WDM Recorder using Software Compression

[Jase]

Do you get any recording at all with these settings?

[brucep]

I'm not at the stage of trying to record yet. I'm still trying to get the video to work.

[Jase]

Are you saying that you can not get gbpvr to work in live preview mode.

[brucep]

It doesn't work in Live Preview mode. I get sound but no video. The display is black.

I don't know why yours works but mine does not.

I've downloaded and installed the latest drivers for the Compro VideoMate 300.

Bruce.

[Jase]

I think like normanr said the only difference between us is that you are using pci audio and i am using the patch cable.

I think the ability to use pci audio for analog was added to the software.

[skid_m]

Any joy getting the sound to work.
I'm also capturing video, no sound.

I have:
Video Shuttle II WDM driver
Realteck on-board sound
Cyberlink Power producer 2 gold codecs.

Any advice?

Thanks in advance

[normanr]

skid_m: GraphEdit screenshot + log files required.

[Jase]

Normanr

Should i get a lastgraph file created when trying to record with the software plugin, as i only seem to get one when trying live tv in preview mode.

[ortzinator]

Hm, ok. First post on the thread asks for posts of working configurations that haven't already been detailed yet:

TV Tuner card: ATI TV Wonder Pro [Conexant CX8800-series chipset]
MPEG Encoder/Decoder: Listed as "ATI MPEG Video Encoder" and such; they're the set of drivers provided by ATI for use with the tuner card.
Other potentially relevant bits: Win2003 Enterprise Edition, 256M memory, dual Celeron 500, ATI Radeon 9800 128M video, Creative Sound Blaster PCI audio, TV audio is patched via an external line in cable.

Seems to work correctly for me with the v.22 release of the SoftwareEncoder plugin, the v.17 refused to let me select any video encoder or muxer [the dropdowns were empty, even after having installed the Elecard MPEG-2 encoder package and restarting the config utility]. Time shifting does work (currently paused as I write this); the only issue I've run into with the whole thing is that the OSD controls have a habit of vanishing while I'm trying to use them. Well, that, and a bit of slowness, but a fair portion of that is likely a combination of slow CPU & not quite enough memory.

I have a ATI TV Wonder VE and I had the same problem with the empty dropdowns so thanks for that.

I sort of have it working, but in Live preview, the audio is very quiet. I've turned the volume all the way up in the Windows Mixer (both in Recording and Playback). I'm hoping it's not something dumb like the volume being turned down because I can't find a volume control in gbpvr. :\

I also can't use the time shifting or record.
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7613/...0869fx.jpg

Thanks.

Edit: I hadn't realized, but the codec was installed with the ATI Mulimedia Software, which I had not installed. :\ Now, however, the program crashes whenever I click pause.

[normanr]

Jase:

Yup, you should be able to use GraphEdit's 'Connect to Remote Graph' feature to view the graph while it's in use. (You may have to start the recording service as your own user, or directly on the command line with 'gbpvrrecordingservice.exe run')

ortzinator:

There is a volume in GB-PVR (left/right arrows), but I'm not sure if it works in Preview Mode. Have tyou tried turning both the Line In and Master volumes up? (in Playback Mode). Recording Mode volume will only be used for Recording and Timeshifting mode.

Can you send the log files from the crash. I'm not 100% sure how well the ATI encoders work. irony.delerium's post was the first time I'd heard of them being used - but they seemed to work for him.