v0.93.9 available (13 August)

[sub]

EDIT: Please see http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=7839











I've just uploaded the new v0.93.9 release to http://www.gbpvr.com/GBPVR09309.msi

Like all releases, I recommend you backup your config.xml and gbpvr.mdb in case of any unexpected upgrade problems.

You'll need to switch to the standard blue skin to give the skin owners a chance to update their skins for compatibility with the new build.

From the change.log

2005-08-12 v0.93.08

- Fixed a bug with the audio bitrate for Hauppauge cards.

- Fixed a memory leak on the main menu screen.

- Fixed a bug with manual reoccuring recordings.

- Fixed some bugs with conflict resolution

- Fixed a bug that would result in zero byte recording for a small percentage of multi-PVR150/PVR500 setups.

- Added DiSEqC 1.0/1.1 support for DVB-S, for those with multiple-LNB/satellite setups. DiSEqC is not convered by the BDA standards, so tends to be implemented in different ways on different devices, but I've added specific support for the TwinHan and Fire-DTV. Other DVB-S devices may also work if they use the IDVBSTuningSpace->put_InputRange() method for DiSEqC control.

- Added logic to stop the machine from hibernating if a recording is due to start in the next five minutes.

- When scheduling a timeslot season recording, you can specify either a daily or weekly timeslot

- Fixed a bug that cause a new timeshift file to be created each minute in the case that GB-PVR had no EPG listings.

- Improved the time taken to switch files at the end of each show in timeshift mode.

- New and improved FM Radio screen including scanning.

- FM radio is now able to work with the new LAME encoder filter from http://www.elecard.com/ftp/pub/directsho..._dshow.zip

- Added 'Microsoft DVR-MS' to the list of mux filters. Please note, this mux option is not compatible with timeshift mode for viewing TV, so it selected should only be used for recording or live preview mode. Also be aware that this mux filter produces .dvr-ms files instead of .mpg files.

- Some stability improvements to the playback of AVI/WMV files via the MVP. To play these file types, you must have the latest Hauppauge MVP software installed on your PC.

- Added playback of DVR-MS files on MVP. For now you need to have the Cyberlink mux installed on your machine for this to work. This requirement will go away very soon - just waiting for Hauppauge to fix a confirmed bug in the next release of the MVP software.

- Added a 'Transport Stream' mux option, but this is more for my testing, so I dont recommend anyone uses it.

- If you're using the NTFS filesystem, metadata about the recording is now saved into the recording as an 'Alternate Data Stream'. To view the metadata, you can type "notepad c:\path\recording.mpg:metadata.xml".

- Added support for ratDVD when using VMR7/VMR9/Overlay. You use this you need to download ratDVD from http://www.ratdvd.dk/. Older versions of ratDVD didnt support VMR, so make sure your running a very recent one.

- Removing a capture source will no longer remove completed recordings from the database. Pending recordings that are associated with the capture source will still be removed.

- Fixed a bug with pressing skip on the last track of an audio play list. It would restart the last song, instead of stopping playback

- Added initial support for HDTV (ATSC). Its pretty manual, with no channel scanning facilities, but if you know the physical/major/minor number for each of your channels then you can manually configure them. This has only been lightly tested against a FusionHDTV Gold-T, but should also work with other cards if they have BDA compliant drivers. To record you need to have an MPEG2 multiplexer filter. GB-PVR supports the Cyberlink, ShowShifter, Intervideo and Microsoft DVR-MS multiplexer filters.

- Now able to cope with non-numeric channel numbers from zap2it, like those used for some satellite lineups.

- You can now configure the number of days of zap2it EPG information the app will try to retain.

- Updated the Hauppauge 45 button remote settings in irremote.ini so that the TV button no longer starts WinTV2000.

- Improved net radio. Now browses PLS files from shoutcast website. While a station is highlighted, you can press Record (ctrl-k) to add the station to your favourites.

- You can now specify the MVP skin separately from the PC skin.

- You can now click on the left/right arrows with a mouse in the recording popups.

- A few changes to the DVD keys. Home/Menu now takes you to the DVD menu. 'Stop' during DVD playback will return to GB-PVR. 'Escape' during DVD playback will return to the DVD Menu. 'Escape' from the DVD menu will return to GB-PVR. Blue/Ctrl-B will now show the OSD.

- Improvements to teletext. In addition to analog tv, it also now works with DVB. Teletext is now accessed using the red key (Ctrl-R).

- You can now configure plugins to be used over video. This uses the <VideoPlugin0> thru <VideoPlugin9> settings in the config.xml. To show 'video plugin 6', type '6' then press the GO key (F11). Trying to play music or video from one of these video plugins may give unpredicatble results (so dont try it). Developers can also optionally implement the IVideoPlugin interface to provide additional features.

- Added option to automatically skip commercials during playback. Needs comskip to be setup and working.

- Updated version of web admin. Thanks again to normanr and UncleJohnsBand for contributing these updates.

- The config app now warns if a recording is in progress before restarting the recording service.

- Added mechanism for plugins to force the recording service to reload its schedule from the database

- Added a couple of buttons in the config app to 'export recordings' and 'import recordings'. Export generates an xml file with the filenames, show title, show description etc, which can be later reimported using the 'import recordings' button. These functions back up metadata for successfully completed recordings (not pending etc).

- If you attempt to start a second instance of GB-PVR, it'll now default to showing the instance which is already running.

- Changed the rewind keyboard shortcut to from Ctrl-R to Ctrl-D, to resolve the conflict with the Ctrl-R keystroke that many of the plugin developers had started using for the Red button.

- In the recordings screen, the red key (Ctrl-R) reverses the ordering of the items (not folders).

- Added a "Dont record duplicates (zap2it)" setting on the misc tab of the config app. This will use the unique show number supplied by zap2it to try to ensure the exact same show isnt recorded several times.

- Added a screen saver a framework so that developers can add their own screen savers. I've also implemented a default simple screen saver.

- Added internal SRT viewer.

- The keyboard number pad can now also be used for entering numbers.

- Fixed numerous other small bugs which I cant remember....

** dont use the 'Hauppauge WinTV Muxer' mux option until you get the OK from me. Hauppauge need to make a change to their software, and have said they will, so it'll only be able work when some future Hauppauge software is installed.

[MagnusT]

Wooohooo!

[rampy]

awesome, congrats on another blockbuster release sub!

[sub]

The setup of HDTV is pretty manual, with no scanning facilities, but hey...something is better than nothing. Kindly DaPhatty has whipped up a quick guide to help you set things up and running. Thanks DaPhatty!

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Configuring OTA ATSC HD channels (USA)

Here's a quick how-to on configuring OTA ATSC channels to work in GB-PVR. You will need an HDTV capture card WITH BDA drivers installed for this to work. Make sure the card works with the supplied software before testing in GB-PVR. (I tested this with my DViCO HDTV Fusion5 Lite card.)

First, create a new capture source. This step is the same as it always has been. Click the Recording Settings button and select the appropriate BDA device from the Pulldown menu. (In this example it is the DViCO Fusion device.)



Next, click the EPG Settings button and create a new guide data setting specific to this device. Since I'm in the US, I created a new Zap2It.com account and associated it with my local antenna listings.



In order for the listings to pull down correctly, I filtered all of the "old school" channels out, leaving only the Digital and HD channels as accessible. I then pulled the data down from zap2it which populated the channel list (minus the Tuning Request Data) as show below.



Since ATSC support is fairly preliminary, all channels have to be configured manually. To do this, go to www.antennaweb.org and input your address (or at the very least your zip code) to get the specifics on your local area's
ATSC channels. Once found, filter the list by digital channels. Your list should look similar to the picture below.



There are two key pieces of information that you will need from the data that antennaweb.org provides, the Frequency Assignment and Channel data. In order for the channels to work properly in GB-PVR, you must input this information for each channel you want to work. The format is as follows:

T:<frequency assignment>,<channel>,<sub-channel>

So for WUSA-DT the entry would be:

T:34,9,1

Do this for every channel that you want to have access to. (Note: Make sure you use commas. GB-PVR doesn't like periods all that much.) A good rule of thumb is if the channel is broadcast more than 20 miles away, then there's a good chance it won't come in. I would limit your choices to only the channels you can get with your antenna in a specific position. (This is the downside to OTA ATSC TV.)

If you've added your channels correctly, your TV Guide data will populate correctly and you can go about recording your shows like before. Here's a shot of the HDTV channels on my TV Guide (custom icons not included...)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/d...VGuide.jpg
(forums wouldn't let me use this last photo)

Enjoy!

- DaPhatty

[cheval]

Amazing! I'll be loading this up this weekend!

Again, thanks for ALL the HARD work.

[perf]

The mini-guide still does not show the name of the show. It would also be nice if it would show the start and end time.

/Per

[sub]

The mini-guide still does not show the name of the show.

Yes I know. I might fix in a later release.

[swissueli]

Tryed to upgrade my v0.92.11 but getting an fatal error "Installation ended prematurely because of an error". Then tryed a fresh install on a clean system but still the same error. Are there any log file telling me more why the program won't install.

[andlju]

Tryed to upgrade my v0.92.11 but getting an fatal error "Installation ended prematurely because of an error".

I'm getting exactly the same error. Seems to happen righ at the end of the installation. I've seen similar behaviour in an installation package I did myself once, and that was when I had some custom actions that for one reason or another failed to run.
Sub, any ideas? Can we run the installation in debug mode somehow?

[EricGST]

my install worked great, however I closed out of GBPVR while in timeshift mode and the show I was watching is still recording.