v0.99.5 available

[sub]

You can download the new v0.99.5 release from http://www.gbpvr.com/GBPVR09905.msi

You can ask questions about the new release in this thread, but dont post problem reports here - post them in the support forum. Any problem reports in this thread will be deleted.

As with all releases, if you're upgrading then I'd recommend backing up config.xml and gbpvr.db3 file in case there are any problems during the upgrade procedure.

If you're running a client/server setup, then you'll need to upgrade both the client and the server, or you'll encounter problems.

I'd also recommend switching back to the default blue skin until its confirmed that your

Not a lot of visible changes, but definitely a lot of improvements. Changes include:

2006-12-22 v0.99.5
- Improvements to scheduling logic for multi-tuner setups
- Improved aspect ratio control with Overlay renderer
- Added support for MultiDec plugins. If enabled in config app, then it'll load MultiDec plugins from MDPlugins directory.
- Improvements to the start up time for timeshift mode, and the time to change channels. (PC improvements, not relevent to MVP) To take full advantage of this, you'll probably want to set you 'LiveTV Pre-play delay' to '0'.
- Added support for Vista, though I'd recommend doing a clean install if you decide to upgrade a machine to vista that was previous running an earlier version of windows with GB-PVR.
- Logs have now moved to a specific 'logs' directory (as part of the steps required for Vista compatibility)
- Added ability to delete directories from the Video Library
- Fixed a bug that could occur with badly behaved BDA devices that continue send a small amount of data from frequencies they were previously tuned to (for example, Compro devices).
- Fixed a couple of bugs with the DVB EPG (now supports PSI pointer_field used in some countries to squeeze more data in)
- Fixed a bug with ATSC QAM scanning
- Improvements to H.264 support (BBC HDTV trial etc). You'll need to have an H.264 decoder installed. For playback of recordings, you'll also need HDTV Pump installed: http://dvbportal.dyn1.de/download.php?fi...-1.0.7.zip
- Fixed a minor bug in the Recordings screen with blue skin.
- Fixed a bug that could result in a database lock error while watching a video, and strange behaviour that follows.
- Added a 'TS Mux' option to the BDA Multiplexer list, which might be useful for ATSC users that have mux problems. For playback of recordings, you'll also need HDTV Pump installed: http://dvbportal.dyn1.de/download.php?fi...-1.0.7.zip
- Minor skin change to the Recording screen to show the title/subtitle for each item rather than just the title.
- Fixed a bug with the skin fallback mechanism
- Added a very basic YouTube plugin. To ensure compatibility with the MVP, it downloads the entire video before it starts playback (sorry, you'll need to be patient). If its popular then there will be enhancements in coming releases (otherwise I might drop it, not sure yet).
- Fixed a bug where the splash screen and screen saver settings were swapped when they were loaded by the config app.
- Fixed a bug that would cause it to continue to render the menus in the background even though video was fullscreen.
- Fixed a timeshift problem when using DVR-MS mux option.
- Now possible to configure which transcoder executable is used for on the fly MVP transcodes.
- Added support for MP3 tags back into the Music Library. Exact format can be tweaked using the <MusicLibraryMP3TagFormat> setting config.xml
- Now remembers the DVD playback positions and prompts to resume subsequent playback. Convenient if you dont want to watch those FBI warnings each time...
- Fixed a bug with automatic file conversion that would cause a database lock error with SQLite database.
- Improvements to DVB Subtitles
- Fixed a bug that would cause the reported duration of a recording to keep getting longer when watching from a client PC.
- Fixed a bug that would cause the Hauppauge PVR USB2 to not show up when detecting devices installed in the machine.
- Now possible to update end time or post padding on recordings that have already started.
- Added some minor performance enhancements for zap2it epg
- Fixed a bug that would cause the Windows Media Player to pause instead of stopping in some circumstances.
- Added some code to make sure the machine wouldnt auto hibernate/standby while listing to music.
- Added ability to press record key on listing in search screen to do a quick record, rather than pressing enter to bring up full recording screen.
- Comskip support for EDL files, which will be useful for playback of ATSC recordings where frame rate has changed during the recording, or when the frame rate cant be deteremined.
- ...and several other small things I forget.

[SniperDude]

Thanks Sub!! and Merry Christmas to you and yours!!

[ryanmc]

very nice!!that youtube plugin is sweet

[Murdock]

WOW Where do you get time for all of this..!

Thanks!

[Ted the Penguin]

haha, so the big thing was the youtube plugin?

have any changes been made in terms of skinning? such as the search guide, or on screen display?

[sub]

haha, so the big thing was the youtube plugin?

No, that was actually a little thing I threw in at the last minute, when a couple of other things I'd been working didnt pan out and were removed from the release. Up until yesterday, I was still considering removing this youtube screen. I think its pretty crappy.

have any changes been made in terms of skinning?

Yes, but not too much.

Skin changes:
- added a couple of additional named colour definitions to TV Guide skin.xml
- added new popup to settings.xml skin file in system skin directory
- added "ReminderPrompt" in osd skin.xml
- added the youtube skin.xml file

such as the search guide, or on screen display?

No, just what you see listed above...but if you think I sitting around twiddling my thumbs, you are sorely mistaken.

[Ted the Penguin]

I never accused you of thumb twiddling, I know you dislike going back and redoing stuff to make it more skinable, its just one big think I look forward to, since I am addicted to sassari now.

by the way, I have seen pictures of your setup, and you have an HDTV (and a really nice hushpc under it), do you use sassari? or do you just deal with the stretched menus?

[sub]

by the way, I have seen pictures of your setup, and you have an HDTV (and a really nice hushpc under it), do you use sassari?

No I dont use sassari.

or do you just deal with the stretched menus?

Yes, I just use the blue skin. I actually think it looks pretty good and dont even notice its stretched in 16:9, but then I dont use any plugins with cover art or anything like that, so I dont see any distored pictures etc. I sit about 15 foot from my TV, and it looks good, and easily readable.

[tycho]

I've just installed the upgrade and it took me just about 10 minutes, including the tweaking afterwards.
And the result so far?
I've got a better quality whatching live tv via my MVP than via my tv sets own tuner. (its a very good sony set, don't think it's the quality of my tv set causing the difference).

What more can I say?

Thanks.

Tycho.

[jabnet]

not downloaded yet, but sure it will be the best version (always it is).

Congratulations and Merry Christmas