3 newbie questions

[nc_pvr]

Hi,

I recently bought a WinTv-PVR 150 and I'm running GB-PVR, which I think is a great piece of software. I do have a few newbie questions though :

1-Do I have to leave the Hauppauge Ir.exe program if I want to use the remote (45 button) with GB-PVR ? I like to keep my computer running fairly clean so I don't like two many program running...

2- Can I power-on GB-PVR with the Hauppauge remote ? How ?

3- Let's say I'm in the TV-Guide (zap2it - canada) and I see Prison Break is playing at both 8:00 and 9:00 with the 8:00 show being a rerun and the 9:00 show the new episode. I select the later show and proceed to record it. If I go into the reoccuring recordings section afterwards, GB-PVR will have scheduled the two shows to be recorded, not only the one I selected (9:00). What I am doing wrong ?

Thanks all !

[stefan]

1-Do I have to leave the Hauppauge Ir.exe program if I want to use the remote (45 button) with GB-PVR ? I like to keep my computer running fairly clean so I don't like two many program running...

Yes

2- Can I power-on GB-PVR with the Hauppauge remote ? How ?

Don't know.

3- Let's say I'm in the TV-Guide (zap2it - canada) and I see Prison Break is playing at both 8:00 and 9:00 with the 8:00 show being a rerun and the 9:00 show the new episode. I select the later show and proceed to record it. If I go into the reoccuring recordings section afterwards, GB-PVR will have scheduled the two shows to be recorded, not only the one I selected (9:00). What I am doing wrong ?

Nothing. This is a feature =) Let's say you have scheduled at 9, and the show gets pushed to 8, you don't want to miss it, right? That's why, somewhere in the config.xml (can't remember the name right now, but it's fairly obvious if you look at it) there is a tag that says that this "variance" in time is 120 minutes. You can change this to your liking, just remember that shows that are moved in time will not be recorded if you set this to 0.

That said, since you use zap2it and your listing uses the programId (and if they have any useful meaning), you can try setting "don't record duplicates" in the config app. This will not prevent gbpvr from recording *any* reruns, just the ones that you have already recorded earlier. This is, like I said, only true if the program id is equal if and only if it is the same show. Otherwise you will get them recorded anyway. Also beware that zap2it are known to reuse program ids - in that case gbpvr will *not* record shows even though they are not reruns.

[tieke]

2- Can I power-on GB-PVR with the Hauppauge remote ? How ?

Yes - by editing the irremote.ini file, located in your windows directory. This thread has quite a lot of info in it, but I have set up my remote so that by pressing the green power button on it I either start GB-PVR or bring it to the front if another program has stolen focus. I do this with the line:

GRNPOWER={run(c:\Progra~1\devnz\GBPVR\GBPVR.exe)}{sleep(750)}{FindWnd(GBPVRWndClass,)}{fgnwn d()}

which I have put in at about line 244 in the irremote.ini - just after the commented-out ";GRNPOWER={sys(0xf0600}" line if you have it.

You can also easily edit this .ini file to add support for other applications - I have it set up for most of my main apps just in case (media player classic, windvd etc).

You can also map the "Videos" "TV" etc buttons to whatever plugin you want by editing the gbpvr config.xml file. eg:

<DefaultPluginRadio>Net Radio</DefaultPluginRadio>

cheers,

tieke

[buckeye]

Nothing. This is a feature =) Let's say you have scheduled at 9, and the show gets pushed to 8, you don't want to miss it, right? That's why, somewhere in the config.xml (can't remember the name right now, but it's fairly obvious if you look at it) there is a tag that says that this "variance" in time is 120 minutes. You can change this to your liking, just remember that shows that are moved in time will not be recorded if you set this to 0.

So if i pick record season same channel same time it will give me a 2 hr window if show is moved for some reason

[Lucas_24]

That's correct

[buckeye]

cool that was something i was thinking about posting in the wish list

something like a primetime record

[buckeye]

this is what is in my config.xml

<!-- Comskip settings
-->
<AutoSkipCommercials>true</AutoSkipCommercials>
<AllowableTimeslotVariance>90</AllowableTimeslotVariance>
- <!-- Post processing
-->

so this means that i have a 90 min window


Just making sure that it nothing to do with comskip

[sub]

Yeah, its nothing to do with Comskip. I've moved it in the next release.

[buckeye]

thanks
still learning about all the great features