Playing DVD's on MVP with GB-PVR ????

[Bacon2002]

Hi,

Can anyone answer a couple of questions for me:-

1) Can I play DVD's on the MVP using GB-PVR? If not why does it have options for DVD settings etc? Is there a set up FAQ for this?

2) Has anyone successfully set up a Twinham SAT CI card with GB-PVR so that you can watch live TV? If so how did you do as I have had lot of problems and still not yet managed it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Many thanks,

David

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1) Can I play DVD's on the MVP using GB-PVR?

No

If not why does it have options for DVD settings etc?

because you can watch DVDs in GB-PVR, but just not when you're using an MVP

2) Has anyone successfully set up a Twinham SAT CI card with GB-PVR so that you can watch live TV? If so how did you do as I have had lot of problems and still not yet managed it.

Yes, that is the specific DVB device I've done all my GB-PVR development on.

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What specifically is giving you problems when you try to use the TwinHan DVB-S CI card?

[Bacon2002]

I have installed the latest standard Twinhan software/drivers 2.06 and then installed the BDA driver from the Twinham web site although I am not convinced I have the correct drivers installed.

When I go to the GB-PVR config programme and edit the Capture Source setting as follows:-

Recording Source - BDA Recording Plugin:-
- Device Type - Twinham DVB-S
- Device No - 1
- Country - All Countries
- Region / Transmitter - Astra , Sirious 1, Sirious 2
LNB LOFT1 - 10600
LNB SWITCH - 10714
LNB LOFT2 - 9750

EPG Source - Bled (UK)

Channels :-
List of various channels BBC1, BBC2 etc......

When I click on the "Map digital channels to EPG channels" I get the following messages:-

"GB-PVR was unable to start the BDA devise you have configured. check the device is configured properly and not already in use. (Reason: failed to located configured BDA capture device)"

Also simultainiously displayed and located under this message is the following message:-

"You will not be able to record or timeshift live TV until you installed the Cyberlink, InterVideo or ShowShifter MPEG2 multiplexer filter. These filters are often installed with other applications, but where not found on this machine. Dont ignore this error"

If I click OK on the first message I get a error box "Microsoft Visual C++ Debug Library" with the following error message:-

"Debug Assertion Failed!

Progam: C:\Program File\devnz\gbpvr\Config.exe
File: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio.NET
2003\Vc7\atlmfc\include\atlcomcli.h
Line: 150

Expression: p!=0

For information on how your program can cause an assertion
failure see Visual C++ documentation on assertion

(Press retry to debug the application)

ABORT - RETRY- IGNORE"

If I click on ABORT the program crashes and windows quites to the Desktop.

For info:- I do have Cyberlink Power DVD installed (trial version).

What do I need to do?

Thanks again.

David

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Can you post your config.exe-native.log file?

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If the TwinHan DTV software works on your machine, then you're not running the BDA drivers. The TwinHan DTV software uses the their proprietary DTV drivers, not the BDA drivers.

[Bacon2002]

I seem to have 4 config.exe-native log files as follows:

config.exe-native :-

21:53:31.796 INFO Log started
21:53:31.796 VERBOSE getSetting(OSDTransparency)
22:02:28.656 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: CyberLink MPEG Muxer
22:02:28.687 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: InterVideo Multiplexer
22:02:28.734 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: ShowShifter MPEG PS Writer
22:02:29.140 INFO BDARecorder:::StartRecording(Twinhan DVB-S, 1, c:\test.mpg, T:11204,H, 6665,78)
22:02:29.140 INFO Initializing DVB-S tuning request
22:02:29.187 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: TwinHan DVBS BDA Tuner Filter
22:02:29.203 ERROR Failed to find BDA tuner filter: T
22:02:29.203 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StopRecording()
22:02:29.203 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StopRecording() finished
22:12:51.484 VERBOSE BDARecorder::ScanTransponder(T:11204,H, 6665,78)

config.exe-native-1:-

21:50:11.578 INFO Log started
21:50:11.578 VERBOSE getSetting(OSDTransparency)
21:50:19.171 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: CyberLink MPEG Muxer
21:50:19.203 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: InterVideo Multiplexer
21:50:19.250 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: ShowShifter MPEG PS Writer
21:50:19.656 INFO BDARecorder:::StartRecording(Twinhan DVB-S, 1, c:\test.mpg, T:11204,H, 6665,78)
21:50:19.671 INFO Initializing DVB-S tuning request
21:50:19.734 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: TwinHan DVBS BDA Tuner Filter
21:50:19.734 ERROR Failed to find BDA tuner filter: T
21:50:19.734 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StopRecording()
21:50:19.750 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StopRecording() finished
21:53:25.015 VERBOSE BDARecorder::ScanTransponder(T:11204,H, 6665,78)

config.exe-native-2

21:49:00.312 INFO Log started
21:49:00.312 VERBOSE getSetting(OSDTransparency)
21:49:34.468 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: CyberLink MPEG Muxer
21:49:34.515 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: InterVideo Multiplexer
21:49:34.546 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: ShowShifter MPEG PS Writer
21:49:34.953 INFO BDARecorder:::StartRecording(Twinhan DVB-S, 1, c:\test.mpg, T:11204,H, 6665,78)
21:49:35.000 INFO Initializing DVB-S tuning request
21:49:35.296 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: TwinHan DVBS BDA Tuner Filter
21:49:35.296 ERROR Failed to find BDA tuner filter: T
21:49:35.296 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StopRecording()
21:49:35.312 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StopRecording() finished
21:49:44.046 VERBOSE BDARecorder::ScanTransponder(T:11204,H, 6665,78)

config.exe-native-3

15:43:26.843 INFO Log started
15:43:26.843 VERBOSE getSetting(OSDTransparency)
15:43:35.937 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: CyberLink MPEG Muxer
15:43:35.968 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: InterVideo Multiplexer
15:43:36.000 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: ShowShifter MPEG PS Writer
15:43:36.437 INFO BDARecorder:::StartRecording(Twinhan DVB-S, 1, c:\test.mpg, T:11204,H, 6665,78)
15:43:36.453 INFO Initializing DVB-S tuning request
15:43:36.500 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: TwinHan DVBS BDA Tuner Filter
15:43:36.500 ERROR Failed to find BDA tuner filter: T
15:43:36.500 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StopRecording()
15:43:36.515 VERBOSE BDARecorder::StopRecording() finished
15:43:40.406 VERBOSE BDARecorder::ScanTransponder(T:11204,H, 6665,78)

Hope this helps,

David

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Basically those logs are saying GB-PVR couldnt find any TwinHan BDA drivers on your machine. You're probably running the proprietary DTV drivers which are installed with the TwinHan DTV software.

[Bacon2002]

So what is the best way to install the BDA drivers?

Should I just try and install the BDA drivers from the Twinham web site (For PCI 1.2.1.9)?

OR

do I have to uninstall the software?

OR

something else?

Thanks,

David

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So what is the best way to install the BDA drivers?

Should I just try and install the BDA drivers from the Twinham web site (For PCI 1.2.1.9)?

Yes, you should download and install the 1.2.1.9 BDA drivers from the TwinHan site. Its been so long since I installed my TwinHan drivers that I cant remember the exact details, but its just the same as installing the drivers for any other hardware.

You may want to go into the Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Device Manager and uninstall the two DTV drivers first.

do I have to uninstall the software?

You can if you want. The TwinHan DTV software will no longer function after installing the BDA drivers.