Live GBPVR CD/DVD/Thumb drive :D

[K.S.]

when will we have the honor to see that GBPVR-PE-builder set in the wiki/forum?

[pBS]

yea, soon as i can get some more testing underneath it and tweaking of stuff..soon i can get to making some remote plugins, and also ned to rebuild it with fresh stuff to hopefully reduce it enough to fit on cdrom instead of dvd, but not all that optimistic, tho it may be close...[barely over 1 gig now with gbpvr on it...i still have extra skins and plugins in it!]

gbpvr is easy, it's getting the winblows to be fully blown that was the hard one..all those components and drivers had to work..

and guess what? WMP visualizations work!
tho i can't seem ot get net radio to work with anything other than the WMP player...maybe a client issue..or maybe a mp3 codec issue. EDIT: [i think i just need the gbpvr patch]

anyways, i'lll post a couple of screenshots soon, and have a plugin for hosting soon also...the rest will have to be packaged..but the running of gbpvr on a existing pe system shouldn't be hard at all..

i'm including the vb2005 and mpeg2 codec plugins inside the gbpvr one..
[very easy to edit reg settings of codecs.]

so far i've included ati,dscaler and MPV decoders with reg. setup..

i should post a list of the goodies possible to add to it..like vnc,opera,java, etc...there isn't really anything that *can't* be built in..just takes time..

and now we can have x: as the temp drive, easier to write plugins for existing apps...
i ran thru it with no hd installed at all, 768 meg ram..no problem at all.. boot is slow but duh!..:eek: program operation is very acceptable...
the first time you watch tv it's a bit slow to get going but after that they're all spiffy...performance is EXCELLENT! even with settingless ati dvcr codec, scrolling is perfection! dscaler works fine...MPV is a bit hard on cpu but fine..

but first piece released will be the gbpvr plugin..for the adventurous..lol

[SniperDude]

looking forward to this

[pBS]

one thing i realized as i do this....GBPVR is totally 'portable'...meaning as long as you insert the registry entries and register the filters, it will work...
leading to another thought, multiple gbpvr's on one machine able to run from batch file...just mod registry on fly before running...

ie: have a regular gbpvr setup, and in another dir, another one setup for client...
start it up with a batch file that edits registry for each and you're good to go..

my batch for editing the registry looks like:

Code:

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Devnz" /v "LastKnownVersionInUse" /d "GB-PVR v0.99.5" /f
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Devnz" /v "ClientReadBlockSize" /t REG_DWORD /d 0x0000c000 /f
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Devnz" /v "GBPVR InstallDir" /f /d "%~dp0

[EDIT: quote needed only before data %~dp0]
which makes the path of gbpvr the directory the batch file is in [%~dp0]...you can use same batch in either...

[you could also just edit the batch permanently,but use \\ for \ ]

or....you could just use same gbpvr and switch config.xml's with batch...

[pBS]

it's almost ready....
just have to get the remotes worked out...i'm just making the ir for pvr150/500 etc and MCE work...the rest are up to you...[and MCE will only be built-in support for now..HIP later]

finally got time zones working, i auto-copy settings from host machine at build time when hit config button..

am wondering how to package it...as a bart-pe complete package, with plugins..
not thta big...but if i include files with some of them, it will be..
the video drivers are pretty big, but i may include an9yways...
the gbpvr setup also...may just include the custom files, and require you copy yours...[or make installer do it for you..]

anybody know the upload limits here and on the wiki?

so far i have smart option of using a hard drive/usb stick or running from cd automatically if it doesn't find another drive with gbpvr on it..

works with about 256 meg ram but of course you'll want to have more...
no hard drive needed at all..you can run config and make changes and they stick until reboot, same with settings screen..

the .net 2.0 plugin doesn't copy files for you so i'm going to make config proggy that you can run from inside bartpe to set it up for you..
[and as many other things as i can help with config of..]

the gbpvr plugin with have a config, to set server name and shares, etc at build time....

also i'll give breif instructions and some tools to make your own plugins with...
and driver plugins too....i'll only include winxp's default set plus video and remotes, and a couple sound card drivers..oh and the free mpeg decoders..

it may be around 50 megs download tho..but should include everything necessary to get it running beside gbpvr and XP...

i may be able to squeeze it down some more...right now around 900 meg...

how imortant is it for people to have it cdrom instead of dvd sized?
i think i could accomplish it with a different shell...[not real explorer]

as it is it's a full featured os with IE,opera, firefox, java, flash, total commander, ultravnc client and server, pdf priinting, dialup networking, Media Player Classic, vlc, yahoo 8, and a few other utils....

i've been using it for years to spybot the user's registry from a clean system..
with the XPE plugins, almost anything is possible and it's really a spare os for emergencies...i install mine on hard drive as second, unbreakable os..
tho i think that breaks .net2 so bad for us in this case..
[pretty sure .net1 is ok on hd]

[K.S.]

one thing i realized as i do this....GBPVR is totally 'portable'...meaning as long as you insert the registry entries and register the filters, it will work...
leading to another thought, multiple gbpvr's on one machine able to run from batch file...just mod registry on fly before running...

ie: have a regular gbpvr setup, and in another dir, another one setup for client...
start it up with a batch file that edits registry for each and you're good to go..

you just gave me the easiest way to have multiple versions installed at the same time, most userfull, as i have some troubles which started up with the update to 0.99.5 to corner

[idkpmiller]

OMG this is really cool, I cant wait to get my mitts on this!

Well done!!!

[pBS]

when will we have the honor to see that GBPVR-PE-builder set in the wiki/forum?

hey man, he just built the app, as amzing as it is...i have to build the whole os to support it..:eek: and the drivers/apps to go with, and make it easy for users to setup! not easy but not as hard as i'd thought..

in about a week i'll have something to post...not a comlpete kit but most of it, if you can already build a bartpe system..

still have to get a few things integrated, like daemon tools, since most machines will have the dvd drive busy with the os...

i have it just under 800 megs so far..would be nice to have it fit on cd so users with cd and dvd would be able to use dvd to play movies..

oh and which free codecs can be used for playing dvds?
i need at least one free dvd enabler on board..nvidia purevideo is too hard..

the efficiency is amazing, but clean systems do always run faster..lol
[and this one's permanently clean..]

i made a tray loader for batch files for it..gives batch files the ability to hide and post tray tips...

system load time is about 5 minutes, since the whole os gets setup each time you boot, from detecting drivers to registering filters..

*all* winXP built in drivers are included, and only the 2 video cards and a few sound card driver and a couple of nics will be from me...

700 megs is the target...almost there....but that last bit is a killer..don't want to hamper any functionality...
maybe a cdrom and a full-blown dvd seperate...or just an extra plugin group..

nice thnig is, the extras and drivers can be selected at build time for your hardware only, if you want...

most of the tricky stuff is in the XPE plugin, dx9, wmp etc.
oh and depending on your source cd, you can get wmp10 if it's slipstreamed inside your source cd...[which i think adds some capabilities]
wmp9 works great along with visualizations tho..

just got new ffdshow to upgrade into it...

trying to think of any other media related things i can think of to pre-pack in..
any sugggestions? so far daemon tools, and the free codecs, oh and dvdshrink..

shareware is interesting from cdrom...it always gives you the trial 30 days or whatever..every boot is like the first time...lol so shareware works forever..
[the free tools are always the best anyways, cuz of the motivations behind them i guess..notice GBPVR ]

[K.S.]

hey man, he just built the app, as amzing as it is...i have to build the whole os to support it..:eek: and the drivers/apps to go with, and make it easy for users to setup! not easy but not as hard as i'd thought..

take your time :-)

oh and which free codecs can be used for playing dvds?
i need at least one free dvd enabler on board..nvidia purevideo is too hard..

GPL MPEG codec is only able to play back unencrypted discs
i won't spend to much time searching one as you'll have to spend money for them or have legal issues making it public

do you have another one beside purevideo? go i.e. for cyberlink and only add the needed entries, let the real files away as a "every user has to copy this on his own"

[HtV]

GPL MPEG codec is only able to play back unencrypted discs

Would Anydvd or a similar program take care of that, I really don't know. I know that there are freeware programs like that.
http://www.videohelp.com/tools?s=25#25