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Live TV and recorded TV filling 80% of the screen

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:38:01 +0000

Hi,

I have played with the config settings for MVP by entering my MAC. All that is working and I got the main screen the way I want it. But live TV on the MVP is about 80% of the screen same with the recordings. Those settings dont seem to have any impact.

So where else can I edit config files to get to the full 720x576 on a PAL tv which is 20 years old = olden day = not a LCD etc.

Thanks

Matthew

Live tv and recorded shows 95% pixellated and broken audio

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:58:05 +0000

Sorry this post is moved from another forum to this one.

I am running Win 7, 64bit, latest processor, 4 gig ram, HVR1100 in analog mode.

When I watch live TV on the computer I get a good picture and audio (after choosing the right codecs... some make them sound like mickey mouse!

When I watch "Live TV" on the mvp/real tv I get 95% pixellation and broken audio - so bad I have no idea what it is I am seeing.

When I record and play back it is the same.

When I play .avi and old recordings from GBPVR it is all perfect on the TV.

I think I tried the mvpmc dongle correctly by renaming the default dongle to .old and then changing this dongle to dongle.bin or whatever. I did a reboot but I still see the same thing.

Where to next?

See the screenshot of the TV and its pixellation - it could be I am not explaining it very well so pictures tell the best story

thanks
matthew

NPVR - No streaming server found!

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:34:50 +0000

Hello all,

I upgraded NPVR from 1.5.33 to 1.5.36 (using the NMTInstall2 program)

Set MVP/NMT number of servers to 5 (there are 2 MVPs + 1 M34A NMT)

At that point I was getting "No streaming server found" on both MVPs

Searching the forum I found the new mvpmc dongle (12/31/2010 version) which I installed
* then restarted NPVR services and
* cold started the MVP
-- still getting "No streaming server found"

Repeated attempts at having MVP rescan (to find streaming server) produce no result - except the error message.

I can confirm that...
Firewall is set trusted range 192.168.2.1 -- 192.168.2.12
Router indicates IP for MVP is 192.168.2.6 (verified via MAC addr)
MVP screen shows same 192.168.2.6

The IP for the NPVR machine is 192.168.2.4

The MVP.log says
...................................
[...startup]
2011-01-31 12:51:45.418 [INFO][4] ServiceLocatorThread() Hostname: tom-hp
2011-01-31 12:51:45.443 [DEBUG][3] MVP Service Locator will resolve media port: 6337
2011-01-31 12:51:45.443 [INFO][3] MVP Control thread Listening on port: 5916
2011-01-31 12:51:45.444 [INFO][6] BOOTPWorkerThread() Hostname: tom-hp
2011-01-31 12:51:45.460 [INFO][7] MVP Streaming thread Listening on port: 8337
2011-01-31 12:51:45.460 [DEBUG][7] MVP Service Locator will resolve media port: 8337
2011-01-31 12:51:45.499 [INFO][4] IP Address 192.168.2.4
2011-01-31 12:51:45.500 [INFO][6] BOOTPWorkerThread IP Address 192.168.2.4
2011-01-31 12:53:11.246 [DEBUG][4] Received MVP Service Locator request
2011-01-31 12:53:11.247 [DEBUG][4] Parsing MVP Service Locator request
2011-01-31 12:53:11.640 [DEBUG][4] local address: D4:85:64:AC:3F:A4 .... 192.168.2.4
2011-01-31 12:53:11.645 [DEBUG][4] About construct MVP Service Locator request
2011-01-31 12:53:11.646 [DEBUG][4] Sending MVP Service Locator response to 602A8C0:16882 (control: 5916, streaming: 8337)
2011-01-31 12:53:23.785 [DEBUG][4] Received MVP Service Locator request
2011-01-31 12:53:23.788 [DEBUG][4] Parsing MVP Service Locator request
2011-01-31 12:53:23.853 [DEBUG][4] local address: D4:85:64:AC:3F:A4 .... 192.168.2.4
2011-01-31 12:53:23.858 [DEBUG][4] About construct MVP Service Locator request
2011-01-31 12:53:23.858 [DEBUG][4] Sending MVP Service Locator response to 602A8C0:16882 (control: 5916, streaming: 8337)
2011-01-31 13:04:51.103 [DEBUG][4] Received MVP Service Locator request
2011-01-31 13:04:51.104 [DEBUG][4] Parsing MVP Service Locator request
2011-01-31 13:04:51.272 [DEBUG][4] local address: D4:85:64:AC:3F:A4 .... 192.168.2.4
2011-01-31 13:04:51.276 [DEBUG][4] About construct MVP Service Locator request
2011-01-31 13:04:51.276 [DEBUG][4] Sending MVP Service Locator response to 602A8C0:16882 (control: 5916, streaming: 8337)
-----------------------------------------------------

The NPVR.log says
........................................................................
[...startup]
2011-01-31 12:52:04.077 [DEBUG][1] Created mutex. Must be only instance.
2011-01-31 12:52:04.138 [DEBUG][1] Version: 1.5.36
2011-01-31 12:52:04.139 [DEBUG][1] SingleInstance()
2011-01-31 12:52:04.315 [INFO][1] About to connect to remote recording service
2011-01-31 12:52:04.319 [DEBUG][1] RecordingServiceProxy@exit
2011-01-31 12:52:04.367 [DEBUG][1] About to look for plugin directories in: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Plugins\
2011-01-31 12:52:04.368 [DEBUG][1] About to look for plugin directories in: C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\Plugins\
2011-01-31 12:52:04.368 [DEBUG][1] About to check for plugin interfaces in: C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\Plugins\Universe\Interop.UPNPLib.dll
2011-01-31 12:52:04.371 [DEBUG][1] About to check for plugin interfaces in: C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\Plugins\Universe\Universe.dll
2011-01-31 12:52:04.374 [DEBUG][1] About to check for plugin interfaces in: C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\Plugins\WebRadio\WebRadio.dll
2011-01-31 12:52:04.383 [DEBUG][1] Loaded menu item: TV Guide
2011-01-31 12:52:04.405 [DEBUG][1] Loaded menu item: Recordings
2011-01-31 12:52:04.412 [DEBUG][1] Loaded menu item: Live TV
2011-01-31 12:52:04.415 [DEBUG][1] Loaded menu item: Videos
2011-01-31 12:52:04.419 [DEBUG][1] Loaded menu item: Web Radio
2011-01-31 12:52:04.425 [DEBUG][1] Loaded menu item: Universe
2011-01-31 12:52:04.785 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings(channel=7201)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.796 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings done (listings = 326)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.798 [DEBUG][1] Element not found: /Skin/Element[@name="ButtonList"]
2011-01-31 12:52:04.873 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings(channel=7202)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.880 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings done (listings = 282)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.880 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings(channel=7203)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.887 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings done (listings = 285)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.887 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings(channel=7229)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.895 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings done (listings = 349)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.895 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings(channel=7204)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.906 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings done (listings = 275)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.906 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings(channel=7213)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.914 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings done (listings = 298)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.914 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings(channel=7209)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.923 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings done (listings = 312)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.923 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings(channel=7205)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.933 [DEBUG][1] LoadChannelListings done (listings = 351)
2011-01-31 12:52:04.941 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WGBH 2 - 82.1.png
2011-01-31 12:52:04.941 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WGBH 2 - 82.1.jpg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.941 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WGBH 2 - 82.1.jpeg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.941 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WGBH 2 - 82.1.gif
2011-01-31 12:52:04.945 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WBZ 4 - 82.2.png
2011-01-31 12:52:04.945 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WBZ 4 - 82.2.jpg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.945 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WBZ 4 - 82.2.jpeg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.945 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WBZ 4 - 82.2.gif
2011-01-31 12:52:04.949 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WCVB 5 - 82.3.png
2011-01-31 12:52:04.949 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WCVB 5 - 82.3.jpg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.949 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WCVB 5 - 82.3.jpeg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.949 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WCVB 5 - 82.3.gif
2011-01-31 12:52:04.953 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\NECN 6 - 89.6.png
2011-01-31 12:52:04.953 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\NECN 6 - 89.6.jpg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.953 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\NECN 6 - 89.6.jpeg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.953 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\NECN 6 - 89.6.gif
2011-01-31 12:52:04.956 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WHDH 7 - 82.4.png
2011-01-31 12:52:04.956 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WHDH 7 - 82.4.jpg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.956 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WHDH 7 - 82.4.jpeg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.956 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WHDH 7 - 82.4.gif
2011-01-31 12:52:04.960 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WPBX (ION) 9 - 83.1.png
2011-01-31 12:52:04.960 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WPBX (ION) 9 - 83.1.jpg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.960 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WPBX (ION) 9 - 83.1.jpeg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.960 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WPBX (ION) 9 - 83.1.gif
2011-01-31 12:52:04.964 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WGBX 10 - 82.10.png
2011-01-31 12:52:04.964 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WGBX 10 - 82.10.jpg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.964 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WGBX 10 - 82.10.jpeg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.964 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WGBX 10 - 82.10.gif
2011-01-31 12:52:04.967 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WENH 11 - 82.6.png
2011-01-31 12:52:04.967 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WENH 11 - 82.6.jpg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.967 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WENH 11 - 82.6.jpeg
2011-01-31 12:52:04.967 [DEBUG][1] Looking for: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Channels\WENH 11 - 82.6.gif
2011-01-31 12:52:05.036 [DEBUG][1] ACTIVATE_PLUGIN: TV Guide
2011-01-31 12:52:10.224 [DEBUG][1] Frame Render Rate=96.5568542480469
2011-01-31 13:01:15.232 [DEBUG][1]
2011-01-31 13:01:15.233 [DEBUG][1] Setting Net Radio Mode
2011-01-31 13:01:15.233 [ERROR][1] Cache folder C:\Temp\ not found
2011-01-31 13:01:15.233 [DEBUG][1] Using C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Temp\
...............................................................................

I really would appreciate some help here as the logs tell me nothing that I can understand by way of problem

If there's more info needed please advise.

Most sincerely,
TomH & Lucille84

ISO playback

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:14:32 +0000

Is this possible with npvr and the MVP? I have it working in npvr on the PC but not sure what to do to make it work with the MVP.

1.5.36 Volume Control

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:07:29 +0000

Martin,

Any chance you can sort something to give me volume control on the MVPs too?
It's not a major issue like it was with the PCH for me but it would be a 'nice to have'.

Cheers

Universe Plugin on MVP

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:25:35 +0000

On my NMT Universe works great. I watched shows on Netflix, Hulu, CBS and the fireplace scenes. Its awesome to have this built into NPVR. I tried it with my MVP with the new dongle and I couldn't get it to work. It found Playon and let me browse my netflix listings but when I tried to play a movie it kicked me out of NPVR. I then pressed enter on the "Emulation Mode" to get back in NPVR.

New dongle for GBPVR and NPVR 2010-12-24

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 04:58:34 +0000

I have updated the release version of mvpmc to support both GBPVR and NPVR

http://www.mvpmc.org/~mvallevand/dongle4npvr.7z

In addition to supporting mpeg-ts files for NPVR, this version should support http streaming (ie. Universe UPnP)

Martin

N-PVR v 1.5.33 & mvpmc npvr.dongle

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 01:09:58 +0000

I'll try this again

Checked that the correct dongle was being loaded onto MVP with go go back RC command and then about mvpmc selected -

Mon Sep 20 23:15:26 EDT 2010

(Noted: during this that every now and then just with mvpmc screen up the feed will jump to black for 1/2 second to 1 seconds or so)

Boot back to N-PVR

N-PVR GUI on MVP

If Main Menu is just left, once again intermittent black screen 1/2 second to 1 second.

LiveTV black screen after about 25 secs of LiveTV for 25 frames approx (but this even happens just viewing MVP in set up mode anyway and N-PVR Menu so NOT just TV related?)

Any ideas

Cheers

Steeb

NPVR v1.5.33 MVP loading MVPMC & Rolling Buffer

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:44:01 +0000

I hope I chose the right thread for this :eek:

Running NPVR v1.5.33 and latest mvpmc dongle (I think latest from here:

http://forums.gbpvr.com//showthread.php?...post387766 )

Rolling buffer thing seems to come back into play, from this post I deleted the registry hack

http://forums.gbpvr.com//showthread.php?...post390142

and previously with NPVR v1.5.31 LiveTV kept running, it is now doing the stop at 6 minute or so thing again. Should I re-implement the reg hack or have I missed something?

[Edit] Sorry forget that. Don't know why it happened at about 6 minutes. Currently running 2 x MVP's with LiveTV after rebooting them and the 1st one is well into over 10 minutes of LiveTV play [EndEdit]

[2nd Edit] No LiveTV definitely hangs at some point but does not appear to be at a regular time interval at 6 minutes odd like it was previously [EndEdit]

Cheers

Steeb

New beta mvpmc dongle for N-PVR

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:32:10 +0000

I have uploaded a beta version of the mvpmc dongle that supports N-PVR a little better. http://www.mvpmc.org/~mvallevand/mvpmc_npvr.7z 1.5.31 is required.

My experiences so far

- old analog recordings stored as mpg seem to play and skip ok
- new analog recordings stored as ts play and skip ok (does not use timing.info)
- ac3 audio files can sound like *** and will be out of sync but play
- live tv play but you need to increase the rolling file size for long play time.

Be sure to set false in config.xml

I think this should be a new beginning for MVP users who want to use N-PVR. Let me know your experiences

Updated 2010-09-18 was sending PTS too early

Martin

MVPMC playing flac files

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:08:27 +0000

Hi,

I've managed to get flac files playing in the GBPVR emulation in MVPMC. The problem is that it is not gapless so I am trying to get the files to play in mPlayer using a Squeezebox server.

I can get the files to play on another PC using SoftSqueeze and can play mp3s in mPlayer in MVPMC but whenever I try to play flac files (created in EAC with the flac encoder that came with EAC) in mPLayer it just says "Cannot play file".

Are these files supported in the mPlayer that ships with MVPMC and if so any ideas why they refuse to play?

Thanks,

Steve

Default screen resolution on MVP

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:07:17 +0000

Hi Martin,

I'm using MVPMC on my MVPs (autoloaded from GBPVR) and every time I have to do a cold boot on any of my MVPs I have to get into MVPMC setup to change the screen resolution to 16:9 (all my TVs are wide screen).

Is there anyway to set the MVPMC default to 16:9 instead of 4:3?

Regards,

Ray

MVP goes black Live TV

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:02:59 +0000

Hi,

running MVPMC dongle 29.11.08. Did major rebuild a couple of weeks ago with GBPVR v1.4.7 been tweaking ever since!

What I have noticed is that all 3 of my MVP's stop playing LiveTV after a while and the screen goes black. BUT it hasn't locked up, if I change channel the video pops straight back up again. Not one of those hangs that can happen with the MVP, the video is still there but just black screen. The weirdest thing of all is I have worked out it happens at the end of a programme. If I am watching a 1/2 hr programme it goes black at the end of it, a feature film will keep going until that ends then go to black!

No logs attached in case this is a known thing but couldn't find a reference to it.

Cheers

Steeb

downloading from mvpmc.org page down

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:21:39 +0000

I was trying to configure my vista machine with mvpmc however when I go to the home page it is down. Is there any mirrors out there?

I am trying to get to
http://www.mvpmc.org/~mvallevand/donglex2a.zip

In sourceforge I dont find any recent builds.

Black Screen with New HDHR

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:43:56 +0000

I just got my new HDHR and everything works great from the PCH's.
However the MVP's (running MVPMC) show only a black screen when selecting a show from the guide.

The tuner shows that it is in use with the correct show displayed. and the MVP status icons also show that the MVP is playing said show.

your help is much appreciated.
Thanks
-Azi