Error: Object Reference....

[theredbaron]

Hey all,
just got a haup-pvr-150. i downloaded gb-pvr (i only downloaded the drivers from the hauppauge cd, not wintv) and followed the wiki to set it up. For some reason, I get the famous "object reference not set to an instance of an object" error, and when i turn off live preview mode, it gives me a "cannot play back file" error. I hear really good things about GB-PVR but I can't seem to get it started. Any pointers? BTW, the mpeg2 decoders i have are cyberlink & intervideo (comes with hauppauge).

[wedgie]

Hi,
I suggest you zip and attach you logs for sub to take a look at.

[theredbaron]

where do i find the logs?

[smeghead]

Go into the gbpvr install direcory (usually c:\program files\devnz\gbpvr) and put all the *.log files into a single winzip file. Then post it here as an attachment to a message.

[theredbaron]

Tried uninstalling, reinstalling (program and card itself), same error. BTW, I have it set to use Composite In for a digital cabel box (sadly, no S-Vid on it). Here are the logs

[gEd]

from gbpvr.exe.log

2/3/2006 12:27:24 AM.171 ERROR [2] Error: msg=0x202 (WM_LBUTTONUP) hwnd=0x803e6 wparam=0x0 lparam=0xe30152 result=0x0 : System.Exception: Failure playing back file
at NativeUtilities.MediaHelper.playVideoFile(String filename, Form form)

from gbpvr.exe-native.log
00:27:23.734 INFO DirectShowPlayerBase::playVideoFile(E:\tvrips\Live Buffer\Comcast on Demand_1_20060203_00000300.mpg)
00:27:23.734 VERBOSE File already in use - probably still recording

search forum for "Failure playing back file"

have you got deinterlacing off and encoder set to "passthrough"?

this is probably worth a read.

http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...+back+file

I think you'll probably need Sub to help resolve this...

[theredbaron]

deinterlace is off, pass-through enabled. still no luck. i've tried all sort of different combinations, but nothing seems to work right

[gEd]

So what precise steps cause this problem to reproduce?

[theredbaron]

Well I'm not entirely sure, because the program has not worked properly yet. Basically I followed the recommended steps on the WIKI, and tried with various mpeg2 decoders, toggling live preview (live preview on= object reference error/ live preview off= failed to playback file error), disabling unnecessary plugins (DVD, radio, a few others). Oh, and when live preview is off, the screen says something like "switching to timeshift tv" before i get the playback failure error. Should I maybe try setting a diff't hard drive for recording? I'm running out of ideas. Should I do a complete uninstall/reinstall?

[gEd]

A seperate hd will be a good idea but won;t help with this problem - assuming you have sufficent disk space.

You're problems are all related to trying to watch live tv - can you record a tv show and play it back?

btw: it may be worth installing the wintv software to confirm that the problem is inside gbpvr and not elsewhere.