NPVR - Getting started, current patches, tips and tricks **!!!!PLEASE READ!!!!**

[johnsonx42]

What are the options for making these files available somewhere (not on gbpvr.com) or creating an auto download and extractor bat/exe?

I'm not sure what to suggest on that. The files in question are main concept encoders licensed by hauppauge for use with hauppauge devices and wintv7 (and paid for with the purchase price of said hauppauge device). Providing DIY instructions on getting the files is probably about as far we ought to go, in my opinion. I'm pretty sure sub has acknowledged that he'll eventually have to write his own .ts mux for analog devices, which will take care of the issue for hardware encoding devices.

Presuming the vote is that some sort of additional user assistance is needed anyway, I would vote for some sort of extractor that pulls the needed files from the standard wintv7 download (along with a "press enter to continue" type warning that the files a licensed only for use with Hauppauge devices that shipped with WinTV). That way it remains the end-user doing the infringing, and not the collective 'us' nor by extension sub.

(I guess I was sure what to suggest after all, wasn't I?)

[McBainUK]

Presuming the vote is that some sort of additional user assistance is needed anyway, I would vote for some sort of extractor that pulls the needed files from the standard wintv7 download (along with a "press enter to continue" type warning that the files a licensed only for use with Hauppauge devices that shipped with WinTV). That way it remains the end-user doing the infringing, and not the collective 'us' nor by extension sub.

Sounds good, will investigate implementation options.

[jburbaum]

Upgrading from GB-PVR, and banging my head into the same "analog tuner" wall that many here apparently have encountered. I noticed on Hauppauge's website that they will sell you WinTV 2.2 for $9.95. At this point, to relieve the headache, I'd buy it *if* I knew that I could install WinTV (without the card) and have nPVR recognize my ATI card. Has anyone tried that avenue? I already tried to install a Hauppauge card on my Win7/64 computer, and had to take 2 or 3 back to Fry's before getting this one to work, so I'm a bit spooked.

[Reddwarf]

Upgrading from GB-PVR, and banging my head into the same "analog tuner" wall that many here apparently have encountered. I noticed on Hauppauge's website that they will sell you WinTV 2.2 for $9.95. At this point, to relieve the headache, I'd buy it *if* I knew that I could install WinTV (without the card) and have nPVR recognize my ATI card. Has anyone tried that avenue? I already tried to install a Hauppauge card on my Win7/64 computer, and had to take 2 or 3 back to Fry's before getting this one to work, so I'm a bit spooked.

This question actually belongs in the npvr support forum. That said, did you manage to download the SoftPVR from any of the sources listed in the Tips-and-tricks thread? You don't need the whole Wintv7 package just to run an ATI card in npvr.

[johnsonx42]

Christmas came a day or two early (depending on your timezone); Santa Sub came and left NPVR 1.5.36 under our Christmas tree.

[petercooperjr]

You may want to update your section on getting guide data now that Schedules Direct is now directly supported in 1.5.36. I moved my existing channels to use the direct support instead of mc2xml downloading it, despite sub's warning in the release notes to try a fresh setup, and it seems to be working great thus far.

[johnsonx42]

I've already posted the first cumulative patch, but I'm calling it a 'beta' patch because they're all so new.

[trummel]

FWIW, I can confirm that patch 5 (http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...post398126) works like a charm on all of my clients.

[johnsonx42]

Yeah, it looks good. Some time tonight I'll roll the current patches into a new cumulative patch and remove the beta tag.

[jburbaum]

Sorry for the mis-posting. Yes, I've tried what I could find from Tips n Tricks, and couldn't get any of them to work. Rather than continue chasing fixes that might no longer work, I thought I'd just buy the damned package.

For now, I'm just going to lurk and wait for the project to work without that requirement.

Reply privately if you have any further thoughts...I don't want to further pollute the thread .