GBPVR Won't Open

[firestorm1284]

I am having problems opening GBPVR. My dedicated system for this project is a 1.2 Ghz AMD with 512 ram and a Hauppauge PVR-250.

I have installed GBPVR on windows XP professional. I have installed .net framework and installed GBPVR. The drivers for the tuner card are also installed. I was able to open GBPVR configuration and set things up according to the wiki in there. THe problem comes when I actually go to open GBPVR. It acts as if it is opening, and there is a blue bar across the top of the screen such as any windows program has, but the program never actually shows up. My desktop is still showing, but just with the blue bar at the top. (THe window IS maximized) and I know there is something going on, because I cannot click on anything on the desktop until I close the window.

I thought maybe it was a problem with windows, so I reformatted and installed Windows XP Media Center Edition instead of Pro. I got the SAME PROBLEM!

What is wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[sub]

What video card do you have? Some people get this when they've tried using a video card that isnt up to the Direct3D requirements of GB-PVR.

[firestorm1284]

well that would be a good guess then, because it's OLD and crappy. It's actually just the onboard video provided by an old gigabyte motherboard. I didn't realize there were any special requirements for the graphics card. Are you pretty sure that's my problem? Thank you for the quick reply!

[firestorm1284]

Also, what ARE the requirements it has for Direct3D? I can't find info on the wiki for general hardware requirements other than "generally you need 1 ghz cpu with 512 memory".

[sub]

well that would be a good guess then, because it's OLD and crappy. It's actually just the onboard video provided by an old gigabyte motherboard. I didn't realize there were any special requirements for the graphics card. Are you pretty sure that's my problem? Thank you for the quick reply!

Yeah, I'm pretty sure.

[sub]

Also, what ARE the requirements it has for Direct3D? I can't find info on the wiki for general hardware requirements other than "generally you need 1 ghz cpu with 512 memory".

Its hard to definitively define the minimum (since I've only tested it on the three video cards I have), but the card would probably need more than 32MB of ram, and be capable of creating textures at least as large as the desktop resolution (BTW, you could try lowering your desktop resolution).

A recommended videocard would be a DX9 card with at least 64MB of ram. ie, most video cards made in the last few years will be fine.

[firestorm1284]

Thank you for the advice! I will give that a shot!