well i have a fresh install of XP, wintv is up and running ok.. but I want GBPVR

after I configure it and obtaining my EPG info with XMLtv.. everything seems great untill i try to watch LiveTV i get the following error

"failed to communicate with the GB-PVR Recording Service. this software is possibly not running..."

i've restarted it using the short cuts and also manually by going into services in admin tools.. it is indeed running..

any help? i really cant wait to give this software a run.. i did format my perfectly running mythtv setup just so i could specifically try this software

I have .12a installed.  I tried .13, but noticed some audio/video sync errors.  I really like the the video quality choice in .13, but want to keep .12a going for my recordings until I get .13 issues worked out.  So is it possible to have 2 different versions installed in 2 separate directories with no adverse effects?

Thanks!

Looks like a great product, I'm nearly there...

GB-PVR works great on the PC.
Stopped MVP service, started GBPVR MVP service.
Turned on MVP, bingo - main menu.
Entered EPG - all present and correct.
Try any of the "play" options (mp3, live tv, recordings) and the MVP dumps and goes back to "contacting servers", shortly after the GBPVR MVP service throws a .net exception "System.ObjectDisposedException: Cannot access a disposed object named "System.Net.Sockets.Socket".
Object name: "System.Net.Sockets.Socket"."

So close, yet so far...

I'm sure I've done something daft, help!

Is their a way to get the OSD on live tv to come up through the remote without changing channels, just to see what channel you are on. I can do it by moving the mouse but was hoping that it was avaliable through the remote also.

v13
pvr 350

Thanks.

Hi,

i'm trying to record and live TV in VCD. Use Wintvcap profile "VCD". I'm also using intervideo css.
But it won't work. I get VMR9 cannot render file.
Is this a problem of GBVR, or VMR9, or intervideo?
The lowest resolution to record i'm getting to work with GBVR is HalfD.

regards mamema

A few weeks ago I began looking into playing with PVR stuff. So I went out and bought a fair amount of equipment and built a new pc for myself! I have put a Hauppauge PVR350 card in there as well as a decent 128mb graphics card.

I d/loaded GB-PVR last night and tried it out for 30 mins before I went to bed. Oh man am I impressed! At present I can do everything with it except watch live tv. I live in the UK and have a Freeview digital box linked into the tv and pc. Therefore upto now I can only record the channel the box is set to (or so it seems! when I use the WinTV software. However is there any way with gb pvr to set up a way of the box channel being changed when scheduled?? Also what would be the best setting in the configuration in order to watch live tv (at the moment i have a fuzzy tv screen! Sorry to be a pain but I am really getting into this PVR lark! I am also extremely new to all this.

Cheers and hope to experiment further...

Simon Blood.

I have a pvr 350 and am using v13. After watching live tv and going back to the main menu GB doesn't stop recording. This obviously messes up my recording schedule. Any help would be great. Thanks.

I am setting recordings for the week, lets say it's monday. I go to Friday and I want to record a couple shows. When I select the 1st show and select 'record' it throws me right back to monday and the current time. I have to page to Friday again and find the right time to record the second show. Would it not make sense to stay where you are after selecting a program to record?

Thanks,
Paul

Great program!!

I've been tinkering with it for a while to get everything set but I have a few questions regarding setup.

1. I have a 350 so I'm using the internal tuner plus I have a digital cable box connected to the svideo input. I have the two sources set up with one using the tuner and the other using the svideo input but I can't seem to figure out how to switch between the two with the remote. Is this documented somewhere?

2. I have a vga monitor connected to the vga output and my television connected to the 350 svideo out. The picture on the TV is shifted to the right a bit and cut off top and bottom. This sounds like an issue with the 350 and not gbpvr. Are there some setting I can use to align the pic properly?

3. The mini guide is a great feature but when the broadcast is displaying text on the screen it gets difficult to read the mini guide. Is there a way to lessen the transparency of the mini guide?

Quick comment on the discussion regarding the season recording and repeats: If when you selected season recording it would be nice to have a couple check boxes. One to select record 'Only same channel, same time of day' and another to select if you wanted to use the show description as determination if it's a repeat. I think this would allow someone to eliminate the repeats of a majority of the programs.

It must be overwhelming to try to add all the features everyone asks for. It's a sign you have a great product when every one wants to participate. Thanks again for putting in so much effort!

John

Hello,
Congratulations for the greate job...( at least it seams so, because I just started searching around the forum for tips.)
I have WinTV-PVR-350 for a year or so, and I decieded to move forward to something else beside WinTV-2000.
I have already done a rather unsuccesful installation of GB-PVR v0.1.3, may be because of a lot of installations of different products.So now I am in the middle of a fresh install(Win XP).

For starting
1. Could you please let me know if I have to do any special configuration, because in Europe there is PAL TV.
I mean do I have to configure my environment for PAL reception and how?
2. Is OSD supported in PAL or it does not make any difference.
3. What about xmltv (ini file).
As, as far as I know , there is no support for TVguide (here in Greece). Is it correct?
So , do I have to create one with some default channel names or not?
Thanks in advance .