MVP doesn't work with PVRX2 after upgrade to 1.0.16

[vbharry]

I recently upgraded from version 0.98.08 to 1.0.16. When I use PVRX2 on the computer, everything seems fine (actually the volume on music files seems very low, but I haven't really looked into this yet).

When I try to use my MVP after the upgrade, however, I have two big problems:
1. When I turn it on it stays on the "Contacting Servers" screen for over 3 minutes (compared to a few seconds before the upgrade).
2. Once it finally loads, I am able to navigate the menus fine, but when I try to play a recording the screen goes black and the mvp becomes totally unresponsive - I have to turn it off.

I tried switching the MVPServer setting in the config file back to GBPVR, and then eveything works like before - starts up in a few seconds and recordings play fine.

Any ideas what might be going on when the server is set to PVRX2?

Here are all of the MVP settings from my config file:

Code:

<!-- MVP Settings -->
  <DisableHauppaugeMVPScreenSaver>true</DisableHauppaugeMVPScreenSaver>
  <MvpHighPriority>true</MvpHighPriority>
  <MvpTranscodeAllVideo>false</MvpTranscodeAllVideo>
  <MvpPrePlaybackDelay>500</MvpPrePlaybackDelay>
  <SubtitleDelayMVP>1500</SubtitleDelayMVP>
  <MVPShowExit>false</MVPShowExit>
  <MVPDongleName>dongle.bin</MVPDongleName>
  <MVPForceMinimalOSD>true</MVPForceMinimalOSD>
  <MVPServer>PVRX2.exe</MVPServer>
  <MVPServerAutostart>1</MVPServerAutostart>
  <MVPUseAlphaChannel>true</MVPUseAlphaChannel>
  <MVPUseIncrementalUpdates>true</MVPUseIncrementalUpdates>
  <MVPUseAlternatePixelFormat>true</MVPUseAlternatePixelFormat>
  <MVPTranscodePrePlayDelay>5500</MVPTranscodePrePlayDelay>
  <MVPTranscodeUsingFFmpeg>true</MVPTranscodeUsingFFmpeg>
  <MVPTranscodeUseFFDSHOW>false</MVPTranscodeUseFFDSHOW>
  <MVPFFmpegTranscodeCmdLinePAL>-y -i "{SOURCE_FILE}" -b 2400k -ac 2 -ab 128 -r 25 -s 352x288 -f svcd "{DEST_FILE}"</MVPFFmpegTranscodeCmdLinePAL>
  <MVPFFmpegTranscodeCmdLineNTSC>-y -i "{SOURCE_FILE}" -b 2400k -ac 2 -ab 128 -r 29.97 -s 352x240 -f svcd "{DEST_FILE}"</MVPFFmpegTranscodeCmdLineNTSC>
  <MVPFFmpegTranscodeToMP3>-y -i "{SOURCE_FILE}" -ab 224 "{DEST_FILE}"</MVPFFmpegTranscodeToMP3>
  <MVPFFmpegTranscodeTS>-y -i "{SOURCE_FILE}" -vcodec copy -acodec copy {DEST_FILE}</MVPFFmpegTranscodeTS>
  <MVPSpecificSettings>
    <MAC-DEFAULT>
      <!-- this functionality is not complete yet, so dont attempt to use it -->
      <MVPBrightness>0</MVPBrightness>
      <!-- pal/ntsc/auto -->
      <MVPVideoStandard>auto</MVPVideoStandard>
      <!-- none/high/medium/low -->
      <MVPFlickerFilter>none</MVPFlickerFilter>
      <!-- true/false -->
      <MVP16x9Mode>false</MVP16x9Mode>
      <!-- 0=RGB,1=composite,2=svideo -->
      <MVPOutput>1</MVPOutput>
      <!-- position -->
      <MVPWidth>640</MVPWidth>
      <MVPHeight>500</MVPHeight>
      <MVPOffsetX>44</MVPOffsetX>
      <MVPOffsetY>40</MVPOffsetY>
    </MAC-DEFAULT>
    <MAC-000DFE008BF8>
      <MVPVideoStandard>auto</MVPVideoStandard>
      <MVPFlickerFilter>none</MVPFlickerFilter>
      <MVP16x9Mode>false</MVP16x9Mode>
      <MVPOutput>1</MVPOutput>
      <MVPWidth>640</MVPWidth>
      <MVPHeight>500</MVPHeight>
      <MVPOffsetX>44</MVPOffsetX>
      <MVPOffsetY>40</MVPOffsetY>
    </MAC-000DFE008BF8>
  </MVPSpecificSettings>

[mvallevand]

This sounds like you have a firewall problem. Ensure that PVRX2.exe is configured to have the same ports open as GBPVR.exe

Martin

[sub]

Yep, that'd be my guess too. Serveral people upgrading to 1.0.8 or 1.0.16 found that the new PVRX2 server was automatically blocked by their firewall software.

[vbharry]

This sounds like you have a firewall problem. Ensure that PVRX2.exe is configured to have the same ports open as GBPVR.exe

Martin

Yep, that was it. I added PVRX2.exe to the exceptions list for the Windows Firewall and now everything seems to be working fine.

Thanks!!