spaces in EPG "show" titles and LiveTV

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It's a rare case (for me) when software is on the first place
in selecting a hardware... Great soft!

But it's true nobody know the soft without problems (and without
"tricks" for workaround :)
First of all I'm not sure is it my fault or the software so please
confirm/break my suspectings (first of all and at least :)

OK, my setup is:
- GBPVR version 9112b
- Hauppauge PVR150

And here they are - 3 "problems"/tricks - concerning
(1) putting channels in "Capture Source"
(2) display "contest" ("teletext"?) from EPG during LiveTV
(3) playing a recording (currently) file (with file name taken from EPG!)

Step by step:

(1) The only clear (for me:) way to fulfill channels in GBPVR is
"Semi-automatically specifying frequencies" by freq2reg.exe utility.

I created the list counting channels:
from "1" to XXX (some number:).

After importing it in GBPVR EPG the channels
starts from '0' (zero) to XXX-1.

But when I've started to switch them in LiveTV they missed
one channel from the list and switching was...very "unstable".
I've "re-numbered" them in GBPVR "Capture Source" EPG window
staring from "1" and it works perfectly!

Is it a "famous misunderstanding" from which number we need to count
(zero or one) or...some bug?

*EDITED: found later http://forum.gbpvr.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5611

(2) OK, then I fulfill EPG by real TV schedule but for some channels
it was empty (that is of course perfectly fine:).
But it seems when (during channel surfing) I passed through
a "EPG empty" channel I lost (hopelessly) the "teletext" for
ALL channels (do I call this feature correctly? it's when you
see the description about current show...)
Only channel name was displayed.

Something wrong with my setup or it's a bug?

(3) And the latest one...When I was recording a show from TvGuide
I did not succeeded in playing it in Recordings (at the time of recording).
Well, I changed the name of the show (in EPG) replacing all spaces
(don't smile - the show name was (as practically all of them) with spaces :)
by underscore and it started to be "playable" even during recording phase.

The same (looks like) problem is valid for LiveTV: when you are
switching to timeshifting mode you can not see anything if show has a name
with spaces (you simply get out to MainMenu).
And it is fine without EPG data: in such a case you are getting
"generic" filename like TV-XX-XXX_XXX.mpg (without spaces).

I found (later) in the forum that spaces in directory names could be
a problems (http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...ght=spaces)
but what about this "EPG spaces" case?

Another (dubbed) case when you "check" in configuration a option
(or two?) "Auto-create folders when recording": in this case you will
get spaces in directory name (if they are in filename).

Hope to resolve these (mainly the (3)!) problems for me.
And once more thanks for the great product (and especially for support!)

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(1) The only clear (for me way to fulfill channels in GBPVR is
"Semi-automatically specifying frequencies" by freq2reg.exe utility.

I created the list counting channels:
from "1" to XXX (some number.

After importing it in GBPVR EPG the channels
starts from '0' (zero) to XXX-1.

But when I've started to switch them in LiveTV they missed
one channel from the list and switching was...very "unstable".
I've "re-numbered" them in GBPVR "Capture Source" EPG window
staring from "1" and it works perfectly!

Is it a "famous misunderstanding" from which number we need to count
(zero or one) or...some bug?

The vast majority of XMLTV grabbers include the channel numbers in the XMLTV file, so GB-PVR automatically enters them. Zap2it also automatically enters the channel numbers. You're just one of the unlucky few whose xmltv file doesnt have channel numbers.

Typically in the PAL world the channels are not layed out as 1,2,3,4,5,etc anyway, so there is a good chance you'd have to enter them manually anyway.

(2) OK, then I fulfill EPG by real TV schedule but for some channels
it was empty (that is of course perfectly fine.
But it seems when (during channel surfing) I passed through
a "EPG empty" channel I lost (hopelessly) the "teletext" for
ALL channels (do I call this feature correctly? it's when you
see the description about current show...)
Only channel name was displayed.

Something wrong with my setup or it's a bug?

I'm not 100% sure what you're asking here. Are you asking why GB-PVR is not showing you which channels have teletext even thought this information was contained in you xmltv file? GB-PVR only uses the fields which are common to all xmltv files, other information is discarded. Teletext, rating, actor information is produced by very few xmltv grabbers, and is used inconsistently in different parts of the world, so GB-PVR just ignores these fields.

(3) And the latest one...When I was recording a show from TvGuide
I did not succeeded in playing it in Recordings (at the time of recording).
Well, I changed the name of the show (in EPG) replacing all spaces
(don't smile - the show name was (as practically all of them) with spaces
by underscore and it started to be "playable" even during recording phase.

The same (looks like) problem is valid for LiveTV: when you are
switching to timeshifting mode you can not see anything if show has a name
with spaces (you simply get out to MainMenu).
And it is fine without EPG data: in such a case you are getting
"generic" filename like TV-XX-XXX_XXX.mpg (without spaces).

I found (later) in the forum that spaces in directory names could be
a problems (http://forums.gbpvr.com/showthread....ighlight=spaces)
but what about this "EPG spaces" case?

I'm not aware of any problems with spaces in filenames. Nearly every show I record has one or more spaces in the filename, but it works well for me.

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Thank you for responce!

The next discussion (about problem number 3):

http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=5643