MVP looping while entering emulation mode

[dinki]

Hey guys. Trying to get my MVP running with NPVR. I've managed to edit my config.xml file to include the MAC address for the MVP. I also loaded the default dongle.bin and set it to load my NPVR server. I then downloaded the dongle on the wikki, renamed it to dongle.bin and am able to load into the NPVR version of the GUI on the MVP.

Unfortunately I'm in some sort of a loop when entering emulation mode. It shows that it is loading various things and then it goes back to 'Connecting to [my ip]' then proceeds to load the same files again. It keeps doing this over and over again. I'm using a wired connection to the MVP.

Any ideas on what I could look at to figure out what's going?

*EDIT* Found my logs. Can someone tell me what's wrong?

[mvallevand]

You haven't created the MAC entry for your Heliius MVP 000F220006D5 By default you are getting an HD screen which is crashing emulation mode.

Martin

[dinki]

Thanks for the reply. I edited config.xml to include it:

Code:

<MVP>
    <Dongle>dongle.bin</Dongle>
    <AutostartServers>1</AutostartServers>
    <ShowServerUI>false</ShowServerUI>
    <TranscodeTsForMVP>false</TranscodeTsForMVP>
    <FFRWBehaviour>Short Skip</FFRWBehaviour>
    <EnableOSDGraphics>true</EnableOSDGraphics>
    <ExtendedLogging>false</ExtendedLogging>
    <StartPortControl>5916</StartPortControl>
    <StartPortMedia>8337</StartPortMedia>
    <AllowedMediaExtensions>^.+\.(mpeg|mpg|m2v|avi|mp4|mov|m2ts|wmv|iso|rm|dvr-ms|ts|mkv|vob|divx|flv|m4v|wtv|mp3|ogg|m3u|wma|aac|wav|m4a|fla|flac)$</AllowedMediaExtensions>
    <MVPSpecificSettings>
      <MAC-0006DC427CB7>
        <MVPClientType>PCH2</MVPClientType>
        <MVPWidth>1180</MVPWidth>
        <MVPHeight>680</MVPHeight>
        <MVPOffsetX>40</MVPOffsetX>
        <MVPOffsetY>32</MVPOffsetY>
        <MVPSendIncrementalUpdates>true</MVPSendIncrementalUpdates>
      </MAC-0006DC427CB7>
      <MAC-0006DC81256C>
        <MVPClientType>PCH2</MVPClientType>
        <MVPWidth>1180</MVPWidth>
        <MVPHeight>680</MVPHeight>
        <MVPOffsetX>40</MVPOffsetX>
        <MVPOffsetY>32</MVPOffsetY>
        <MVPSendIncrementalUpdates>true</MVPSendIncrementalUpdates>
      </MAC-0006DC81256C>
      <MAC-000F220006D5>
        <MVPClientType>PCH2</MVPClientType>
        <MVPWidth>1180</MVPWidth>
        <MVPHeight>680</MVPHeight>
        <MVPOffsetX>40</MVPOffsetX>
        <MVPOffsetY>32</MVPOffsetY>
        <MVPSendIncrementalUpdates>true</MVPSendIncrementalUpdates>
      </MAC-000F220006D5>
    </MVPSpecificSettings>
  </MVP>

Is that where I should have put it?

[mvallevand]

Yes but you should use NTSC spec for resolution and not PCH2 mode.

Code:

<MAC-000F220006D5>
        <MVPClientType>MVP</MVPClientType>
        <MVPWidth>560</MVPWidth>
        <MVPHeight>400</MVPHeight>
        <MVPOffsetX>40</MVPOffsetX>
        <MVPOffsetY>40</MVPOffsetY>
      </MAC-000F220006D5>

Martin

[ACTCMS]

Make that...

<MVPClientType>MVP</MVPClientType>

Alex

[mvallevand]

Thanks Alex, I beat you by a minute!

Martin

[ACTCMS]

Thanks Alex, I beat you by a minute!

Martin

Better late than never...

Alex

[dinki]

Thanks guys. As you can guess I just copy/pasted the PCH stuff without really much thought. Looking back now I can see that that probably is for Popcorn Hour and that's why things did work.

I made the changes but now it seems I can't get the MVP box back on the network. I've used one of these on SageTV for many years and I remember having problems getting it set up then too. I'm using a new one and leaving the old one alone as it still works and I'm still using SageTv but trying to transition to NPVR. At any rate, I'd think I'd be able to at least see the MVP on the network but it's just not showing up. Frustrating to say the least.

[mvallevand]

You probably won't be able to have SageTV and NextPVR MVP servers running at the same time. Other than that patience is required with the MVP, I can't remember if the Helius is new or old model Hauppauge. If it is new you might need to connect to the Hauppauge software to configure it.

Martin

[dinki]

Right. I always shut SageTV service down when working with NPVR. The thing is I got the MVP to load the NPVR dongle once, but now I can't get the dang thing to do anything. Yes, patience is required, but I really don't have much of that these days. Thanks for the help.