A200 & C200 GB-PVR client update

[mvallevand]

I thought I'd give you an update on mvpmcx3, the next emulation mode client for the Syabas A200 and C200 machines. This 4 min. video, (my first in 2Mb HD) on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_bKITQbP-M

In the current state as you can see, you get primarily get the GBPVR UI and if you play a video it will launch the PCH player after a delay and then you have an option to return to GBPVR. You can't do LiveTV but you can watch Recordings in Progress. I've tested ATSC, QAM, HD-PVR and analog records without issue so far. The first recording in the demo was an HD-PVR recording in HD from my cable STB. Audio and Net Radio playback using this interface is not really practical.

There is a bit of a lag playing through the HDPVR but the system is at least as responsive as the current PCH clients.

Martin

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Great work, Martin.

Chris

[psycik]

waiting for buffering, waiting for buffering.....really interested in seeing this, if my youtube wasn't so slow..................

[mvallevand]

I see you can download it from YouTube as an option or if you want a copy of my 30MB source try here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VE6ZPDXY

Martin

[psycik]

Good work martin, coming along there!!

[forzaKGB]

Really good to hear this. I am looking into buying another NMT but will wait a while and try to keep updated on this develoment
Looking really promising, but a bit laggy (at the moment). I guess this will keep progressing like the mvpmcx2 did a while back, great work Martin.

[mvallevand]

Any lags you see using GBPVR would be because of the capture card. However the long delay is on playing video and right now that is unavoidable. I don't see the A200/C200 development being like the 100 series, at this point I am having many significant difficulties integrating everything together. I think at this point GBPVR is a possible additional feature for PCH 200 users and not the best reason for buying one last generation.

Martin

[TobyO]

Looks great !!!! U da Man. Thanks Martin for under taken this challenge.

Toby O

[rhrosz]

Martin, thanks for doing this work.
The A200 C200 nation thanks is really looking forward to it.

[mvallevand]

I figured I've been fairly quiet for a while so I thought I'd give another a/v update

1. The Good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzaMKgnZ4tg

This demo starts off with the working audio from the music library and web radio. After that I show some LiveTV first some OTA ATSC 1920x1080i change to firewire mpeg-ts and then standard analog with a few channel changes. Considering that HD OTA is recorded from GBPVR to the PCH to my HDPVR and then to YouTube I think you can tell the quality is more than reasonable.

2. The Bad.

The delays are mine although there is an extra delay when I noticed my I knocked my antenna out when I hooked up the HDPVR

3. The Ugly

I've been stuck at this for over a week now. I can play video and have complete control talking to GBPVR, but I can't figure out why I can't get the GBPVR UI back after playing video. After perhaps 40 hours, I might not be able to do any better.

Martin