It may be my lack of knowledge of the .my file structure and what gbpvr can currently do, but I would like to see more configuration than I can currently do at the moment and some changes - some examples:

per folder configuration between icons and lists
able to define text above and below the icon
use tag information from the files themselves
select by genre, artist, etc.
use the WMP cover art (hidden folder.jpg file) rather than default.jpg (or define which)
differnt way to go back a folder (rather than the "previous directory" icon
able to show text about the album/album cover, track list etc. formatted instead of taken from directory listing

None of these are high priority, but would make the navigation experience much nicer

I have just installed the 008 beta. In the configuration I have selected direct recording and composite source, however I only get audio when running LiveTV.

In WinTV2000 list 6 Input sources: Tuner, Composite, Composite2, Composite3, S-Video/Composite and S-Video/Composite2. To get audio and video in WinTV2000 I need to select Composite2. Selecting Composite only give me audio.

In GB-PVR configuration there is only one option for Composite. How can I select the source that correspond to Composite2?  (SageTV also list 6 sources and I have to select the second Composite).

Roger

While GB-PVR is not currently open source, I want to let you all know that I do have the intention of enabling developers to write their own plugins. The frameworks is inplace, but I need some time to get samples ready and comment it a bit further. Other things are higher on the priority list.

I've used these frameworks to develop many of the plugins that already make up GB-PVR.

You'll be able to write you own components, that implement the interfaces I'll supply for:
- Menu Tasks for hanging off the front page
- Channel Changers (I've already implemented Actisys IR200L, USB-UIRT, .EXE - but serial control of some settop boxes would be useful)
- Recording Sources. I've implemented one which is a wrapper of WinTVCap, and one which implements its own direct recording using the Hauppauge filters. Others may choose to implement recorders for other types of hardware, ie ATI All-In-Wonder etc.
- EPG sources. I've implemented XMLTV. In future another source of listing information my be found (or possibly purchased).
- and something else I cant remember...

I can't wait to test this with my Media MVP and PVR 350.
I have the latest drivers installed from SHS's website, and I can do output with Wintv200, so I know my card is working.

I installed your latest version of the beta 0.8?, and when I try to launch anything, settings, GB-PVR, or the Media MVP Server, I get an error dialogue box stating:
Application has generated an exception that could not be handled.
Process id=0x198(408), Thread id=0x240(576).
Click OK to terminate the application
Click CANCEL to debug the application.

I have XP SP1 with all the latest updates. Do I need Sun Java or something?

Any help would be appreciated, and sorry for being a n00b

mikejaner

When I try to play an mpeg recorded from my pvr, or even that black.mpg you include with the software I always get an error. First i get a dialog box titled "Error!" with the caption "An invalid alignment was specified" then I get a second box titled "Info" labeled "RenderFileToVMR9 failed" any idea whats going on? The bizarre thing is that playing a different MPEG file.

Also I'd like to know why the OSD is ultra pixilated (text/ images)when playing a file. I have a screenshot, unfortunately no where to upload it to

thanks

First off I'd like to thank you for your excellent work. You've done a great job.

Now for my wishlist:
Other Window Resolutions
I only have a pvr 250 and I run at 1600x1200 so you can imagine your window is a little small on my pc. Personally I'd like to be able to view the menu at a much higher/customizable resolution rather than at the resolution of a TV.

True PNG transparency
Right now your program has semi complete png transparency, in other words the graphic is transparent to the background container. If you place two png transparent images over each other they don't both show up, only the one with the highest z-order does. This is a bug with how .NET implements the GDI+ picturebox. The good news it can probably be fixed pretty easily.

My friend had the same problem when designing his now defunct pvr, he fixed it by creating a custom Picturebox control invoking some api call or something. Anyways he still has the C# source code up so it should be easy for you to see and fix in your own program.

Doumo 0.0.1

Hi-
I am a new user of GBPVR. I downloaded Beta008 today and am having problems getting it to show any video. I am running Win2KPro with one PVR-250 board and a MediaMVP. WinTV2000, SageTV and SS BTV3 all work with my configuration just fine. I want to experiment with GBPVR because of the MediaMVP support with Live TV. I live in the US. A few questions:

1. Do you have a installation guide available or something that outlines the general steps to take.
2. Do I need to install WinTVCap in my system. If so, how do I configure it, install it or do I need to change anything in the INI file.
3. Should the GBPVR MediaMVP server work. I am using the mediamvp_1.1.21365.exe off of the shspvr forum. The MediaMVP finds my server using the Hauppauge software but when I use the GBPVR MediaMVP Server, the MediaMVP never gets past the "Contacting MediaMVP BootServer" message. I have a Linksys router in my home network.
4.Do you have any instructions that I can use to setup my EPGDATA.XML file. So far I am just manually adding a few channels during the GBPVR configuration.

Thanks for any help you can give me. I am really looking forward to getting the software to work correctly, especially the MediaMVP client with Live TV.

Bryan

Any plans to support XCard?

Hey Sub,

just installed 008.

o live tv runs for about 10 seconds then picture breaks up and returns to the main menu
o pressing the down arrow when i first enter into the live tv this hangs my machine. power off is the only recovery
o entering a manual recording prevents me from acessing the TV Guide, and I cannot delete the manual record entry.
o If i play a music file, press stop on the remote control, then go and play a video file, i get a white screen in GBPVR with a red cross and an error from the C# application and the only option i have apart from debug is quit. But the music file starts playing in the background

About to test the scheduled recordings, will comment later,

Colin.

V0.0.8 can be downloaded from http://www.gbpvr.com/Setup008.exe

2003-1-6 v0.0.8
- Now initializing tuner audio processor instead of relying on defaults
- Support for .m3u playlists
- Support for stop, next track, prev track buttons anywhere in app when playing music playlist
- Fixed some problems with reference counting the hiding/showing mouse pointer
- Added skip forward and back for MediaMVP. Also changed packet layout and structure to match new MVP beta software.
- Gracefully handling recordings that are manually deleted
- New prompt screen to allow video playback to be resumed
- Fixed bug with import of channels which were already present but not enabled
- Fixed a minor bug in TV guide where click regions for programmes were slightly to the left of the rectangle on the screen