Just a quick note to explain the frustrating day I've had, and what I did to finally resolve the problem (at least, I think it's resolved).
I've just installed Windows 7 Professional (clean install) & upgraded to 1.4.7 on re-installing GB PVR.
All looked good until I tried to record something. The recording service was running, the id I was using was set up as an Administrator, I found the programmes to record & selected a quick record. The programmes were marked to record in the listings screen, and also appeared in the Pending list under Recordings. All looked good.
The following day (the day after they were supposed to record), they still appeared in the Pending list.
I scratched my head, and thought that the PC must have gone to sleep instead of recording (I quite like the W7 Sleep/Hibernate hybrid).
I then tried to delete them from the Pendings list. They wouldn't go.
I checked the security settings for the GBPVR directory & the gbpvr.db3 file & gave everyone every access, adding Local Service, just to be sure.
Still no effect.
I deleted the pending records from the RECORDING_SCHEDULE table, just in case these were messing things up (I know, but I was getting desperate, particulary since there was nothing in the logs to indicate there was a problem ... in fact, having switched the logs to Debug, they reassuringly told me that the deletion of the pending programmes had been successful, when they clearly had not been).
I set up a few dummy recordings to take place immediately. Nothing recorded, and I couldn't then delete the entries from the pending list. In fact, I couldn't delete them from the standard Recordings screen, but I could from the TV Recordings plug-in ... except they popped back again, so I was clearly operating only on a cache.
There was nothing in the Windows Event Log (that I could see) to indicate what was going wrong, but I was sure it must be something to do with security permissions, despite my ID having full admin rights.
I could find nothing in the Forum to suggest a solution (forgive me if it's in bold in half a dozen key posts from sub all labelled "Important - please read", but I REALLY did look hard for a solution from you guys & I found nothing).
In desperation, I switched off UAC (not something I really wanted to do).
SUCCESS !!! I could record & delete enties from the pending list.
To be sure that it was not something else I'd done, I put UAC back at the recommended level, re-booted, & lo & behold the problem resurfaced (no recording, couldn't delete pending entries).
Except switching off UAC is a bit of a nuclear option, so I thought about refining things.
I also thought about whether setting the PVRX2 & Config progs to run as Administrator. I couldn't see why this would help, since I AM an administrator, but what the heck ... I couldn't see why UAC notification should make a difference either, but it clearly does, so I tried it.
SUCCESS !!
So ... bottom line, after all this, all I had to do was right click the icons in my Start Programs list, choose Properties from the context menu that pops up, choose the compatibility tab, hit the Change options for all users button & tick the Run this program as an administrator check-box.
I've typed all this so that:
a) those of you older (unlikely) & wiser might be entertained for a short while
b) those of you as inexperienced as me, hitting a similar problem & seeking desperately for a solution might avoid the frustration that I had.
Oh, and in passing, it's an excellent program Sub - many, many thanks for all your efforts - at one point today I thought I was going to have to convert to Windows Media Center, & I wasn't a happy bunny.
I've just installed Windows 7 Professional (clean install) & upgraded to 1.4.7 on re-installing GB PVR.
All looked good until I tried to record something. The recording service was running, the id I was using was set up as an Administrator, I found the programmes to record & selected a quick record. The programmes were marked to record in the listings screen, and also appeared in the Pending list under Recordings. All looked good.
The following day (the day after they were supposed to record), they still appeared in the Pending list.
I scratched my head, and thought that the PC must have gone to sleep instead of recording (I quite like the W7 Sleep/Hibernate hybrid).
I then tried to delete them from the Pendings list. They wouldn't go.
I checked the security settings for the GBPVR directory & the gbpvr.db3 file & gave everyone every access, adding Local Service, just to be sure.
Still no effect.
I deleted the pending records from the RECORDING_SCHEDULE table, just in case these were messing things up (I know, but I was getting desperate, particulary since there was nothing in the logs to indicate there was a problem ... in fact, having switched the logs to Debug, they reassuringly told me that the deletion of the pending programmes had been successful, when they clearly had not been).
I set up a few dummy recordings to take place immediately. Nothing recorded, and I couldn't then delete the entries from the pending list. In fact, I couldn't delete them from the standard Recordings screen, but I could from the TV Recordings plug-in ... except they popped back again, so I was clearly operating only on a cache.
There was nothing in the Windows Event Log (that I could see) to indicate what was going wrong, but I was sure it must be something to do with security permissions, despite my ID having full admin rights.
I could find nothing in the Forum to suggest a solution (forgive me if it's in bold in half a dozen key posts from sub all labelled "Important - please read", but I REALLY did look hard for a solution from you guys & I found nothing).
In desperation, I switched off UAC (not something I really wanted to do).
SUCCESS !!! I could record & delete enties from the pending list.
To be sure that it was not something else I'd done, I put UAC back at the recommended level, re-booted, & lo & behold the problem resurfaced (no recording, couldn't delete pending entries).
Except switching off UAC is a bit of a nuclear option, so I thought about refining things.
I also thought about whether setting the PVRX2 & Config progs to run as Administrator. I couldn't see why this would help, since I AM an administrator, but what the heck ... I couldn't see why UAC notification should make a difference either, but it clearly does, so I tried it.
SUCCESS !!
So ... bottom line, after all this, all I had to do was right click the icons in my Start Programs list, choose Properties from the context menu that pops up, choose the compatibility tab, hit the Change options for all users button & tick the Run this program as an administrator check-box.
I've typed all this so that:
a) those of you older (unlikely) & wiser might be entertained for a short while
b) those of you as inexperienced as me, hitting a similar problem & seeking desperately for a solution might avoid the frustration that I had.
Oh, and in passing, it's an excellent program Sub - many, many thanks for all your efforts - at one point today I thought I was going to have to convert to Windows Media Center, & I wasn't a happy bunny.
