Some definitions, please!

[zehd]

I'd like to update the wiki on the configuration, could I have some help please?

Can I have the description, how it applies to, 'Full Screen Exclusive' and 'EVR'...?

Recently, I started using FSE for my PC Client and all my stuttering cleared up. Does it play with priority, less resources etc?

thanks

[zehd]

I'd like to update the wiki on the configuration, could I have some help please?

Can I have the description, how it applies to, 'Full Screen Exclusive' and 'EVR'...?

Recently, I started using FSE for my PC Client and all my stuttering cleared up. Does it play with priority, less resources etc?

thanks

Bump

[sub]

I'm a bit busy with my day job at the moment, but bump the thread next week with a wishlist of things you want described and I'll try to give you a bit on each.

[zehd]

bump, too early?

[sub]

Yep too early, but did you come up with a wishlist of what you want defined?

[tvshowman]

I'd like to update the wiki on the configuration, could I have some help please?

Can I have the description, how it applies to, 'Full Screen Exclusive' and 'EVR'...?

Recently, I started using FSE for my PC Client and all my stuttering cleared up. Does it play with priority, less resources etc?

thanks

I believe FSE enables full hardware DirecX acceleration of your Video Card.

this is the best option to use for no stuttering

[zehd]

Well here are some questions. Everybody join in... This is for the wiki...

The green is answered...

[COLOR="SeaGreen"]What is:
Record Out-of-Process
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As far as Client configuration, once client is enabled:

What settings affect the client?
More general advice regarding the recording service and clients (e.g. Do clients even need recording service running?)
why do I get a tray display of like 8 recording sources in Client mode sometimes?
What's the difference between streaming and File Sharing? How does that affect Live TV? Why would you choose one over the other?

[COLOR="Green"]Slowness in the guide, Search Plugins?

How to use Video Plugin, with remote pc... (directories)
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[COLOR="SeaGreen"]What is:
mdapi[/COLOR]

[COLOR="SeaGreen"]What is:
'Full Screen Exclusive'(FSE) and 'EVR[/COLOR]

[zehd]

Slowness in the guide, Search Plugins?

When you use a client, much of the data is on the server. Therefore when you wish to display or search the TV Guide you are actually pulling guide data off of the server. So there will always be a delay...

How to use Video Plugin, with remote pc... (directories)

When you use the Video you are accessing files from folders on your system. If you want to access files from the server, you will need to be sure that you can already access the files using Windows Explorer.

Note: The below assumes that you have File Sharing enabled, and you don't have access privileges issues (free and clear access)

For example: My Server is known as 'PVR'. It's TV Data drive is it's D drive and it is shared out as \\PVR\d

So to access my server's D drive from the client, in Explorer, in the address bar, I type \\PVR\d and a get a listing of the server's D Drive...

On the client, usually** I can open 'My Network Places' and see other computers in my workgroup. In this example I can see PVR and if I open that I can see it's D drive... If this works for you, then it will be a simple matter of opening the GB-PVR config, Directories, and add a Video Library directory, using the folder selector, going though the 'Entire Network' and finding your Server's TV Data folder...
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** sometimes, depending on the way your computer and networking is setup, it may be easier to use IP addresses rather than computer names. In the above example, on another computer that does not see a list of computers in my work group, I have to use \\192.168.1.70\D (I know that PVR's IP address is 192.168.1.70)

In order to add this different syntax, you will need to edit the config.xml

Find this line and edit:

Code:

<VideoLibraryDirectory>Example~\\PVR\D\TV\Recorded|[B]Video~\\192.168.1.70\D\TV|[/B]Local Video~D:\TV\Recorded|</VideoLibraryDirectory>

In the above example, please note that the bolded statement is the complete direcory statement including the '~' and the '|'. The Word 'Video' in this example is the name to that share. It can be anything...

(I've also included the example: 'Example~\\PVR\D\TV\Recorded|' to illustrate what the config.xml would look like using the previous example. Normall you would not see both types of syntax, as your client computer would either be cable of using computer names, or not...)

[sub]

What is:
mdapi

GB-PVR's support for the multidec API allows special plugins to be installed which can decrypt encrypted DVB television channels. This multidec API is supported by dozens of DVB applications, and there are multidec plugins available for all sorts of encryption systems.

What is:
Record Out-of-Process

If this is enabled, the recording service will use a separate executable to do a recording on a digital capture device. The reason for this setting is to work around a limitation of some version of the multidec filter that will only allow a maximum of one instance of the filter per-process. With this new setting enabled, the user can now record as many encrypted channels as they want, instead of the old maximum of one encrypted channel at a time.

What is:
'Full Screen Exclusive'(FSE) and 'EVR

VMR9 Full Screen Exclusive is basically the same as VMR9, except it asks for full control of video hardware and takes over control of the entire screen. It works a little quicker than regular VMR9 because the device isnt having to be shared with Windows for updating the desktop etc. It has some advantages like being able to lock to the refresh rate of the monitor, minimizing video tearing etc. VMR9 FSE and VMR9 Custom use Direct3D to draw frames to the screen, regular VMR9 used DirectDraw.

EVR is a newer video renderer introduced in Vista, with slightly better colour and support for the next version of hardware acceleration (DXVA2) for H.264 etc. It was also made available on XP with .net 3.5, but lacks the hardware acceleration features on XP.

[martint123]

Not authoritative, but observed

e.g. Do clients even need recording service running?

No - but config.exe fails when it tries to restart the server when exiting, if recording service is disabled as well as stopped in services.

why do I get a tray display of like 8 recording sources in Client mode sometimes?

The server is not running or not reachable (firewall?) to let the server read the database and see what sources are available.
Fix problem, then exit the tray icon and restart gbpvrtray to see updated list.