v0.97.7

Lindsay · 2006-05-14, 12:44 AM

Are you sure it is not the same as my prob (see prev page?). If you check the XP Applications Log you will probably see the offending dll as I did.

***sub*** · 2006-05-14, 12:47 AM

Yeah, I agree. Tipstir, look in the Event Logger.

You might also get some useful info by clicking on the "What data does this error report contain" link.

groover km · 2006-05-14, 12:48 AM

I couldn't get it to work with gbpvr.bin (which I see you are using Tipstir) - switched to dongle.bin and it works fine.

groover km · 2006-05-14, 12:53 AM

slimmgbpvr is incompatible as well.

(Just posting 'em as I find 'em)

***sub*** · 2006-05-14, 12:57 AM

Your best bet is to actually look into the error you were getting with v0.97.7, giving me more info, or its likely to go unfixed. At this point there hasnt been anything serious popup for anyone else, so I can only assume its some minor setting or other issue on your machine.

It may have been something to do with uninstalling .net 1.1. I dont know for sure that anyone has done this yet.

rtiangha · 2006-05-14, 01:15 AM

Hey Tipstir,

How about an upgrade install from 96.12? Just did one myself and things seem to be running fine.

Also, where is the option to use sqlite located? And would I need to install sqlite seperately or is that something that's bundled with GBPVR (yeah, it's a newb question; don't have much experience with databas stuff)?

csy · 2006-05-14, 01:28 AM

The Automatic Aspect Ratio appears to be based on square pixels and is making SDTV picture wrong. Is there a way of adjusting this?

psycik · 2006-05-14, 01:30 AM

rtiangha Wrote:Hey Tipstir,

How about an upgrade install from 96.12? Just did one myself and things seem to be running fine.

Also, where is the option to use sqlite located? And would I need to install sqlite seperately or is that something that's bundled with GBPVR (yeah, it's a newb question; don't have much experience with databas stuff)?

i think, and I can be corrected, that if you use the changeDatabase executable, one of the options is to start using the SQL-Lite database after it copies everything first..

UncleJohnsBand · 2006-05-14, 01:53 AM

sub Wrote:I've just uploaded the new v0.97.7 release to http://www.gbpvr.com/GBPVR09707.msi

ITS VERY IMPORTANT YOU READ THE FOLLOWING:

This release requires .NET 2.0 to be installed. You must install this before upgrading. You can get it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...laylang=en

NOD32, Panda Antivirus and Net Limiter are known to be incompatible with .NET 2.0 Remoting, which is used by GB-PVR. If any of these apps are installed on your machine, they will cause the Recording Service crash, so they must be uninstalled before installing this update.

As always, its recommended that you backup your config.xml and gbpvr.mdb files if you're upgrading from a previous release.

Much of the development time for this release has gone into background like moving to .NET 2.0, changing database and having another daughter, but I have still managed to add in a few new features to keep things progressing forward.

I recommend switching back to the default Blue skin until your skin of choice has been updated for compatibility with this new release.

If you encounter problems with anything starting. I recommend the first thing you try is disabling all plugins with the checkbox on the plugins screen of the config app. Most of the original .net 1.1 plugins work fine, but some will need to updated by their respective authors.

The change log lists:

sub...you forgot to mention the Web Admin was also brought up to the most current build.....#36.

Here are the changes since the release that was in the GB PVR 96.12 release:

Build 36: 2006-05-14

Modified Subtitle display in guide to be more easily discernable from the show Title.
Added ability to see the show/movie original air date/release date - Available only to ZapTools users.
Added ability to see Star Rating (if availbale) for movies - Available only to ZapTools users.
Added color coding to Guide and Search displays for Recorded, In-Progress, Conflict, Failed and Pending status.
Added Post-Record check in Details page to determine if recording actually got scheduled and display message if scheduled recording is not found.
Added Post-Record check in Search Results page to determine if recording(s) actually got scheduled and display list of failed recordings if any occurred.

Build 35: 2006-03-18

Fixed recording issue in Episode Search.
Added ability to chose to display the single best Genre or all Genre that the show is classified in via the config screen.
Added Netflix link.
Made bad Autologin ranges non-fatal.
Autologin reloads correctly when saving settings.

Build 34: 2006-03-15

Added Autologin help link.
Fixed bug in display of scheduled recordings.
Scheduled recordings now sort to the top by date.
More backend work to made the schedule provider dynamic.

Build 33: 2006-030-13

Autologin is now IP address based.
When filtering the Guide on Genre empty lines are now suppressed.
Add a link to IMDB in Manage Recordings.
Add Show Title in Manage Recordings grid.
Add a link to IMDB in search results.
Guide, Manage Recordings and Search Results now share a common display of information that is governed by display settings in the Config panel.

Build 32: 2006-03-07

Added ability to record shows from the Guide and Search using completely configurable options.
Updated channel icon logic so that icons show whether the icon filename starts with the channel number or not.
Genre is now pulled from the GBPVR database rather than ZapTools in the guide.
Modified search to use the Genre that are stored in GBPVR database and expanded filter to include all Genres.
Added ability to filter the Guide by Genre.
Move Scheduling code into separate layer.
Made channel icons detection dynamic, and cache results.
Update favicon.

Build 31:2006-02-04

Added ability to pick and choose what extra information displays in the Guide via options on the Config tab.
Added ability to set the extension on downloads. It is defaulted to m3u. Extension can be changed on the Config tab.
Added ability to show Channel Icons rather than the text names for channels in the Guide.
Added ability to filter search results to only return Movies.
Updated copyright date and added Wiki link to the footer.
Changed the way download urls are generated.
Made downloads cache (required for channel icons to appear quickly).

***sub*** · 2006-05-14, 01:53 AM

csy Wrote:The Automatic Aspect Ratio appears to be based on square pixels and is making SDTV picture wrong. Is there a way of adjusting this?

No, its not based on square pixels. It quite complex to explain all the rules (and I cant be arsed at the moment), the general idea is as follows.

It depends on the type media, and tv shape. In the case of AVI content, the resolution of the video is treated as the source aspect ratio. For MPEG content, its based on the aspect ratio from the MPEG sequence header rather than the resolution. This information, and the new TV shape setting in the config app, is used to determine how the video should be shown.

This only applies to the "auto" aspect ratio. Other aspect ratios behave similar to how they have in the past.