no luck with gbpvr

[frazer]

some of these problems have been mentioned elsewhere, but I wonder if the fact they're all happening to me is relevant!

anyway, I have been trying to get gbpvr to work with a Hauppauge PVR250 and a Twinhan DVB-S card with the BDA drivers. I have managed to get both these working with other software, and the tuning tool works with the 250, and the channel search now works with the Twinhan too so that I have some channels stored for viewing.

on my first attempts though, when I tried to add the DVB-S channels, the computer used to reboot on starting the channel scan. and when trying to watch live TV simply through the Hauppauge card, I only got the "channel tuning information not known" message, despite trying all the possibilities in the configuration settings. furthermore, when I tried to watch a DVD, I got (and still do get) the error message; "R6025 pure virtual function call".

after a few atempts though, I got the DVB-S channel scan to complete, but now when I click on watch live tv, the computer again reboots. I have tried reinstalling the GBPVR software, and all the drivers, but without success (indeed I had trouble unistalling the GBPVR software, as it kept saying that it could not delete the file gbpvr.ldb whilst in use, eventhough everything on my computer was closed).

any ideas as to what's going on?

thank you,

Frazer

(my system is an Asus P4P800-vm motherboard with P4 2.4 GHz and 256MB ram, above cards plus Xcard)

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I tried to add the DVB-S channels, the computer used to reboot on starting the channel scan.

after a few atempts though, I got the DVB-S channel scan to complete, but now when I click on watch live tv, the computer again reboots.

If your computer is rebooting, this is a sign that you're having some serious driver problems.

Are you running the Twinhan BDA v1.2.1.9 drivers? This is what I'm running on my Twinhan DVB-S card. I've never had my machine just reboot.

and when trying to watch live TV simply through the Hauppauge card, I only got the "channel tuning information not known" message,

This message is actually generated when you try to view a BDA digital channel, but it hasnt had the 'map digital channels to EPG channels' thing done for the channel in question. So even though you thought you were trying your hauppauge card, you werent.

furthermore, when I tried to watch a DVD, I got (and still do get) the error message; "R6025 pure virtual function call".

Are you using the XCard? I dont think DVD playback works anymore on the XCard. The new DVD player introduced in the last release does not seem to be fully compatible with the XCard.

To be honest I'm thinking about dropping support for the XCard. Its a painful peice of hardware to work with. There is so few people using it, that its not worth the added hassle.

[heitjer]

[QUOTE=sub]Are you using the XCard? I dont think DVD playback works anymore on the XCard. The new DVD player introduced in the last release does not seem to be fully compatible with the XCard.
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sub,
I just upgraded to the latest release (09211) and started out with a complete clean machine and OS.
Once I got everything running I noticed that I can watch everything except the "Live TV Function" through my Xcard. I can report that the DVD viewing still works but I have problems getting the Live TV working.
When I start Live TV I can see the OSD overlay on the TV but the rest of the screen remains black.
Has this something to do with the lates release? Anyone else having the same problems?
*heitjer*
[WinXP Prof, PVR250, Xcard]

[frazer]

thanks for the reply.

yes, that is the driver I am using- it is working fine for me with MyTheatre. the only odd thing I have noticed is that the driver actually installed twice on my machine, and is listed once in the device manager as a BDA tuner device, and also as a BDA capture device. if I remove either one of them, MyTheatre doesn't work. is this normal?

and yes, I am using the Xcard; actually that's what attracted me to the software, as the scart RGB TV output it provides is very good, so I was rather hoping you might actually one day extend support to include the possible use of the XCard remote, rather than stopping support altogether! (unfortunately, I didn't get a remote with my Hauppauge card). still, I can only imagine the problems it might be causing you.

thanks again,

frazer

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Once I got everything running I noticed that I can watch everything except the "Live TV Function" through my Xcard.

Try setting deinterlacing to 'encoder pass-through' in the config app (misc tab). Alternatively, try disabling live preview mode.

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yes, that is the driver I am using- it is working fine for me with MyTheatre. the only odd thing I have noticed is that the driver actually installed twice on my machine, and is listed once in the device manager as a BDA tuner device, and also as a BDA capture device. if I remove either one of them, MyTheatre doesn't work. is this normal?

Yes, thats is normal. You should have both the capture and tuner listed.

so I was rather hoping you might actually one day extend support to include the possible use of the XCard remote

Unfortunately I know for sure I wont be supporting the XCard remote. Its just not a very good match with the functions I use in GB-PVR, and does not relate very well to the keys offered on the Hauppuge/MCE/Fire-DTV/etc remotes.

I'm not sure, but you may be able to use this remote via Girder.

[frazer]

OK thank you. I have managed to get the Hauppauge working by taking out the Twinhan from the configuration, although it took a few attempts then to get it working through the XCard; and I'm not sure how good the quality of TV output is, as the OSD menu looks very pixelated- although I can't really judge the quality of the TV picture itself, as I'm having problems getting a good picture with the Hauppauge using any software at the moment.

It's a pity the XCard is such a pain to work with as it is, as I say, very useful for getting a true RGB scart signal to a TV; getting hold of a Hauppauge remote to replace the XCard one looks like the least of my problems though!

Thanks again,

Frazer

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it took a few attempts then to get it working through the XCard; and I'm not sure how good the quality of TV output is, as the OSD menu looks very pixelated

The OSD hardware on the XCard only allows for 256 colours, which looks crap with the default skin. Someone really needs to make a skin designed for very few colours.

[frazer]

That explains that then!

I'll keep persevering to try and get things running- some of the problems I've had have just gone away after numerous attempts; as I said, it used to reboot on trying to scan channels with the Twinhan, but now it gets as far as trying to watch them before rebooting.

Thanks,

Frazer

[frazer]

I've isolated the problem a little further- and it does seem to be to do with the XCard. I can now view channels from both the Twinhan and the Hauppauge in software mode, but when I switch to output through the Xcard, the computer reboots on trying to run Live TV if the channel it's tuned to is from the satellite rather then the Hauppauge card.

I don't know if this extra info helps at all, but in the meantime I shall keep trying from time to time just to see if it sorts itself out somehow.

Frazer