v0.18L (aka take-two) available

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I've just uploaded the new version to http://www.gbpvr.com/Setup018l.exe

This release is effectively the same v0.18 release from a few days ago, with a few additional bug fixes.

The original v0.18 release included:

2004-6-15 v0.18
- Added a new major recorder plugin type. GO7007SB Recording Plugin can be used with with devices based on this WIS chipset to record directly to MPEG1/MPEG2/MPEG4/DivX. This plugin currently supports the Plextor PX-M402U and the generic WIS GO7007SB. Several new devices based on this chipset family will be release soon, and GB-PVR will add support for them as they are released.
- Added DVD playback for software playback (VMR/Overlay). Requires DVD player software (WinDVD, PowerDVD etc) to be installed. Like the XCard dvd player, during DVD playback "Blue/Ctrl-B" key will return to the DVD's main menu.  "Home/Menu/Stop" key will stop DVD playback and return to the main GB-PVR menu. During DVD playback "Green/Ctrl-G" key toggles closed caption information. Pause/Play/Skip/FF/RW are as you'd expect. DVDs can be played from the DVD menu button on the front screen, which plays the movie in your configured DVD drive, or from the video library if the DVD is on the hard drive. For movies ripped to the hard drive, make sure you retain the VIDEO_TS folder in the dirctory of the movie.
- You can now specify the recording quality, and any required pre/post padding directly when scheduling a recording.
- Implemented ring buffer to cap diskspace usage when watching livetv.
- added ShowChannelIcons setting in config.xml for those that dont like channel icons in the tv guide screen.
- Fixed several small bugs - double skip with MCE remote, DivX (DX50) playback on the XCard, occasional recording service startup problem, tuner selection for multi-tuner systems.
- Attempted work around for those wih PVR350's and certain chipset motherboards that experience hard lockups. Let me know how you get on.
- Added option in config.xml to disable channel icons in TV Guide.
- Improved color rendition on the MVP. Photos now look much better with the pictures plugin.
- Added support for favourite channels. When watching live tv, CH UP and CH DOWN will cycle through the favorites. Mini guide (Ctrl-G or GREEN button) still lets you easily get to the rest of the channels if you need to.
- Added support for multiple music and video directories for those with media files spread across multiple drives and directories.
- PVR USB2 now working correctly.  
- Corrected MPEG1/2 video length determination on the Media MVP


The maintenance release v0.18L adds the following:

2004-6-19 v0.18l (maintenance release)
- Fixed an unhandled exception when setting up a capture source. This occurred when trying to auto detect if the system had a GO7007SB device attached, and was stop many users from being able to set up Zap2it etc.
- You can now specify the audio decoder and audio renderer to use for video and DVD playback.
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes stop you from returning to nornmal play speed after FF/RW in a DVD
- Fixed an error with video playback after initially using net radio. Overlay and XCard both had this problem, and have been fixed.
- Fixed a bug with the Live TV ring buffer on the PVR350.
- Fixed a bug that was causing the pre/post padding not to be applied to recording times.
- The CH+/- on an MCE remote now does page up/page down.
- Fixed error parsing song name from Shoutcast if it contained an apostrophe.
- Cleaned up painting on PC monitor whilst video is playing on the XCard.
- Now gracefully handling requests from the MVP for video data after the LiveTV stream had stopped recording. Sometimes this was causing the MVP to crash when changing channels.
- Zap2it sign up code is now shown in a textbox so you can cut and paste.

[sub]

I've also uploaded a page that will useful for those installing GB-PVR from the first time. http://www.gbpvr.com/quickstart.htm contains the general steps most users perform when configuring GB-PVR. Setting up a capture source and all that...

[glassvial]

As much as I want the ' bug (and other bugs) fixed, I just can't justify uninstalling and re-installing again 2 days later. I think I'm going to hold off for a few releases for now. Hopefully by then we'll have the ability to upgrade without wiping all our settings out and starting over. Sub thanks (again) for all the work, GB is coming along nicely. It's just at a point where I'm at a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" stance, and 18e is working fine for what I do/want to do.

I know you don't have a crystal ball, but would you mind filling us in with what's on the radar screen, short term and long term?

[sub]

I havn't thought too much about the next release yet, but I'd like to focus more on favourites, more season record options, some sort of show preference rating system and searching the TV guide etc. All the devices will benefit from these features.

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Sub,

Not beating a dead horse, but, 0.18L crashes on me after listening to Net Radio. Once I listen to a radio station, I can no longer do other stuff (weather plugin, shutdown plugin, play recorded video, play ripped DVD) without causeing the sysem to just freeze. I appreciate all you've done so far. I think I will hold off on using the Radio feature. Everything else seems to work fine. I will add my suggestions to the appropriate topics.

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What are you using for playback - VMR7/VMR9/Overlay/XCard?

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VMR9 and an XCard.

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Can you tell me if you're able to play an mp3 file followed by a video file?

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Playing an MP3 file followed by a video file, works fine.

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I've not been able to look at this yet. My HDD in my development machine has decided to die on me, so I'm currently waiting for a warranty replacement.

Its times like this that make you wish you'd bought from the local computer shop rather than having to send the drive back to the other end of the country...