Live TV not showing anything although recordings are OK. Pls advise.

[seymoria]

Hi.

My recording sources have been properly installed and all recordings are going OK. However, somehow, Live TV is blank and is not showing anything.

Can you advise for a resolution of this issue?

Thanks a lot. I am attaching the logs for review.

Regards.

[whurlston]

It's been a while since I've even seen the old GBPVR interface (or logs) but if memory serves me correctly, it looks like you havn't set your MPEG2 video decoder (and audio decoders).

[whurlston]

Afte looking at some old logs, I'm pretty sure that is the reason.
Here are your logs:

Code:

2012-08-07 07:14:32.703 VERBOSE getSetting(TvShape) 2012-08-07 07:14:32.718 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredAudioRenderer) 2012-08-07 07:14:32.718 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredDecoder) 2012-08-07 07:14:32.718 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredAudioDecoder) 2012-08-07 07:14:32.718 VERBOSE getSetting(DeinterlaceMethod) 2012-08-07 07:14:32.734 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: Encoder pass-through ... 2012-08-07 07:14:33.062 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters: 2012-08-07 07:14:33.062 VERBOSE - Default DirectSound Device 2012-08-07 07:14:33.062 VERBOSE - Video Renderer 2012-08-07 07:14:33.062 VERBOSE - MPEG Audio Decoder 2012-08-07 07:14:33.062 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer 2012-08-07 07:14:33.062 VERBOSE - Encoder 2012-08-07 07:14:33.062 VERBOSE - Capture 2012-08-07 07:14:33.062 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Crossbar 2012-08-07 07:14:33.062 VERBOSE - TV Audio 2012-08-07 07:14:33.062 VERBOSE - TV Tuner

And here are logs where they are set (relevant parts in red):

Code:

2011-10-24 14:03:59.348 VERBOSE getSetting(TvShape) 2011-10-24 14:03:59.348 VERBOSE 16:9 television 2011-10-24 14:03:59.546 INFO SetVideoPosition: (0,0,1,1) (0,0,1920,1080) 2011-10-24 14:03:59.546 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredAudioRenderer) [COLOR="#FF0000"]2011-10-24 14:03:59.546 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredDecoder) 2011-10-24 14:03:59.589 VERBOSE video decoder filter: Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder 2011-10-24 14:03:59.590 VERBOSE getSetting(PreferredAudioDecoder) 2011-10-24 14:03:59.609 VERBOSE audio decoder filter: ffdshow Audio Decoder[/COLOR] 2011-10-24 14:03:59.609 VERBOSE getSetting(DeinterlaceMethod) 2011-10-24 14:03:59.925 INFO SetVideoPosition: (0,0,1,1) (0,0,1920,1080) 2011-10-24 14:03:59.925 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters) 2011-10-24 14:03:59.925 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters: 2011-10-24 14:03:59.925 VERBOSE - Default DirectSound Device 2011-10-24 14:03:59.925 VERBOSE - Video Renderer 2011-10-24 14:03:59.925 VERBOSE - BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter 2011-10-24 14:03:59.925 VERBOSE - GB-PVR PSI Parser 2011-10-24 14:03:59.925 VERBOSE - [color=#FF0000]ffdshow Audio Decoder[/color] 2011-10-24 14:03:59.925 VERBOSE - [color=#FF0000]Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder[/color] 2011-10-24 14:03:59.925 VERBOSE - GB-PVR Flow Status 2011-10-24 14:03:59.925 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer 2011-10-24 14:03:59.925 VERBOSE - GB-PVR TS Mon 2011-10-24 14:03:59.925 VERBOSE - Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner 10108BBF-1 2011-10-24 14:03:59.925 VERBOSE - Microsoft ATSC Network Provider

[seymoria]

Hi.

Thanks for the help.

I now ran 'ffdshow' (rev 3) setup file and installed it. Rebooted PC .

But the problem is still there. Can you advise what further should I do?

Thanks very much.

[ACTCMS]

What Decoders do you have selected in the MPEG-2 Playback section on the Playback tab in GB-PVR Configuration? (right-click the Tray icon and select Start Config)

[seymoria]

in the Mpeg2 Playback section, the audio and video decoders are mentioned as 'system default'. The dropdown does not have any other option.

[ACTCMS]

You'll need to install some decoders then - I always got good results with the MPV and MPA decoders from here
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/MPV_Decoder.htm

[seymoria]

Thanks a lot for the help. The problem got solved.
After installing, I selected it from the dropdown in Playback tab.

Regards.

[ACTCMS]

It's great that you've got it working...

Out of curiosity, is there any reason you've not moved up to NPVR?

Alex