Live TV not showing anything although recordings are OK. Pls advise.

[seymoria]

Hi.

My recording sources have been properly installed and all recordings are going OK. However, somehow, Live TV is blank and is not showing anything.

Can you advise for a resolution of this issue?

Thanks a lot. I am attaching the logs for review.

Regards.

[whurlston]

It's been a while since I've even seen the old GBPVR interface (or logs) but if memory serves me correctly, it looks like you havn't set your MPEG2 video decoder (and audio decoders).

[whurlston]

Afte looking at some old logs, I'm pretty sure that is the reason.
Here are your logs:

Code:

2012-08-07 07:14:32.703    VERBOSE    getSetting(TvShape)
2012-08-07 07:14:32.718    VERBOSE    getSetting(PreferredAudioRenderer)
2012-08-07 07:14:32.718    VERBOSE    getSetting(PreferredDecoder)
2012-08-07 07:14:32.718    VERBOSE    getSetting(PreferredAudioDecoder)
2012-08-07 07:14:32.718    VERBOSE    getSetting(DeinterlaceMethod)
2012-08-07 07:14:32.734    VERBOSE    FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: Encoder pass-through
...
2012-08-07 07:14:33.062    VERBOSE    Graph contains the following filters:
2012-08-07 07:14:33.062    VERBOSE     - Default DirectSound Device
2012-08-07 07:14:33.062    VERBOSE     - Video Renderer
2012-08-07 07:14:33.062    VERBOSE     - MPEG Audio Decoder
2012-08-07 07:14:33.062    VERBOSE     - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
2012-08-07 07:14:33.062    VERBOSE     - Encoder
2012-08-07 07:14:33.062    VERBOSE     - Capture
2012-08-07 07:14:33.062    VERBOSE     - Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Crossbar
2012-08-07 07:14:33.062    VERBOSE     - TV Audio
2012-08-07 07:14:33.062    VERBOSE     - TV Tuner

And here are logs where they are set (relevant parts in red):

Code:

2011-10-24 14:03:59.348    VERBOSE    getSetting(TvShape)
2011-10-24 14:03:59.348    VERBOSE    16:9 television
2011-10-24 14:03:59.546    INFO    SetVideoPosition: (0,0,1,1) (0,0,1920,1080)
2011-10-24 14:03:59.546    VERBOSE    getSetting(PreferredAudioRenderer)
[COLOR="#FF0000"]2011-10-24 14:03:59.546    VERBOSE    getSetting(PreferredDecoder)
2011-10-24 14:03:59.589    VERBOSE    video decoder filter: Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder
2011-10-24 14:03:59.590    VERBOSE    getSetting(PreferredAudioDecoder)
2011-10-24 14:03:59.609    VERBOSE    audio decoder filter: ffdshow Audio Decoder[/COLOR]
2011-10-24 14:03:59.609    VERBOSE    getSetting(DeinterlaceMethod)
2011-10-24 14:03:59.925    INFO    SetVideoPosition: (0,0,1,1) (0,0,1920,1080)
2011-10-24 14:03:59.925    VERBOSE    getSetting(ListGraphFilters)
2011-10-24 14:03:59.925    VERBOSE    Graph contains the following filters:
2011-10-24 14:03:59.925    VERBOSE     - Default DirectSound Device
2011-10-24 14:03:59.925    VERBOSE     - Video Renderer
2011-10-24 14:03:59.925    VERBOSE     - BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter
2011-10-24 14:03:59.925    VERBOSE     - GB-PVR PSI Parser
2011-10-24 14:03:59.925    VERBOSE     - [color=#FF0000]ffdshow Audio Decoder[/color]
2011-10-24 14:03:59.925    VERBOSE     - [color=#FF0000]Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder[/color]
2011-10-24 14:03:59.925    VERBOSE     - GB-PVR Flow Status
2011-10-24 14:03:59.925    VERBOSE     - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
2011-10-24 14:03:59.925    VERBOSE     - GB-PVR TS Mon
2011-10-24 14:03:59.925    VERBOSE     - Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner 10108BBF-1
2011-10-24 14:03:59.925    VERBOSE     - Microsoft ATSC Network Provider

[seymoria]

Hi.

Thanks for the help.

I now ran 'ffdshow' (rev 3) setup file and installed it. Rebooted PC .

But the problem is still there. Can you advise what further should I do?

Thanks very much.

[ACTCMS]

What Decoders do you have selected in the MPEG-2 Playback section on the Playback tab in GB-PVR Configuration? (right-click the Tray icon and select Start Config)

[seymoria]

in the Mpeg2 Playback section, the audio and video decoders are mentioned as 'system default'. The dropdown does not have any other option.

[ACTCMS]

You'll need to install some decoders then - I always got good results with the MPV and MPA decoders from here
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/MPV_Decoder.htm

[seymoria]

Thanks a lot for the help. The problem got solved.
After installing, I selected it from the dropdown in Playback tab.

Regards.

[ACTCMS]

It's great that you've got it working...

Out of curiosity, is there any reason you've not moved up to NPVR?

Alex