2005-11-26, 11:10 AM
I recently bought the Hauppage Nova-T USB and have been looking for software to replace the awful WinTV app that came with it to watch UK FreeView channels.
The big plus point for GB-PVR is that it works fine with my laptop's TV-Out and fullscreen (more than I can say for nearly all the competing apps that I tried) and also integrates nicely with the Hauppage remote control.
However, I've got a persistently recurring problem with the Live TV plugin that is driving me insane: GB-PVR picks up far fewer channels than competing apps (showshifter for example was able to reliably pick up pretty much everything). Even worse, after rescanning I can watch all the channels detected in the preview window while assigning them to my EPG channels, but after closing config and going to the main app I start to lose channels left right and centre. Within a short time last night I was only able to watch the BBC channels: first I lost the ITV channels, then the Channel 4 channels went and I eventually gave up. On different days it can be different channels disappearing. A rescan usually brings them back for a while but nothing ever seems to be permanent.
I'm also having trouble in general finding the best way of updating the EPG. I've tried the XMLTV plugin, with an XML file generated from the Radio Times XMLTV grabber (http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv/) and I've also tried the over-the-air plugin. Neither give me a complete channel list that is reliable regardless of which channels I pick up in the scan. Anyone got any tips on getting a complete EPG?
Regards
Dave
The big plus point for GB-PVR is that it works fine with my laptop's TV-Out and fullscreen (more than I can say for nearly all the competing apps that I tried) and also integrates nicely with the Hauppage remote control.
However, I've got a persistently recurring problem with the Live TV plugin that is driving me insane: GB-PVR picks up far fewer channels than competing apps (showshifter for example was able to reliably pick up pretty much everything). Even worse, after rescanning I can watch all the channels detected in the preview window while assigning them to my EPG channels, but after closing config and going to the main app I start to lose channels left right and centre. Within a short time last night I was only able to watch the BBC channels: first I lost the ITV channels, then the Channel 4 channels went and I eventually gave up. On different days it can be different channels disappearing. A rescan usually brings them back for a while but nothing ever seems to be permanent.
I'm also having trouble in general finding the best way of updating the EPG. I've tried the XMLTV plugin, with an XML file generated from the Radio Times XMLTV grabber (http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv/) and I've also tried the over-the-air plugin. Neither give me a complete channel list that is reliable regardless of which channels I pick up in the scan. Anyone got any tips on getting a complete EPG?
Regards
Dave
