Failed recordins workaround

[xsherlock]

My setup, as may others with PVR350 using PVR TV-OUT is still producing occasionally lockups on the PVR350 decoder/encoder. Despite the fact i tried all possible drivers it still happens once a few days. From one moment every next recording is a 0 byte file, nor i cant play any valid recording (gives blank screen). So this leads to the conclusion that the lockup occurs at the end of last scheduled recording.

The only remedy is to reboot the PC. Restarting gbpvr or recoridng service doesn't help.

Sub, could you please add a feature that if the recording service detects that the actual recorded show file remains 0 bytes it would reboot the PC. This could be an option in the Config. Or at least check ofter the recording if the file size > 0. I know you gave up on the PVR350 development but this should be a quick fix.

Unfortunately PVR TVout output quality is so good it is hard to give it upon the card. Does anyone knows of the card that would have dedicated tv-out with same quality?

Regards
Maciej

[alex060670]

Unfortunately PVR TVout output quality is so good it is hard to give it upon the card. Does anyone knows of the card that would have dedicated tv-out with same quality?

Me and many others are using the XCard by Sigma Designs. It is fully supported by gbpvr and I did not have any problems with it so far (except that the decoder chip on the card is getting really hot when decoding... ).

Why not try this one - it costs less than USD 100.

Greetings, Alex