Newbie in Need of Help: Totally Lost in What Went Wrong!

[nickqueen]

Hello,

I have posted on here several times seeking help on different things but I have failed in getting GBPVR set up. I am currently using Vista Media Center and it sucks. I recently added Starz and HBO to my cable account and if I am wanting to record a program to watch later I have to pray it doesn't come up with a Blue Screen saying I can't watch the program I recorded.

Here are my specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHZ
1GB of RAM
Windows Vista Home Premium
Nvidia Geforce 8600 GTS
and, of course, my 2 Hauppauge HVR 1600 cards

I also have a Microsoft Remote Model 1039 and this has an IR blaster resembling the one in this picture:

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/directron...actrl2.jpg

These send signals to two STB's. In Media Center they work fine. When I try to use GBPVR I have several issues. When I go to add my cards I don't see two Hauppauge 1600 present when I put a check in "Only show devices connected to this machine". Instead, I see a 1600 and a 1500. Also I am unsure what board numbers I should assign. I have had little issue getting my EPG to work but I am kind of unsure whether I have it set up correctly to update nightly.

My two biggest issues lie in getting Live TV to show a picture (all I get is a black, staticy screen). Second, I have found it nearly impossible to get the channel changer to work. I originally set it to MCE 2005 IR Blaster but no luck. Searching on the GBPVR and other forums I followed several tutorials for getting HIP or IR Server Suite to work. I found HIP almost impenetrable. Such as when I went into "Edit IR Commands" to get the commands from my STB remote I get constant errors trying to learn an IR command. In IR Server Suite I was able to learn commands but they blast to both STB's! I am unable to make it send to one or the other. I am hoping to soon be able to make this work. Please, if you can, HELP!

Thanks,
Nick

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These send signals to two STB's. In Media Center they work fine. When I try to use GBPVR I have several issues. When I go to add my cards I don't see two Hauppauge 1600 present when I put a check in "Only show devices connected to this machine". Instead, I see a 1600 and a 1500.

This is normal. It wouldnt show your HVR1600 twice. Its only lists it once. Just setup two capture sources, both selecting the 'HVR1600' card, with one set to use device #1, the other device #2.

"HVR-1500" was the original name for this device before they decided to go with "HVR-1600" as the final name. It list both, but either would be ok.

I have had little issue getting my EPG to work but I am kind of unsure whether I have it set up correctly to update nightly.

Assuming you're using the Schedules Direct EPG Source and you see you channels listed, then it should be ok.

My two biggest issues lie in getting Live TV to show a picture (all I get is a black, staticy screen).

This sort of thing is usually related to the video decoders you're using. Reproduce the problem and post the pvrx2.exe-native.log and I'll take a look.

Second, I have found it nearly impossible to get the channel changer to work. I originally set it to MCE 2005 IR Blaster but no luck. Searching on the GBPVR and other forums I followed several tutorials for getting HIP or IR Server Suite to work. I found HIP almost impenetrable. Such as when I went into "Edit IR Commands" to get the commands from my STB remote I get constant errors trying to learn an IR command. In IR Server Suite I was able to learn commands but they blast to both STB's! I am unable to make it send to one or the other. I am hoping to soon be able to make this work. Please, if you can, HELP!

I cant really help you out with this side of things - I've never used HIP ir IR Server Suite myself. Lots of others have though, so hopefully someone will be able to give you some comments. From what I've read it sounds like 'IR Server Suite' is much easier to use than HIP.

I read that you can add "-port Port_1" or "-port Port_2" to the '.exe channel changer' command line to specify which blaster you want to control.

[nickqueen]

This is normal. It wouldnt show your HVR1600 twice. Its only lists it once. Just setup two capture sources, both selecting the 'HVR1600' card, with one set to use device #1, the other device #2.

"HVR-1500" was the original name for this device before they decided to go with "HVR-1600" as the final name. It list both, but either would be ok.

Nice to know!

Assuming you're using the Schedules Direct EPG Source and you see you channels listed, then it should be ok.

No, I'm using MceEpg2XmlTv. I can get my listings fine, just unsure if my .bat will work for doing the update.

This sort of thing is usually related to the video decoders you're using. Reproduce the problem and post the pvrx2.exe-native.log and I'll take a look.

Hmm, I'll do that. Does it create a log automatically or do I need to make it create one?

I cant really help you out with this side of things - I've never used HIP ir IR Server Suite myself. Lots of others have though, so hopefully someone will be able to give you some comments. From what I've read it sounds like 'IR Server Suite' is much easier to use than HIP.

I read that you can add "-port Port_1" or "-port Port_2" to the '.exe channel changer' command line to specify which blaster you want to control.

I'll try this out! Perhaps an expert in this field can help.

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No, I'm using MceEpg2XmlTv. I can get my listings fine, just unsure if my .bat will work for doing the update.

I've never run MceEpg2XmlTv, but I'm sure you'll be able to work though that one yourself.

If is not running automatically from your batch file, the most common mistake people make is incorrectly assuming the current working directory. This is usually easily fixed with a "cd ...." to the required directory at the start of your batch file.

Hmm, I'll do that. Does it create a log automatically or do I need to make it create one?

It automatically creates the logs in the 'logs' sub directory.

[nickqueen]

[quote=sub]I've never run MceEpg2XmlTv, but I'm sure you'll be able to work though that one yourself.

If is not running automatically from your batch file, the most common mistake people make is incorrectly assuming the current working directory. This is usually easily fixed with a "cd ...." to the required directory at the start of your batch file.

Hmm, I'll do that. Does it create a log automatically or do I need to make it create one?]It automatically creates the logs in the 'logs' sub directory.

OK, I'll get a log up asap.

[nickqueen]

Here is my log:


2008-04-04 23:29:07.487 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:07.488 VERBOSE texture cache now has 17 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:07.488 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:07.488 VERBOSE texture cache now has 18 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:07.940 INFO Key pressed: Up
2008-04-04 23:29:07.955 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:07.955 VERBOSE texture cache now has 19 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:07.955 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:07.955 VERBOSE texture cache now has 20 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:08.978 INFO Key pressed: Up
2008-04-04 23:29:08.993 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:08.993 VERBOSE texture cache now has 21 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:08.993 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:08.993 VERBOSE texture cache now has 22 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:09.386 INFO Key pressed: Up
2008-04-04 23:29:09.401 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:09.401 VERBOSE texture cache now has 23 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:09.401 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:09.401 VERBOSE texture cache now has 24 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:09.865 INFO Key pressed: Up
2008-04-04 23:29:09.880 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:09.880 VERBOSE texture cache now has 25 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:09.880 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:09.880 VERBOSE texture cache now has 26 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:10.274 INFO Key pressed: Up
2008-04-04 23:29:10.289 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:10.289 VERBOSE texture cache now has 27 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:10.289 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:10.289 VERBOSE texture cache now has 28 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:10.683 INFO Key pressed: Up
2008-04-04 23:29:10.698 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:10.698 VERBOSE texture cache now has 29 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:11.071 INFO Key pressed: Up
2008-04-04 23:29:11.090 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:11.090 VERBOSE texture cache now has 30 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:11.503 INFO Key pressed: Up
2008-04-04 23:29:11.518 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:11.518 VERBOSE texture cache now has 31 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:11.910 INFO Key pressed: Up
2008-04-04 23:29:11.925 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (256 x 38)
2008-04-04 23:29:11.926 VERBOSE texture cache now has 32 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:12.490 INFO Key pressed: Down
2008-04-04 23:29:12.889 INFO Key pressed: Up
2008-04-04 23:29:23.848 INFO Key pressed: Up
2008-04-04 23:29:24.580 INFO Key pressed: Up
2008-04-04 23:29:25.846 INFO Key pressed: Up
2008-04-04 23:29:35.004 VERBOSE setVideoWindowPos(-10,-10,1,1)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.005 VERBOSE not inset mode
2008-04-04 23:29:35.005 VERBOSE getSetting(HorizontalZoom)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.005 VERBOSE getSetting(VerticalZoom)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.005 VERBOSE relative position is (0.000000,-0.000006,-0.000000,0.000001)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.201 VERBOSE setVideoWindowPos(-10,-10,1,1)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.201 VERBOSE not inset mode
2008-04-04 23:29:35.201 VERBOSE getSetting(HorizontalZoom)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.201 VERBOSE getSetting(VerticalZoom)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.201 VERBOSE relative position is (0.000000,-0.000006,-0.000000,0.000001)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.201 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (921 x 92)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.201 VERBOSE texture cache now has 33 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:35.202 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (15 x 11)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.202 VERBOSE texture cache now has 34 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:35.202 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (15 x 11)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.202 VERBOSE texture cache now has 35 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:35.202 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (808 x 483)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.202 VERBOSE texture cache now has 36 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:35.205 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (133 x 483)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.205 VERBOSE texture cache now has 37 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:35.205 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (1024 x 215)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.205 VERBOSE texture cache now has 38 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:35.207 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (153 x 34)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.207 VERBOSE texture cache now has 39 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:35.207 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (1024 x 768)
2008-04-04 23:29:35.207 VERBOSE texture cache now has 40 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:41.647 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (839 x 576)
2008-04-04 23:29:41.647 VERBOSE texture cache now has 41 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:41.651 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (215 x 49)
2008-04-04 23:29:41.651 VERBOSE texture cache now has 42 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:41.651 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (204 x 49)
2008-04-04 23:29:41.651 VERBOSE texture cache now has 43 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:41.651 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (204 x 49)
2008-04-04 23:29:41.651 VERBOSE texture cache now has 44 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:41.651 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (204 x 49)
2008-04-04 23:29:41.651 VERBOSE texture cache now has 45 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:41.651 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (204 x 49)
2008-04-04 23:29:41.651 VERBOSE texture cache now has 46 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:43.299 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (204 x 49)
2008-04-04 23:29:43.299 VERBOSE texture cache now has 47 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:43.299 VERBOSE SetRenderList creating new texture (215 x 49)
2008-04-04 23:29:43.299 VERBOSE texture cache now has 48 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:43.831 VERBOSE DisposeElementList()...
2008-04-04 23:29:43.839 VERBOSE texture cache now has 40 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:57.891 VERBOSE m_pD3DDev->Present() failed
Error code : 80070578
ERROR_INVALID_WINDOW_HANDLE
n/a

2008-04-04 23:29:57.931 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top
2008-04-04 23:29:57.931 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top finished
2008-04-04 23:29:57.932 VERBOSE Allocator shutdown...
2008-04-04 23:29:57.950 VERBOSE texture cache now has 0 textures
2008-04-04 23:29:57.951 VERBOSE DeleteSurfaces

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Try viewing live tv then zip and attach the complete pvrx2.exe.log and pvrx2.exe-native.log files and I'll take a look.

[nickqueen]

Sorry for the delay but here are my logs. Hope they help. I'm going now to look through my configuration again.

[nickqueen]

Sorry for the delay but here are my logs. Hope they help. I'm going now to look through my configuration again.

Oops! Here are the correct log files.

[sub]

My two biggest issues lie in getting Live TV to show a picture (all I get is a black, staticy screen).

I'm pretty sure its just something to do with the combination audio/video decoders you're using. Which ones have you tried of each?