Newbie questions and soundproblems in Live TV

[Stepko]

Hi,

since last week I try to get GBPVR up and running. Before that I used Mediaportal, which is great (especially the gui) but a bit buggy and slow. Thats why I want to use gbpvr, and I´m amazed by the speed of the Live TV module.

But I´ve one big problem and a few (probably newbie) questions to which I didn´t find an answer yet:

• I´ve 2 capture devices (see signature). When I watch a DVB-T channel everything is fine. But there is no sound when I use the analog TV-card in Live TV with preview mode enabled. As soon as I start timeshift the sound works also with the analog card. So, no sound with analog card without timeshift but sound works when I use timeshift. I tried all possible sound settings in the config program. I will post the logs later (don´t have them here).
  
• Is there any way to edit the Live TV OSD? For instance I would like to see the start- and endtime of the currently running show when I switch channels.
  
• Yesterday I played a bit with gbpvr and while watching live TV I started a 15 minutes record by pressing the record button. I found no option to cancel it while gbpvr was recording. So, is the a way to cancel a recording that is currently running?
  
• As said above I have 2 tuner cards. Is it possible to watch Live TV while the second card is recording a show?
  
• When I have a look at my pictures I love the Ken Burns effect. Is there a Picture plugin out there that has the possibility to use Ken Burns effect in a slideshow? I didn´t find any but perhaps I missed it...
  
• If there is not such a picture plugin I would like to implement one. I already had a quick view at some source code, but I´m new to C# (I´m doing C/C++ and Java). Is there a documentation for the plugin-api?
  
• I would like to have a pip mode. I can understand that sub doesn´t want to spend time on a feature that he doesn´t need or even want. Would it be technically possible to have pip in fullscreen? And would it be possible to do that without a total rewrite of the Live TV module?
  

Thats it for now . The last thing I want to say is that GBPVR is great! Especially because of the speed!

Stepko

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My System:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H (AMD 690g chipset)
CPU: AMD X2 4200+
Graphics: Onboard ATI x1250 series
HD: Samsung Spinpoint 500GB
TV-Capture1: Leadtek WinFast PVR2000
TV-Capture2: Hama DVB-T Stick (AF9015 BDA)
Remote: MCE v2

[sub]

I´ve 2 capture devices (see signature). When I watch a DVB-T channel everything is fine. But there is no sound when I use the analog TV-card in Live TV with preview mode enabled. As soon as I start timeshift the sound works also with the analog card. So, no sound with analog card without timeshift but sound works when I use timeshift. I tried all possible sound settings in the config program. I will post the logs later (don´t have them here).

Post the logs and I'll take a look. I'll most likely tell you to pick a different audio decoder though.

Is there any way to edit the Live TV OSD? For instance I would like to see the start- and endtime of the currently running show when I switch channels

Yes, you can edit C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\skin2\blue\OSD\skin.xml. You'd need to edit the "LiveTVShowInfo" composite image. You can use the "@duration" string to show the start and end times.

Yesterday I played a bit with gbpvr and while watching live TV I started a 15 minutes record by pressing the record button. I found no option to cancel it while gbpvr was recording. So, is the a way to cancel a recording that is currently running?

You can stop recordings on the Recordings screen Pending list.

As said above I have 2 tuner cards. Is it possible to watch Live TV while the second card is recording a show?

Yes.

When I have a look at my pictures I love the Ken Burns effect. Is there a Picture plugin out there that has the possibility to use Ken Burns effect in a slideshow? I didn´t find any but perhaps I missed it...

I havnt implemented this, but maybe in a future release. Much of what is implement is designed to be compatible with media appliances like the MVP and PCH, where it wouldnt have been possible to do this

If there is not such a picture plugin I would like to implement one. I already had a quick view at some source code, but I´m new to C# (I´m doing C/C++ and Java). Is there a documentation for the plugin-api?

There isnt really any documentation on the plugin API, I'm a bit slack on this front. You can find a few sample plugins here though: http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=27703. If you have any questions post them in the developers forum and I'll take a look.

I would like to have a pip mode. I can understand that sub doesn´t want to spend time on a feature that he doesn´t need or even want. Would it be technically possible to have pip in fullscreen? And would it be possible to do that without a total rewrite of the Live TV module?

It wouldnt be possible for you to add this.

[Stepko]

[No Sound]

Post the logs and I'll take a look. I'll most likely tell you to pick a different audio decoder though.

Yesterday I tried all audio decoders on my system (System Default, MPEG Audio Decoder, NVIDIA Audio Decoder, Cyberlink Audio Decoder, ffdShow Audio Decoder, DScaler Audio Decoder and MPA Decoder Filter). It doesn´t matter which I chose, still no sound with analog card in preview mode. Logs are attached.


[Edit Live TV OSD]

Yes, you can edit C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\skin2\blue\OSD\skin.xml. You'd need to edit the "LiveTVShowInfo" composite image. You can use the "@duration" string to show the start and end times.

Great, I´ll try that the next days.


[Cancel a recording]

You can stop recordings on the Recordings screen Pending list.

OK, that was a stupid question, sorry for that.


[Watch Live TV while recording a show]

Yes.

Can you tell me how? When I select "Live TV" while recording, a message is shown that I can not use Live TV at the moment. I can choose between "Don´t use Live TV" or I can watch the Program that is being recorded.


[API-Documentation]

There isnt really any documentation on the plugin API, I'm a bit slack on this front. You can find a few sample plugins here though: http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=27703. If you have any questions post them in the developers forum and I'll take a look.

Ok, I will have a look at the sample plugins. If I get stuck you´ll see me in the developers forum again.

Thanks for the great piece of software and the perfect support. Keep on the good work!

Stepko

[sub]

[No Sound]

Quote:
Originally Posted by sub
Post the logs and I'll take a look. I'll most likely tell you to pick a different audio decoder though.

Yesterday I tried all audio decoders on my system (System Default, MPEG Audio Decoder, NVIDIA Audio Decoder, Cyberlink Audio Decoder, ffdShow Audio Decoder, DScaler Audio Decoder and MPA Decoder Filter). It doesn´t matter which I chose, still no sound with analog card in preview mode. Logs are attached.

Set the deinterlacing setting back to 'encoder pass through'. It may or may not be the cause of this, but its likely to be causing you problems either way. Its not recommended you using anything other than 'encoder pass though'.

[Watch Live TV while recording a show]

Quote:
Originally Posted by sub
Yes.

Can you tell me how? When I select "Live TV" while recording, a message is shown that I can not use Live TV at the moment. I can choose between "Don´t use Live TV" or I can watch the Program that is being recorded.

By default the 'live tv' button on the main menu tries to return to the last viewed channel. If that channel isnt on an available capture source then you'll see this message. You can go an start live tv on another channel form the TV Guide by selecting the 'Watch' option on a channel.