2006-04-16, 09:38 PM
(first post by a very fresh noob)
I hesitate to post this yet, because I know there is more troubleshooting to do, but my wife would prefer me not to stay up until 3 a.m. working on it again.
Problem: With 96.12 w/ patch and MVP, I can only watch about 2 minutes of live tv or a recorded show before it reboots. Prior to the patch, it would restart immediately after selecting live tv or a recorded show.
History:
Alright, I read a few good articles about using GB-PVR and an MVP to make my own PVR. I downloaded and installed GB-PVR 0.96.12. Played with it a little bit and liked what I saw so I purchased a WinTV-PVR-150MCE low-profile and installed it. I successfully set it up in my Dell OptiPlex GX260 SFF (small form factor). I got my list of shows set up and watched/recorded/timeshifted a few shows. So I purchased the MediaMVP and set it up on Friday night. I used the Hauppauge software first and viewed pictures and listened to Internet radio through it. So I disabled the Hauppauge services and set the config to auto-launch one MVP service.
I successfully see the interface and can browse my recorded shows and the channel line-up, but when I select to play a show or live-tv, I got the blue setup screen and a few minutes later, I would get the GB-PVR menu screen again. I found the reference on the FAQ to built-in NICs that just don't have enough power - unfortunately, I cannot easily test that as there is only one PCI slot (choice of PCI NIC or WinTV-PVR ), but I found the reference to the Microsoft DVR-MS not working with the MVP, so I changed it to a different one, and then found the sticky (my fault for not seeing it sooner) and applied the patch to 96.12. I thought I had it licked because I was able to watch live tv finally, but then I tried to pause it and it had bad effects (after that never had a non-pixelated picture), so I went back to the menu and selected a recorded show (all my shows were recorded with the high setting) and successfully watched about 2 minutes of it until it started to stutter and then rebooted. I went back to the Hauppauge services and tried to watch the same recorded show, but it also made the MVP reboot.
Additional info:
Microsoft Windows XP SP2, firewall is disabled (for testing), wired network with 10/100 mini-hub (75 foot network cable from hub to MVP)
So, for those of you that have read this far, please provide your suggestions! I plan to try changing the network card from auto to an assigned 100 full setting once I get home. Should the high quality setting work with the MVP?
Thanks in advance! (and thanks Sub for sharing your great software!)
I hesitate to post this yet, because I know there is more troubleshooting to do, but my wife would prefer me not to stay up until 3 a.m. working on it again.
Problem: With 96.12 w/ patch and MVP, I can only watch about 2 minutes of live tv or a recorded show before it reboots. Prior to the patch, it would restart immediately after selecting live tv or a recorded show.
History:
Alright, I read a few good articles about using GB-PVR and an MVP to make my own PVR. I downloaded and installed GB-PVR 0.96.12. Played with it a little bit and liked what I saw so I purchased a WinTV-PVR-150MCE low-profile and installed it. I successfully set it up in my Dell OptiPlex GX260 SFF (small form factor). I got my list of shows set up and watched/recorded/timeshifted a few shows. So I purchased the MediaMVP and set it up on Friday night. I used the Hauppauge software first and viewed pictures and listened to Internet radio through it. So I disabled the Hauppauge services and set the config to auto-launch one MVP service.
I successfully see the interface and can browse my recorded shows and the channel line-up, but when I select to play a show or live-tv, I got the blue setup screen and a few minutes later, I would get the GB-PVR menu screen again. I found the reference on the FAQ to built-in NICs that just don't have enough power - unfortunately, I cannot easily test that as there is only one PCI slot (choice of PCI NIC or WinTV-PVR ), but I found the reference to the Microsoft DVR-MS not working with the MVP, so I changed it to a different one, and then found the sticky (my fault for not seeing it sooner) and applied the patch to 96.12. I thought I had it licked because I was able to watch live tv finally, but then I tried to pause it and it had bad effects (after that never had a non-pixelated picture), so I went back to the menu and selected a recorded show (all my shows were recorded with the high setting) and successfully watched about 2 minutes of it until it started to stutter and then rebooted. I went back to the Hauppauge services and tried to watch the same recorded show, but it also made the MVP reboot.
Additional info:
Microsoft Windows XP SP2, firewall is disabled (for testing), wired network with 10/100 mini-hub (75 foot network cable from hub to MVP)
So, for those of you that have read this far, please provide your suggestions! I plan to try changing the network card from auto to an assigned 100 full setting once I get home. Should the high quality setting work with the MVP?
Thanks in advance! (and thanks Sub for sharing your great software!)