New alpha dongle July 16 '08

[mvallevand]

I deleted the share. It works fine here!

Thank Pieter, I don't know where mvpmc would ever have been "with" you.

Martin

[HtV]

Thank Pieter, I don't know where mvpmc would ever have been "with" you.

Martin

I'll try it sometime this week too, with and with share.

Hans

[Jaggy]

Also has anyone other then me confirmed that this works as planned? I'd like to move the change to the mvpmc source library sometime if it works out.

Martin

First time mvpmc user here, I have always been going to try it out but never seemed to get the time to figure out what I had to do :o On first impressions all I can say is WOW why didn't I try it sooner I can also see I have a bit to learn as a couple of things I tried didn't work as expected so you may be getting a few more messages from me soon

[jksmurf]

You need the updated mvpmc.bin dongle, and the PVRX2.exe, then it'll automatically start in emulation mode without a share or config file.

This is pretty cool and groovy, and hassle free for new MVP users I must say, congrats to you both for such an elegant solution!

If it transported to the PCH I can do away with share, with which I had a number of teething problems esp. with share and file permissions. Fewer support issue for Martin if it is all go.

Two Q's though.

1. The emulate blah blah blah lines had other information like PAL, S-Video, 16:9 or 4:3 etc etc. How would the MVP know about this if there is just a standard dongle load and away you go?
   
2. If I unshare my share, this should just work, correct (need to try), assuming I have teh PVRX2 above and the the dongle configured in config and unlugged replugged my MVP to load it.
   

k.

[mvallevand]

k,

All the really basic dongle settings are read from flash, just like they do when using the Hauppauge dongle. For some mvpmc specific setting you would need a share, or you would need to go into the mvpmc configuration web server and re-enable them.

For the PCH, you still need to load the telnet.html and the script from a drive somewhere. The only advantage this method has is it negates the need for a guest share for mvpmc which so many people have had trouble with on their Windows boxes.

Martin

[jksmurf]

Thanks Martin.

I am a big fan of the mvpmc webserver (which doesn't get promoted much!) as it has the IE look and feel mosty folks are familiar with and is not prone to the vagaries o fteh emulate lines and scripts. Would all the items in my script be able to be configured from the webserver? If not, could that be a wee request?

Code:

umount /etc/mvpmc
mount.cifs //192.168.1.10/mvpmc /etc/mvpmc -o username=guest,password=guest,rw
mvpmc -F /etc/mvpmc/defaults -m pal -a 16:9auto -o svideo -o passthru --flicker 2 --startup emulate --emulate 192.168.1.10 &

For the PCH, No problem with loading the telnet.html that's easy for most too. I think the share issue has been the biggest bugbear here. GREAT!

k.

[mvallevand]

It's been so long no but I think you were using an advanced setting to control the volume of mvpmc which is why you needed -F .. but I think everything else can be controlled by the web server. If not am not going to make any changes to it since Jon's already made a better web interface to mvpmc for the pch, mvp etc, which lets you control mono (or the mvp media player) from a browser.

Martin

[lenor]

There is no hardware rewind method know to the mvpmc project and it is unlikely because demux only moves forward.

ah, i see and... it's a pity, as i do like this smooth ff of the mvpmc

[Cyb]

Also has anyone other then me confirmed that this works as planned? I'd like to move the change to the mvpmc source library sometime if it works out.

Yes, this works perfectly with GBPVR 1.2.13 and the updated PVRX2 from subs post and this dongle. I've never tried mvpmc before so had no share or config file or anything, just simply changed the dongle in the GBPVR config.

[HtV]

Hi Martin, The new dongle works great, it's a bit slower in loading the dongle for the first time, that got me worried a few times. I thought it had stopped, but after a little time it proceeded. :-) Great work, specially for the new users of the mvpmc dongle. I noticed an error in the dongle filename, dongle.mvpmc-20080816.bin(august), I guess that should be dongle.mvpmc-20087016.bin (july) cya Hans