Advanced configuration...

[HtV]

I have tried "mvpmc --sartup emulation --emulate 192.168.0.101 &" to no effect any thoughts? I tried with without &.. and yes my GBPVR is on pc 192.168.0.101

My dongle.config.bin looks like this:

Code:

mvpmc --startup emulate --emulate 192.168.1.11 &

Hans

[mvallevand]

If you don't have the proper syntax (Hans' is correct) then the command should fail, but I am surprised that you don't get the default with emulation mode and everything else.

Martin

[Paul Evans]

Well I did have a couple of typo's creep in but even corrected I cant get it to go!
here is my dongle.bin.config file

"# mkdir /flac;
# mount.cifs //192.168.0.101/mvpc /flac/ -o password=guest;
#mvpmc -pal
mvpmc -o svideo
mvpmc -a 16:9
mvpmc --startup emulate --emulate 192.168.0.101 &"

I tried commenting in/out -o svideo to check file is beeing accessed... and it behaves as expected. But I cannot get it to go into emulation mode and thereafter into PVRX2?

With a config file (and no startup or emulation options set) I dont even get the emulate or music client option, I only have file system.


This so frustrating as I have just enjoyed the wonders and quality of flac streamed through the MVP out on a spdif to HiFi... !!! wonderful.

Heres another vote for flac support in next version of GBPVR!

[mvallevand]

You must keep all your command line options on one line, only the first correct line will load. Based on what you have you'd like

mvpmc -o svideo -a 16:9 --startup emulate --emulate 192.168.0.101 &"

Martin

[Paul Evans]

Unfortunately I wont be in a position to try until Sunday but this sounds promising.. I did note one test anomaly with the -a option on a second line not being effective. Thanks for you help. I will try @ weekend

[Paul Evans]

Just a quick note to thank you for clarifying the command syntax, this now works as expected ie emulation straight into PVRX2. I also like to Go Back option to menu screen. Just as slight anomoly is that when it goes back to no emulation mode ie menu screen... now both emulation and filesystem are available as options but not mclient.. any thoughts? Without a config file then mclient is available!

Completely seperately, I am interested in Flac playout from the MVP. This I can achieve (without transcoding) as per your post using filesystem and folder share. Are there any other none transcoding options?

Ideally I would like a high quality bitperfect playback option from within GBPVR.. do you know if this will be an option? I did see reference to .flac support but I am not aware if this is transcoded or not. Any links would be appreciated.

[Paul Evans]

Just a quick note to thank you for clarifying the command syntax, this now works as expected ie emulation straight into PVRX2. I also like to Go Back option to menu screen. Just as slight anomoly is that when it goes back to no emulation mode ie menu screen... now both emulation and filesystem are available as options but not mclient.. any thoughts? Without a config file then mclient is available!

Completely seperately, I am interested in Flac playout from the MVP. This I can achieve (without transcoding) as per your post using filesystem and folder share. Are there any other none transcoding options?

Ideally I would like a high quality bitperfect playback option from within GBPVR.. do you know if this will be an option? I did see reference to .flac support but I am not aware if this is transcoded or not. Any links would be appreciated.

[mvallevand]

Paul mclient (slimserver client) needs to be setup via the command line just like emulation mode so just add -c xx.xx.xx.xx if you need it and it will be back.

Regarding FLAC audio I've written on it in a few places. http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=32757 and I will reiterate that the files must be named .fla because gbpvr will abort on .flac files on its own.

There is no transcoding, ffmpeg will decompress the file to a pcm format and then recompress the file to flac so it stays lossless. Note an ideal solution but I can live with this. As a minimum I'm hoping that sub will allow .flac files in the next version.

However I have no idea if the mvp's output will be bit perfect since I don't have a card with optical in test The mvp will output the pcm audio through both the analog out (which is very likely not bit-perfect) and as digitial passthrough on the digital port. On the digital out it should be raw PCM of the original audio but there might be a hardware issue or my implementation might be imperfect (who knows I might miss a few bytes here and there). I can tell there is an improvement in sound over mp3 and I have never noticed an audible problem which is good enough for my needs.

Martin