) Can you set up a Manual Record and then change the dates/times? I can't seem to figure out how to do this?
3) In the program manager, can you change the date by any other method than the right arrow? If I want to go ahead three days, can I just change date? My machine is in another floor of my house, and the remote isn't an option for me. I'm remoting with Remote Desktop (XP)

Thanks!