2005-02-07, 04:43 AM
1: faster menu processing (xcard output). just moving around in the epg shouldn't have to lag and spike the cpu as bad as it does.
2: overscan adjustment on the video/tv output of the xcard (not just the gui)
3: badly overscanned friendly skin for the XCard. since the gui overscan compensation in gbpvr causes the fonts and other things in the skin to become almost unreadable. a skin (including epg) with lots of empty border space around the outside would be nice for all the xcard users (and most likely the 350 people too) that way we could leave the overscan boarders to be 0,0,0,0
4: a purely 256 color skin, OR a way to show the gui directly in 256 colors, instead of trying to downconvert gui images and other things. The new feature in .9 is nice but I can only imagine the amount of processing power needed to run it efficiently. I don't like the lag time without the "use best color" thing turned on.
5: as many config/setup options availible through the gui as possible (through the main menu maybe?) and the possibility to auto restart gbpvr if needed.
I've got a 1Ghz athlon (non xp) / 512 ddr ram @ 266 / radeon 9000 / XCard / pvr-150 / and 120gig 7200rpm drive
TVedia (formerly jove player) has great gui capabilities through the xcard. basic, but nice looking icons and background image(s), and the button reaction time is great (like scrolling through the epg). there has to be a way to improve the gui output piping through the xcard. I can do my best to find out how they do it if you'd like me to sub.
this app also has the #2 capability. actually the gui doesn't even adjust at all. just the main video/tv output. you can also adjust the aspect ratio output of a video playing on the fly (which is also a nice feature)
I know there aren't a ton of xcard people out there, so I know your focus isn't that strong on this card. BUT if there is ANYTHING I can do to help these things come along... please let me know- testing / research / etc. I am also a professional software developer, so I would hope I could be of some use.
thanks
2: overscan adjustment on the video/tv output of the xcard (not just the gui)
3: badly overscanned friendly skin for the XCard. since the gui overscan compensation in gbpvr causes the fonts and other things in the skin to become almost unreadable. a skin (including epg) with lots of empty border space around the outside would be nice for all the xcard users (and most likely the 350 people too) that way we could leave the overscan boarders to be 0,0,0,0
4: a purely 256 color skin, OR a way to show the gui directly in 256 colors, instead of trying to downconvert gui images and other things. The new feature in .9 is nice but I can only imagine the amount of processing power needed to run it efficiently. I don't like the lag time without the "use best color" thing turned on.
5: as many config/setup options availible through the gui as possible (through the main menu maybe?) and the possibility to auto restart gbpvr if needed.
I've got a 1Ghz athlon (non xp) / 512 ddr ram @ 266 / radeon 9000 / XCard / pvr-150 / and 120gig 7200rpm drive
TVedia (formerly jove player) has great gui capabilities through the xcard. basic, but nice looking icons and background image(s), and the button reaction time is great (like scrolling through the epg). there has to be a way to improve the gui output piping through the xcard. I can do my best to find out how they do it if you'd like me to sub.
this app also has the #2 capability. actually the gui doesn't even adjust at all. just the main video/tv output. you can also adjust the aspect ratio output of a video playing on the fly (which is also a nice feature)
I know there aren't a ton of xcard people out there, so I know your focus isn't that strong on this card. BUT if there is ANYTHING I can do to help these things come along... please let me know- testing / research / etc. I am also a professional software developer, so I would hope I could be of some use.
thanks