2006-08-29, 06:57 PM
Some background <skip to 3rd paragraph if this is to much to read>
I'm a former BTV user who got fed up with BTV missing to many recordings. I gave Sage a shot but the picture was terrible, so I'm trying GBPVR - and so far, it's been the best of the three - and the picture is even better than BTV was.
Here's the problem: Anyway, one quirk I've noticed is that occasionally GBPVR will lock the PC & I have to restart to get out of it. I've narrowed it down to times when I'm either watching live TV or a currently recording show AND I hit to many remote buttons in succession (such as when trying to quickly skip through a commercial block), so for the most part I've been able to avoid this by skipping slowly when watching current shows.
I read in another thread that since it freezes the whole computer, it is likely a driver issue (didn't encounter freezing in BTV or sage though - doesn't mean the failure isn't in a driver though). Is there a way to detect where the failure occurs (does XP log any info that would be meaningful to the user)? Or is my best bet to update the different drivers one at a time & see if the problem goes away? I've already updated my video driver to the latest, next I'll try updating the drivers for my capture cards (WinTV PVR 150's)
As I stated above, I've been able to mostly avoid the issue by being careful with the remote (Firefly), but I'd like to fix it altogether if possible. I really like the software (Sage's picture wasn't up to snuff & BTV dropped ~ 1/3 of my recordings) and you can't beat the price .
If I can resolve this, I'd be more than happy to contribute a few $$ to the project.
I'm a former BTV user who got fed up with BTV missing to many recordings. I gave Sage a shot but the picture was terrible, so I'm trying GBPVR - and so far, it's been the best of the three - and the picture is even better than BTV was.
Here's the problem: Anyway, one quirk I've noticed is that occasionally GBPVR will lock the PC & I have to restart to get out of it. I've narrowed it down to times when I'm either watching live TV or a currently recording show AND I hit to many remote buttons in succession (such as when trying to quickly skip through a commercial block), so for the most part I've been able to avoid this by skipping slowly when watching current shows.
I read in another thread that since it freezes the whole computer, it is likely a driver issue (didn't encounter freezing in BTV or sage though - doesn't mean the failure isn't in a driver though). Is there a way to detect where the failure occurs (does XP log any info that would be meaningful to the user)? Or is my best bet to update the different drivers one at a time & see if the problem goes away? I've already updated my video driver to the latest, next I'll try updating the drivers for my capture cards (WinTV PVR 150's)
As I stated above, I've been able to mostly avoid the issue by being careful with the remote (Firefly), but I'd like to fix it altogether if possible. I really like the software (Sage's picture wasn't up to snuff & BTV dropped ~ 1/3 of my recordings) and you can't beat the price .
If I can resolve this, I'd be more than happy to contribute a few $$ to the project.