pvr150 video timing bug

[groover km]

2.0.30.23083

Can you upload these driver files? I'm building a little personal archive...

[ddrawley]

There are lots of old versions, including 2.0.30.23083 here:

ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-pvr_...prerelease

[ww4397]

There are lots of old versions, including 2.0.30.23083 here:

ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-pvr_...prerelease

Thanks for the link ddrawley.

I might give the 23083 version a try.

Two things about the drivers on that page caught my eye. First, all versions after 23083 are considerably larger in size. Second, the file dates are a little strange. Three are dated August or October of 2006.

[nitrogen_widget]

I've done some more experimenting and I'm liking this option even more. On my wee 1.1 GHz Celeron it does 1 hr of video in about 8 minutes (input and output to the same disk too), plus you can start watching the video in gbpvr or on the MVP as soon as you start the process. Since the PC is converting it much faster than realtime, by the time you get to a commercial, enough video has been converted that you can skip it.

This is a much better solution that demux'ing and remux'ing.

Isn't mencoder a linux only app?
I tried PVA strumento & maybe i'm just little thick when it comes to video apps such as this, but it keeps breaking it down into multiple files reguardless of what options I choose.

I tried using TMPGEnc to convert to DVD but that just resulted in 4 gigs of data listed as 20 mins.

Maybe i'll just throw my theatrix 550 into my main recorder & put the 150 in the PC I use to record off Tivo.

[nitrogen_widget]

Well please keep us posted.
I just noticed that about 80% of the recordings from the last 2 weeks have this problem.
The weird thing is that the older half hour shows report being 15 mins. long roughly.
The next oldest batch come in at 7 mins. roughly then the latest are at around 4 mins.

I didn't change anything on the PC at all in the last month so I don't know what triggered it.

[wtg]

Isn't mencoder a linux only app?
I tried PVA strumento & maybe i'm just little thick when it comes to video apps such as this, but it keeps breaking it down into multiple files reguardless of what options I choose.

I tried using TMPGEnc to convert to DVD but that just resulted in 4 gigs of data listed as 20 mins.

Maybe i'll just throw my theatrix 550 into my main recorder & put the 150 in the PC I use to record off Tivo.

No, not at all. Mencoder works very well on Windows. I've found in a few situations it ends up with a file with a 0:00 timeline, but most of the time it corrects the problem completely and does so faster than anything else I've tried. And you can start watching it immediately.

Strange thing about the video when I do get a 0:00 timeline... Nero Showtime reports the duration correctly, but Real Player, Windows Media Player and Zoom Player show it as 0:00. I don't know what Nero does differently than the other decoders, but somehow it's not thrown off by whatever it is mencoder isn't doing quite right.

In any event, I thankfully found that the 23035 drivers corrected the problem for me. I haven't had a messed up timeline since I switched to them.

[nitrogen_widget]

Is there a way to run the mencoder fix on whole directories?
I've been trying but i'm not all that adept with batch files.

Thanks in advance.

[wtg]

I don't do much with batch files myself, but I think you need to use a for loop. The syntax is like this:

To use for in a batch program, use the following syntax:
for %%variable in (set) do command [command-parameters]

To use for from the command prompt, use the following syntax:
for %variable in (set) do command [command-parameters]

Parameters
%%variable or %variable
Represents a replaceable parameter. The for command replaces %%variable (or %variable) with each text string in the specified set until the command (specified in the command-parameters) processes all of the files. Use %%variable to carry out the for command within a batch program. Use %variable to carry out for from the command prompt. Variable names are case sensitive.

(set) is where you would use a wildcard to match the files you're interested in. So, if you're going to do this in a batch file, the command might look like this:

Code:

for %%file in (*.mpg) do "c:\path_to\mencoder" -of mpeg -ovc copy -oac copy %%file -o new_%%file

If your do command is a batch file, you probably need to use call before the batch file name otherwise I think it'll just execute once.

Tim

[alpine1]

I get 00:00:00 in GBPVR as well after running the mpeg thru mencoder. Using VideoReDo quick fix does the job.

Boy I sure do regret buying these 2 PVR 150s. After 6 months and numerous complaints from different ppl, the drivers STILL has problems.

http://www.shspvr.com/smf/index.php?topic=7843.0
http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=7252

"Hauppauge is AWARE of the issues" my arse.

[sub]

This partcular timecode issue has been fixed. See http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=14006