Unable to record or timeshift with PVR500MCE

[kieron]

Hi,

I'm running a Hauppauge WinTV PVR500MCE with GBPVR. After fighting with MythTV on Linux for a while, the swap to GBPVR was relatively painless

Except that I'm unable to timeshift or record TV; LiveTV works fine, but when clicking on the pause button on the Live TV screen, I get the 'Switching to timeshift mode, Please wait' message and then I'm bounced back to the main menu. I'm assuming this isn't the intended behaviour! Likewise, when I try to record a show, either using quickrecord, or scheduled recording, I get no errors, the app believes its recording, but no files are created in the recordings directory.

I've dug around the log files a bit, this is the contents of the gbpvrrecordingservice.exe-native.log file:

18:01:19.921 INFO Log started
18:01:19.921 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::StartRecording(2, 64, 7, 1)
18:01:19.921 VERBOSE Capture Device is based on BlackBird architecture
18:01:19.921 VERBOSE Capture Device is using Conexant (derived) drivers
18:01:19.921 VERBOSE Loading filter names
18:01:19.921 VERBOSE Found names:
18:01:19.921 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Crossbar
18:01:19.921 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
18:01:19.921 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II TvTuner
18:01:19.921 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II TvAudio
18:01:19.953 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Analog Audio' to 'TVAudio In'
18:01:20.046 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Audio Decoder Out' to 'Analog Audio In'
18:01:20.046 VERBOSE Looking for encoder filter
18:01:20.046 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Encoder
18:01:20.062 VERBOSE ConnectPins: '656' to '656'
18:01:21.125 VERBOSE ConnectPins failed!
18:01:21.156 VERBOSE put_Mode(AMTUNER_MODE_TV)
18:01:21.156 VERBOSE put_CountryCode(64)
18:01:21.156 VERBOSE put_TuningSpace(64)
18:01:21.156 VERBOSE put_InputType(0, 1)
18:01:21.156 VERBOSE put_ConnectInput(0)
18:01:21.156 VERBOSE put_Channel(7, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT)
18:01:21.328 VERBOSE get_VideoFrequency() returns 196250000
18:01:21.328 VERBOSE get_CountryCode() returns 64
18:01:21.328 VERBOSE About to query available formats
18:01:21.328 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::SetConfigurationECP()
18:01:21.328 INFO Firmware Version 2.5.32

Audio Firmware Version <<can't read now>>

Model 23559 Rev D591
Serial No: 7787580
Tuner[1]: Model 91 (Philips FQ1216AME_MK4)
Decoder: 30
AudioIC: 37

Input Map: C= 0x000f, S= 0x0003

18:01:21.359 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: GB-PVR WST SRT Analog
18:01:21.359 ERROR failed to start Conexant Graph
18:01:21.406 VERBOSE ERROR_DEVICE_NOT_CONNECTED
18:01:21.406 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters)
18:01:21.421 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
18:01:21.421 VERBOSE - GB-PVR Writer
18:01:21.421 VERBOSE - Capture
18:01:21.421 VERBOSE - Encoder
18:01:21.421 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Crossbar
18:01:21.421 VERBOSE - TV Audio
18:01:21.421 VERBOSE - TV Tuner
18:01:21.421 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles)
18:01:21.421 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::StartRecording() done
18:01:21.984 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::StopRecording()

Comparing with the gbpvr.exe-native.log file, the following lines that appear when recording that don't appear when watching live are:

18:01:20.046 VERBOSE Looking for encoder filter
18:01:20.046 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Encoder
18:01:20.062 VERBOSE ConnectPins: '656' to '656'
18:01:21.125 VERBOSE ConnectPins failed!

Which I'm guessing is the point when the mpeg encoder is connected into the DirectShow filter graph...and further on:

18:01:21.359 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: GB-PVR WST SRT Analog
18:01:21.359 ERROR failed to start Conexant Graph
18:01:21.406 VERBOSE ERROR_DEVICE_NOT_CONNECTED

All suggestions, help, assistance etc kindly appreciated.

Cheers,
Kieron.

[sub]

Comparing with the gbpvr.exe-native.log file, the following lines that appear when recording that don't appear when watching live are:

18:01:20.046 VERBOSE Looking for encoder filter
18:01:20.046 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Encoder
18:01:20.062 VERBOSE ConnectPins: '656' to '656'
18:01:21.125 VERBOSE ConnectPins failed!

Which I'm guessing is the point when the mpeg encoder is connected into the DirectShow filter graph...and further on:

18:01:21.359 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: GB-PVR WST SRT Analog

Neither of those are a problem, and are expected with the PVR500

18:01:21.359 ERROR failed to start Conexant Graph
18:01:21.406 VERBOSE ERROR_DEVICE_NOT_CONNECTED

Yep, thats your problem, but I'm not sure why you'd be getting it though. Device isnt already in use? Not running on Windows MCE?

You should have set up two capture sources for the PVR500. One using device #1, one using device #2.

[kieron]

Yep, thats your problem, but I'm not sure why you'd be getting it though. Device isnt already in use? Not running on Windows MCE?

Nope, definitely not in use, and running XP Pro SP 2, all patches etc installed.

You should have set up two capture sources for the PVR500. One using device #1, one using device #2.

Yep done that...I'm beginning to think its either a driver problem or hardware fault - just tried using the (primitive) software that came with the card and couldn't get it to do mpeg encoding either.

[Jacob]

I have the exact same problem you describe in detail. I'm unable to record and when I pause Live TV it bounces me back to the main menu after the message you described is displayed. I also have a Hauppauge PVR500MCE TV card with Windows Media Center 2005 running GB-PVR. There does not appear to be any conflicts with Media Center.
I can pause Live TV in Media Portal and Windows Media Center 2005. GB-PVR creates a directory for the scheduled recording but when the recording is supposed to be done the directory is empty.