Remote Desktop and Video Render

[rdaleypa]

Hi All,

This is a long story but our main computer has been sitting in our office for a long time collecting dust. It is still being used but only as a file server for music and to record TV shows. It was taking up space and the signal for wireless in out living room was week so I decided I would put just the computer behind a chair in the living room with no monitor connected and then we could use Windows remote desktop so that we could select shows to record.

The problem is that I get an error that says the system does not support the vmr9 video render. Since GBPVR has always worked perfectly, I am assuming this is being caused by the remote desktop connection right? It probably can't render the video on the laptops. Is there any workaround? I do not want to watch the video through that machine, I just need to be able to set up the recordings. I watch the mpeg files over the network once they are recorded.

Does anybody have any suggestions? It seemed like at one time I used gotomyPC to remote control GBPVR and set up recordings while I was at work.

Thanks!
Rich

[sub]

The new PVRX2 interface requires VMR9, which unfortunately XP's Remote Desktop doesnt support VMR9.


If you're just wanting to schedule recordings, you could look at enabling the web admin so you can just schedule recordings via a browser from another machine. Alternatively, VNC supports VMR9 so can be used instead of Remote Desktop. Probably the least attractive option, but Vista's Remote Desktop server supports VMR9 (ie, your remote desktop connection from a 2000/xp/vista client would be able to use VMR9).

[rdaleypa]

The web interface would be great! ...but I can't get it to work. I keep getting this error. Any ideas?:

Server Error in '/gbpvr' Application.
Method not found: 'GBPVR.Backend.Common.ScheduleHelper GBPVR.Backend.Common.ScheduleHelper.getInstance()'.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'GBPVR.Backend.Common.ScheduleHelper GBPVR.Backend.Common.ScheduleHelper.getInstance()'.

Source Error:

Line 26: {
Line 27: return ScheduleHelper.getInstance();
Line 28: }
Line 29: }
Line 30:


Source File: C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\web\classes\GBPVRSchedule.cs Line: 28

Stack Trace:

[MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'GBPVR.Backend.Common.ScheduleHelper GBPVR.Backend.Common.ScheduleHelper.getInstance()'.]
gbweb.GBPVRSchedule.get_scheduleHelper() in C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\web\classes\GBPVRSchedule.cs:28
gbweb.GBPVRSchedule.LoadRecordingSchedule() in C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\web\classes\GBPVRSchedule.cs:33
gbweb.GBPVRSchedule..ctor() in C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\web\classes\GBPVRSchedule.cs:20

[TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandle& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) +0
System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean fillCache) +103
System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean fillCache) +261
System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +66
System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes) +1036
System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes) +114
System.RuntimeType.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags bindingFlags, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] providedArgs, ParameterModifier[] modifiers, CultureInfo culture, String[] namedParams) +2453845
System.Type.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] args) +29
gbweb.Global..ctor() in C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\web\Global.asax.cs:36
ASP.global_asax..ctor() in c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\gbpvr\4d107d39\801bf7b5\App_global.asax.t7-fwjsn.0.cs:0

[TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandle& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) +0
System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean fillCache) +103
System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean fillCache) +261
System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +66
System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes) +1036
System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes) +114
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetNormalApplicationInstance(HttpContext context) +181
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetApplicationInstance(HttpContext context) +101
System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest wr) +331


Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.832; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.832

[sub]

Are your running the current 1.0.16 release of GB-PVR?

[rdaleypa]

Hey Sub,

Yes, I am running the current version of gbpvr. I forgot to mention that I installed the enhanced web admin.

[sub]

Sorry, you're probably best to ask the question in the 'enhanced web admin' plugin subforum. I dont use it myself, so I'm not that familiar with it.

[rdaleypa]

Thanks Sub -

I was able to get it working. I hadn't updated my password for the epg in the config utility.

If you don't use it, you should check it out. It is really nicely done. I wish I had known about it before.

Thanks again for the help.

[sub]

If you don't use it, you should check it out. It is really nicely done. I wish I had known about it before.

I have checked it out - I wrote the original version about 2 years ago. I havnt really used it too much since then, and its changed significantly alot, so wasnt really in a good position to tell you why you got your error.

Good to hear you got it sorted.