can't play or watch tv new install

[Andrewh]

I just finished building a machine to run gbpvr.
Used the latest installer. Did a full update.
Running windows xp sp3
installed directx 9, power dvd and xp codex

On a 2 gb, 2.53 ghz duo core with a 512mb graphic card.
installed 2 haupauge(sp) 2250 cards.
Got the guide to work, got it running so I can record 4 channels.

Anytime I try to play or "watch" a recorded session, it gives me a black screen and it hangs. Doesn't do anything. Live tv did that for a while, but I did the live tv preview.

I only have one of the cards hooked up to cable right now as I am just testing.
I verified that if I record all 4 channels, only one actually recorded anything though. I figured 2 would.

The main bit that bugs me is the playback hang. I have to end task gbpvr to get that screen to go away.

Live tv did that, but as I said, the checkbox in config fixed that, so I get a blue screen and I can go back to the menu.
I can't control which card I am using, so I am not sure which tuner it is pulling from. I will pull a card or disable it to test that soon.

I added the tags for the 2250 so it is configured, but I took all the defaults.

What did I miss?

[sub]

Anytime I try to play or "watch" a recorded session, it gives me a black screen and it hangs. Doesn't do anything. Live tv did that for a while, but I did the live tv preview.

Reproduce the problem, then zip and attach the logs and I'll take a look.

[Andrewh]

didn't know which log, so I copied them all into a zip.
Well anything with the current time stamp.

did this two different ways. Paused live tv was the first way. I was watching, hit pause, then it went black. The buttons disappeared. Nothing brought it back.

Next I set a show to record that was currently on.
Went back and hit play on that show.
Same thing. Screen went black.
HAd to kill it both times to bring it back.

Thanks.

[Andrewh]

found something interesting.
So I can play recordings as long as I go through the recording screen. But if I try to play something I am recording, then it dies.

Still can't pause live tv though.

I read the logs and did not notice anything.

I found some other posts about the empty skins folder, so I added that. Not sure if makes any difference.

[sub]

Can you try watching something that is recording, then zip and attach the logs again?

Is f:\ a local directory, or a network drive?

[Andrewh]

f is a local drive.

[sub]

If you have a look at the file that is recording, does it appear to be growing correctly? ie, is this a recording problem or a playback problem. You indicated you can playback recordings, but not while they're still recording. In this log it looks like it was zero bytes long, which I'd expect wouldnt play, even when the recording stops.

[Andrewh]

That maybe the an issue. I only have one cable hooked up between the two cards.
I cannot tell which one of the tuners it is picking to record with.
Plus I just started recording and went back to play.
So it could be 0 due to no antena attached.
I would expect just the blue screen I get when trying to play live tv without the attena.

I will try again when I get a splitter so I can have both hooked up.

[sub]

Yeah, I suspect you need to have them both hooked up. Some devices would output any data unless they detect a signal.

[Andrewh]

thanks for your help.