HD-PVR & Beta Drivers w/no Sound

[smajor]

I'm just posting this in case someone runs into this before the next release of GB-PVR that is supposed to support the new Hauppauge beta drivers w/AC3 sound.

My HD-PVR was one of the early ones that suffered from overheating. I just had it replaced. The service was excellent from Hauppauge and my only complaint is the replacement they sent was TOO NEW! They sent me the Rev. D model (4901 INF). The problem is that the release 1.0b drivers don't support it! Per Hauppauge tech support, I need to use the beta drivers to support this new rev.

GB-PVR would work with the beta, but with no sound. Sub explained to me the issue was the beta drivers using AC3 audio and not AAC. AC3 support will be in the next release of GB-PVR. I resigned myself to watch TV with the TotalMediaExtreme software that came with it until then.

However, I discovered that if click Recording to watch the live TV preview, their are a couple of settings buttons. One of them allows you to toggle AC3 vs. AAC sound. Once I switched to AAC, exited the program, and fired up GB-PVR my sound returned!

This "trick" won't survive a reboot, you'll have to do it again if you power off your computer. But, if you're "lucky" like me and get a new rev, you can at least use this workaround for now.

Of note, there is also a setting in that program to disable what they call the "Bling LEDs" (the bright blue LED on the HD-PVR that lights when in use). Since my HD-PVR is right next to the TV, I find I like this bright distraction off in the dark room. I don't know if sub would see fit to make an option to toggle that in GB-PVR too since it can be done. Maybe I'll add it in the wishlist forum...

[Sandy H.]

I'm noticing some interesting items as well. I don't have sound through the C2 version of the HDPVR unless I start TME recording first. Once I do that, I get sound and can watch. But, if I pause (crtl-Q) the light on the HDPVR goes out and the screen goes black. I actually have to terminate PVRX2. If I restart PVRX2 and go to listings and select the HDPVR channel, it just goes black, but at least I can escape out and close down. I never get anything back unless I stop the GBPVR recording service (even though the HDPVR light is off). Also, TME says the device is busy unless I stop and restart the GBPVR service. After that, I can re-run TME, get the sound back and be fine unless I pause.

If I record (crtl-k, specified time of 15 minutes) I get the same thing. The GBPVR button in the system tray reports the recording is happening, but the TV is black with no sound. If I exit and go back in to PVRX2, the recording is showing in the pending area, but after 15 minutes it isn't there anymore or on the what's new list. I have yet to figure out how to stop it, once I start that way, short of a reboot.

I'm thinking I have a recording setting wrong, but don't know what it is. I'm using all of the Arcsoft codecs. It also could be that the HDPVR is not interpreting a start or stop command from GBPVR, but I'm not sure if that is how the whole system works or not.

Sandy.

[smajor]

I had something similar, but unrelated to what I posted about above. My HD Cable box was auto setting what it thought the "optimal" channel display was. It was switching the output between standard, 720, and 1080 depending on the channel I watched. This mostly works with the HD-PVR, but a lot of times it just confused the heck out of it.

My Cable box had an option to force a setting. All things considered, I forced it to always output 720 and my problems went away.

[Benji]

Have a look at :

http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...post306307

This fixes the issue where 1.3.7 and HD-PVR 1.1 has no sound during LiveTV.