Unable to fast forward/rewind

[darag2358]

Anyone ever have problems not being able to fast forward or rewind? I paused a live show, but was unable to skip forward or backwards using the remote or keyboard.

Also, is there any way to search this forum for old posts??

[sub]

Search is in the top right of the page.

You can FF/RW/Skip etc pre-recorded shows. With Live TV, you can only do this if you are using the SBE option (XP SP1 or higher, viewing via VMR or Overlay).

[joshley]

I am using SBE, with Service Pack 1, VMR 9, but I can't FFWD or RWND live TV at all, i.e. no rewind live tv or anything with pause. You seem to imply this is possible?

joshley

[joshley]

Nobody know anything? I keep searching the forums and it keeps saying 'if yo uuse SBE with VMR9, VMR7 or Overlay' then you can fast forward and rewind in Live TV. I am using 350 for input, X-Card for output, have selected SBE, and am using VMR9, but still am unable to do anything like fast forward or rewind in Live TV! Anybody have any ideas?
joshley

[sub]

SBE doesnt work with XCard. You must be playing back on your PC using software decoding.

I dont think microsoft had the XCard in mind when they wrote SBE.

[joshley]

I don't know what SBE does! Is there any way, when using the X-Card, to be able to rewind and fast forward in pause mode, or will that come later? Or never?
joshley

[sub]

The normal Microsoft Directshow components dont let you "seek" in a still growing file.

When they introduced Windows Media Centre Edition (MCE) they need this functionality, so they added a new set of components (SBE) which allowed you to seek in files as they were still being recorded.

That said, I'll find a way to get FF/RW working for the XCard and PVR350 (which is also not compatible with SBE), but I just havn't worked out a solution yet. Believe me - I've spent a lot of time on this.

[darag2358]

Thanks Sub, I haven't upgraded to SP1 yet. I'll download and retry.

[joshley]

Thanks for the explanation Sub! Is this by chance the reason it's not possible to view something whilst it is recording? I should imagine that's a pretty tough one to crack, but once you do, it'll be the icing on the cake for GB-PVR! What cards does SBE work with then? I thought I was safe with the 350!
josh