Configuring Sources

[cds4ld]

I have a Hauppauge PVR-150 card and had no problem following the guides to get the internal tuner configured for Live TV Viewing and Recording. I would like to also configure the S-Video and Composite inputs of this same card and be able to select which source the card outputs to GB-PVR. Is there a way to accomplish this? Thanks in advance. cds4ld

[reboot]

Open Config, Capture sources tab, Edit button (hilight your source), Settings button beside Recording source, change the Source.

[nikdfish]

The Hauppauge wintv setup lets you add pseudo channels that point to the composite / svideo inputs .. you choose what channel to use for the ports you want to access. The process is also works for the ports associated with additional cards (I've only done it with 2 cards). These channels should be available to the GBPVR recording source channel table (they were for me... ) either automatically or via an add - I forget.

Nick

[cds4ld]

Thanks for the replies! Regarding changing the config options it certainly works however I am hoping to find a "more permanent" way that can be choosen from within GB-PVR. The Hauppauge Win TV concept works great if you are in Win TV, but did absolutely nothing when I added the two channels to my PVR-150 Tuner setup. Perhaps I am missing a step?
Any other concepts or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
cds4ld

[Glenn56]

Thanks for the replies! Regarding changing the config options it certainly works however I am hoping to find a "more permanent" way that can be choosen from within GB-PVR. The Hauppauge Win TV concept works great if you are in Win TV, but did absolutely nothing when I added the two channels to my PVR-150 Tuner setup. Perhaps I am missing a step?
Any other concepts or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
cds4ld

Yeah Im trying to do the samething. GBR works fine except for that. The pseudo channel method is actually a part of all the other programs Ive used so I thought GBR would have the samething. If you have to go into to config each time its annoying. I thought maybe there was a way to do it by adding two sources which I did one with internal tuner and another with s-video external. The problem is I thought then when you started GBR it would let me switch between the sources in the program but I dont see anything. So if you still have to go into config and pick the source each time to switch thats still annoying.

[groover km]

I did this recently to add a VCR as a second source to my setup. I'm not at home right now, but from memory, this is what you need to do:

This assumes you already have your 'primary' source set up and functioning correctly.

In WinTV, open the Suite Manager and select the second input method (Comp, S-Video, etc.) that you want to use. Add a pseudo-channel (not used in your existing setup: In my case, I selected '99'), give it a name, and include it in the IR suite.

Check it works okay by opening WinTV2000 and selecting channel '99': It should now switch to your second source and show the channel number and name you have given it at the bottom of the screen. This should work with the remote.

If that works okay, move on to GBPVR. From the Capture Source tab, add the second source which will be your PVR-150 but with the input method you selected above. Select the direct recording method, and input your EPG info the same as for your primary source (at this time there is not an option to select 'none' for EPG for a capture source; I believe this will be included in the next release).

The EPG will now download the guide info for the first time, giving you time to go and have a coffee, grow a beard, raise your kids, etc (if you know what I mean).

Once it has finished, manually ADD the pseudo-channel ('99') that you specified above. With that done, UNCHECK every other channel on the second source. In this way, your exisiting channels are mapped to your primary source, and only '99' is mapped to your second source. If you don't do this, it will (a) confuse things as GBPVR looks for, say, channel 5 on both sources, and (b) update itself again at 3am.

Save your config, and you *should* be good to go. I can use this with my remote on the MVP in another room; I can select all my 'normal' channels, schedule recordings, etc., and when I hit '99' it selects the VCR input - and by repeating the process with an old standalone DVD player on a *third* input, I have even used it to solve the holy grail of playing DVDs over the MVP! Cool!*

(*Except this requires me to go into the 'back room' to point the remote at the DVD player to select chapters, start play, etc., from the menu, which is rather pointless when you think about it. LOL)

Hope this helps.

[onestar]

I have a Hauppauge PVR-150 card and had no problem following the guides to get the internal tuner configured for Live TV Viewing and Recording. I would like to also configure the S-Video and Composite inputs of this same card and be able to select which source the card outputs to GB-PVR. Is there a way to accomplish this? Thanks in advance. cds4ld

Maybe I am misunderstanding the question, but to setup the composite and s-video is simple. In config, capture source, add two new sources. In the recording source settings select your 150 card, select board number to the same as the other one (#1 probably), select source to Composite, External Tuner -- You may have to try each one to find the right one. Do the same for the s-video, and you're done

[cds4ld]

Groover km you hit the nail on the head! It absolutely works as advertised. I had missed "clearing all the other channels".
Thanks very much for all the replies and the solution.
cds4ld

[rtiangha]

I've done this myself for a while and it works without having to configure the composite or S-video channel for WinTV.

However, does anyone notice that while channel surfing, if you channel surf past the custom channel to a channel that has EPG data, that the EPG data doesn't appear in the OSD (the one that comes up when you press the BLUE button on the Hauppauge remote) anymore? Or is it just me?

[sub]

However, does anyone notice that while channel surfing, if you channel surf past the custom channel to a channel that has EPG data, that the EPG data doesn't appear in the OSD (the one that comes up when you press the BLUE button on the Hauppauge remote) anymore? Or is it just me?

Yes, this is one of the bugs I fixed in the next release.