2005-10-26, 06:42 PM
Hi guys! I have recently started using GB-PVR as a replacement for the Hauppauge UI for MediaMVP. The Hauppauge UI is so poor and laborious that the MVPs have been pretty much unusable. With GB-PVR, at last I can use them!
So, firstly and most importantly, well done on a brilliant UI. Hauppauge should be paying you for keeping MVP alive!
I've been visiting SHS's Hauppauge site for some time trying out improved UIs. I'd come across GB-PVR a while back, but didn't consider using it as it seemed to be centered around the PVR cards rather than the MVP.
I've had an old-type Hauppauge Nova-T PCI card for longer than the MVPs, but only recently were drivers released that I believe (and hope) will work with GB-PVR. It was this that persuaded me to try GB-PVR, and discovering that that it is sooooo much better than the Hauppauge software just for running the MVP regardless of any PVR card.
So much for the background. Now to my wish.
I need to be able to navigate around quickly and smoothly. Consequently, Page-Up and Page-Down are vital. I can use them from the keyboard with GB-PVR running on my PC. But, for Music Library and Video Library, I can't get them to work on the MVP using any of the buttons on my 34-button Hauppauge remote. I looked at the key mapping files for music and video, but neither have the functions defined. (Well, music does, but these look like they've been added, and I guess it's for Music Album as I was able to remap them fo that.)
I have successfully edited the key mapping files for the "My Pictures" and "Music Album 2" plugins, and have Page-Up and Page-Down working on the MVP for these. So, is there any chance of making Music Library and Video Library (in base GB-PVR) use mapped keys for Page-Up and Page-Down so I can map them to buttons on the remote. (Perhaps they are already mapped, but just not in the mapping file. If that is the case, can you tell me what they are called, please.)
The working of Page-Up and Page-Down is clearer (IMHO) if the last entry on a screen becomes the first entry on the next after a Page-Down (and vice-verca for a Page-Up).
Finally, when an entry is selected, Page-Down seems to use that entry to determine the paging rather than the first/last visible line in the pane. I fond this confusing. I'd like Page-Up/-Down to be relative to the pane and not affected by the location of the "cursor".
Sorry to go on, but, as you can probably tell, speedy navigation is very important to me for usability. The MVP is sluggish at best, so needs all possible mechanisms that help moving around faster.
This is my first post, and I'm still getting to know GB-PVR, so forgive me if the answers are already available or obvious.
Many thanks again for a great product.
So, firstly and most importantly, well done on a brilliant UI. Hauppauge should be paying you for keeping MVP alive!
I've been visiting SHS's Hauppauge site for some time trying out improved UIs. I'd come across GB-PVR a while back, but didn't consider using it as it seemed to be centered around the PVR cards rather than the MVP.
I've had an old-type Hauppauge Nova-T PCI card for longer than the MVPs, but only recently were drivers released that I believe (and hope) will work with GB-PVR. It was this that persuaded me to try GB-PVR, and discovering that that it is sooooo much better than the Hauppauge software just for running the MVP regardless of any PVR card.
So much for the background. Now to my wish.
I need to be able to navigate around quickly and smoothly. Consequently, Page-Up and Page-Down are vital. I can use them from the keyboard with GB-PVR running on my PC. But, for Music Library and Video Library, I can't get them to work on the MVP using any of the buttons on my 34-button Hauppauge remote. I looked at the key mapping files for music and video, but neither have the functions defined. (Well, music does, but these look like they've been added, and I guess it's for Music Album as I was able to remap them fo that.)
I have successfully edited the key mapping files for the "My Pictures" and "Music Album 2" plugins, and have Page-Up and Page-Down working on the MVP for these. So, is there any chance of making Music Library and Video Library (in base GB-PVR) use mapped keys for Page-Up and Page-Down so I can map them to buttons on the remote. (Perhaps they are already mapped, but just not in the mapping file. If that is the case, can you tell me what they are called, please.)
The working of Page-Up and Page-Down is clearer (IMHO) if the last entry on a screen becomes the first entry on the next after a Page-Down (and vice-verca for a Page-Up).
Finally, when an entry is selected, Page-Down seems to use that entry to determine the paging rather than the first/last visible line in the pane. I fond this confusing. I'd like Page-Up/-Down to be relative to the pane and not affected by the location of the "cursor".
Sorry to go on, but, as you can probably tell, speedy navigation is very important to me for usability. The MVP is sluggish at best, so needs all possible mechanisms that help moving around faster.
This is my first post, and I'm still getting to know GB-PVR, so forgive me if the answers are already available or obvious.
Many thanks again for a great product.
