Upgrade woes from 0.99.12 to 1.4.7

[curtman]

Trying to upgrade and ran across some issues. Will post logs tomorrow when i get back on the machine.

I ran across the problem where the previous recording service wasn't removed and I got that done. I also received one of the Error 1904 messages even though I installed the .exe file per instructions.

The install appears to be complete now, but when I kick off the PVRX2, the window frame for it displays, but nothing happens after that. Do I need to change the skin or something? Anyone else running into this? Any ideas? I'll post the logs tomorrow when I get the opportunity.

Running Windows 2k, Pentium 4 1.8 gHz, 640 MB of RAM, Hauppauge 350.

[whurlston]

If you are runnng a skin other than blue, I would try changing to that. I would also try disabling any extra plugins you might be running. Otherwise, yeah we'll need the logs.

[sub]

An empty frame is usually a sign that the video card is unable to create the large textures GB-PVR uses for it's UI.

What video card are you using?

[curtman]

nvidia geforce 6200 AGP8x 128 MB DDR2

Attached are the logs. There was a 155 MB log that I didn't attach. Let me know if you need it.

The skin was on blue and i couldn't figure out turning on/off any plugins.
In the logs, I saw this in the pvrx2.exe-native.log

2010-01-21 20:39:04.515 VERBOSE Able to SwitchD. Checking for VMR9 support.
2010-01-21 20:39:05.531 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerVMR9Custom() initialising...
2010-01-21 20:39:05.531 VERBOSE getSetting(OSDTransparency)
2010-01-21 20:39:06.546 VERBOSE CAllocatorPresenter::Init()
2010-01-21 20:39:06.546 ERROR m_pD3D was 0
2010-01-21 20:39:06.562 ERROR m_Alloc.Init(m_hWnd, m_bFullScreen) failed
Error code : 80004003
E_POINTER
Invalid pointer

2010-01-21 20:40:50.156 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top
2010-01-21 20:40:50.156 VERBOSE DirectShowPlayerBase:top finished
2010-01-21 20:40:50.156 VERBOSE Allocator shutdown...
2010-01-21 20:40:50.156 VERBOSE texture cache now has 0 textures
2010-01-21 20:40:50.156 VERBOSE DeleteSurfaces

That be what you were referring to about the video card not handling it?

[sub]

That video card should be fine, but I'm guessing you need to install Direct3D. It looks like it isnt on your machine in that log.

[curtman]

That something I can easily find on google, or is there a preferred version I should be using with my setup?

[curtman]

I just ran dxdiag on my local machine and ran test Direct3D from the display tab and all three tests came up successful. If that is related in any way.

[sub]

Try installing http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...laylang=en, then try again.

[curtman]

That did the trick, thanks very much.

Now to get my hauppauge remote to work and to figure out what I can do with the new version.

Since I had been using the out on my hauppage pvr350 instead of my video card out, is there any discussion around the best MPEG2 video decoder to view with?

[sub]

I dont think there is any consensus of best video decoder. May start with http://www.free-codecs.com/download/MPV_Decoder.htm, and if that doesnt work well, look into a different one.