v0.99.12 survival guide

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I've made this sticky (closed) thread to post useful information about problems that may arrise, or to get useful tips out there. I'll add more information to this thread as we start to get feedback from this new release. If anyone has info they feel should be included here, please PM me.

Some important first comments though...

Installing v0.99.12
As always, its recommended that you backup your config.xml and gbpvr.mdb/gbpvr.db3 files if you're upgrading from a previous release. Do not copy these back on to the new release though - these are just in case you need to go back to the old version.

This release requires .NET 2.0 to be installed. You must install this before upgrading. You can get this fromhttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

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Recording service crashing
NOD32, Panda Antivirus, WebRunner and Net Limiter (and some other software) 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 may need to be uninstalled before installing this update. Its possible you may just be able to set an exclusion of the GBPVRRecordingService.exe process - but I'm not sure if this is possible with all these apps.

To help you identify if you have this problem, when the recording service crashes, the following message is at the end of the GBPVRRecordingService.exe.log file:

Code:

9/4/2006 3:02:39 PM.625 ERROR [7] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION:: [b]System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory[/b]. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
at System.Net.UnsafeNclNativeMethods.OSSOCK.WSAGetOverlappedResult(SafeCloseSocket socketHandle, IntPtr overlapped, UInt32& bytesTransferred, Boolean wait, IntPtr ignored)
at [b]System.Net.Sockets.BaseOverlappedAsyncResult[/b].Compl etionPortCallback(UInt32 errorCode, UInt32 numBytes, NativeOverlapped* nativeOverlapped)
at System.Threading._IOCompletionCallback.PerformIOCo mpletionCallback(UInt32 errorCode, UInt32 numBytes, NativeOverlapped* pOVERLAP)

UPDATE: Microsoft now has a hot fix available for this common incompatibility between firewall software and the .NET 2.0 Remoting. You can read about here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923028/en-us and download the hotfix from http://www.gbpvr.com/Hotfix_Net2_KB923028.zip

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Problems with machine waking for automated EPG Update
If your machine is normally in standby or hibernation and you rely on the machine to wake up to perform its EPG updates, then you'll need to apply the patch from http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=1...ostcount=6 to make sure your machine wakes.

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Memory leak when using the VMR9 Custom or VMR9 Fullscreen Exclusive video renderer
There is a bug in the new VMR9 Custom or VMR9 Fullscreen Exclusive video renderers included with v0.99.12 that can cause the memory usage to increase each time the OSD is displayed. A fix can be found here: http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=1...stcount=18

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OSD mouse clicks ignored with Overlay video renderer
There is a bug in v0.99.12 which can cause mouse clicks on the OSD to be ignored when you're using the Overlay video renderer. A fix can be found here: http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=1...ostcount=6

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Duplicate show entries in TV Guide with DVB EPG
There is a bug in the current release which causes the same show to be imported multiple times when using the DVB EPG option. A fix for this can be found here: http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=1...stcount=42

When you have this problem, viewing the tv guide you'll find you need to press the right or left arrow multiple times to move to the next show listed. This also leads to a huge amount of show listings in the database, slowing the initial viewing of the TV Guide.

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Manual EPG updates can cause pending season recording episodes to be removed
Normally when you do an EPG update, pending season recording episodes are deleted then rescheduled after the EPG update completes. There is a bug in the current release that can stop these from being rescheduled when it was a manually initiated EPG update. A fix to this can be found here: http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=1...ostcount=6

The automated daily EPG update wasnt affected by this.