2008-05-14, 02:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 2008-05-14, 02:56 PM by Terrormaster.)
Hi all, long time hardware and software enthusiest, noobie PVR setup. First off wanted to thank Sub for an excellent piece of software, kudo's for pulling something like this off as a solo developer.
I swear though that setting up a PVR is either like pulling teeth or I've just had a really bad run of luck. I've been doing hardware for many years and honestly didn't think setting up a PVR would be all that difficult especially with so many great resources out there on how to do it. I've had no trouble getting GBPVR up and running and doing pretty much everything except Live TV. As soon as I add Live TV into the mix it just keeps falling apart in one way or another.
Here's my core system specs:
Gigabyte GA-946 MX-S2 (Intel chipset)
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8ghz
2g OCZ SOE DDR2 SDRAM
EVGA nVidia e-GeForce 6200 LE (256mb)
Hauppauge HVR-1600 (first try)
Hauppauge HVR-1250 (second try)
Windows XP Pro SP3 (w/latest hotfixes and updates)
CyberLink PowerDVD 5
Community Codec Pack (latest version)
Yapi2XML for guide
Comcast Digital Cable
No anti-virus, no anti-spyware, windows firewall disabled at the service level. Just a basic install with core components only.
I've been through two Hauppauge cards so far and no luck really. Essentially here's what went down:
First tried with the Hauppauge HVR 1600. All windows updates done, all drivers running the latest versions. Got GBPVR up and running without a hitch - videos, music, radio, all working perfect. Was looking good so I moved the box from my study/lab to the living room and gave it a live coax feed to start setting up Live TV. Everything looked good at first then disaster...
Suddenly the remote just wouldn't respond anymore. So before blaming it on GBPVR I fired up WinTV and same behavior - the remote worked only 30% of the time. I doubled checked the plug in the back where the IR plugs in because I heard that due to it not always going in caused similar problems. Pulled it out then put it back and heard a nice firm click. Even changed the batteries in the remote twice. And yup, I made sure the drivers and software for IR.exe was running the latest/greatest from Hauppauge.
So I did a system restore back to just before installing GBPVR and went through the steps again... Same thing - everything worked fine until I got Live TV going. In fact this time the remote actually worked for all of about 5 minutes tops. So I Googled until my Googler was sore and could find nothing concrete on the remote issue. :mad:
Frustrated and figuring this was a hardware/driver issue, I returned the card to Circuit City and swapped it for the HVR-1250 (staying miles away from Pinnacle after all the bad reviews). System Restore again, rinse, lather, repeat... Well at least this time the remote has been good (mostly - still dies when I go into WinTV - depends on if I'm viewing the lower analog channels or the digital channels) and no trouble at all in GBPVR (although I do occasionally have to RestartIR if I jump back and forth between GBConfig and GBPVR too frequently) . Well, almost... Now I can't get Live TV in GBPVR to work at all.![Sad Sad](https://forums.nextpvr.com/images/smilies/sad.png)
I know the 1250 isn't natively supported by GBPVR so I modified the BDA.INI file as instructed by Sub in another post. Scanned the channels, mapped a few to EPG for testing purposes - basically followed all the steps in the other post. Launched GBPVR and selected Live TV... I get a black screen for a few secs then back to the menu.
Not sure what to change now... I'd be pulling my last hairs out if I weren't completely bald already.
Any and all help would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks,
-TM
I swear though that setting up a PVR is either like pulling teeth or I've just had a really bad run of luck. I've been doing hardware for many years and honestly didn't think setting up a PVR would be all that difficult especially with so many great resources out there on how to do it. I've had no trouble getting GBPVR up and running and doing pretty much everything except Live TV. As soon as I add Live TV into the mix it just keeps falling apart in one way or another.
Here's my core system specs:
Gigabyte GA-946 MX-S2 (Intel chipset)
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8ghz
2g OCZ SOE DDR2 SDRAM
EVGA nVidia e-GeForce 6200 LE (256mb)
Hauppauge HVR-1600 (first try)
Hauppauge HVR-1250 (second try)
Windows XP Pro SP3 (w/latest hotfixes and updates)
CyberLink PowerDVD 5
Community Codec Pack (latest version)
Yapi2XML for guide
Comcast Digital Cable
No anti-virus, no anti-spyware, windows firewall disabled at the service level. Just a basic install with core components only.
I've been through two Hauppauge cards so far and no luck really. Essentially here's what went down:
First tried with the Hauppauge HVR 1600. All windows updates done, all drivers running the latest versions. Got GBPVR up and running without a hitch - videos, music, radio, all working perfect. Was looking good so I moved the box from my study/lab to the living room and gave it a live coax feed to start setting up Live TV. Everything looked good at first then disaster...
Suddenly the remote just wouldn't respond anymore. So before blaming it on GBPVR I fired up WinTV and same behavior - the remote worked only 30% of the time. I doubled checked the plug in the back where the IR plugs in because I heard that due to it not always going in caused similar problems. Pulled it out then put it back and heard a nice firm click. Even changed the batteries in the remote twice. And yup, I made sure the drivers and software for IR.exe was running the latest/greatest from Hauppauge.
So I did a system restore back to just before installing GBPVR and went through the steps again... Same thing - everything worked fine until I got Live TV going. In fact this time the remote actually worked for all of about 5 minutes tops. So I Googled until my Googler was sore and could find nothing concrete on the remote issue. :mad:
Frustrated and figuring this was a hardware/driver issue, I returned the card to Circuit City and swapped it for the HVR-1250 (staying miles away from Pinnacle after all the bad reviews). System Restore again, rinse, lather, repeat... Well at least this time the remote has been good (mostly - still dies when I go into WinTV - depends on if I'm viewing the lower analog channels or the digital channels) and no trouble at all in GBPVR (although I do occasionally have to RestartIR if I jump back and forth between GBConfig and GBPVR too frequently) . Well, almost... Now I can't get Live TV in GBPVR to work at all.
![Sad Sad](https://forums.nextpvr.com/images/smilies/sad.png)
I know the 1250 isn't natively supported by GBPVR so I modified the BDA.INI file as instructed by Sub in another post. Scanned the channels, mapped a few to EPG for testing purposes - basically followed all the steps in the other post. Launched GBPVR and selected Live TV... I get a black screen for a few secs then back to the menu.
Not sure what to change now... I'd be pulling my last hairs out if I weren't completely bald already.
Any and all help would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks,
-TM