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NextPVR(former GB-PVR) is a Personal Video Recorder (PVR), allowing you to schedule TV recordings and view and pause live TV. It also acts as a media center allowing you to watch movies, listen to music and view pictures. GBPVR also supports hardware decoders including Sigma XCard, Hauppauge PVR/MediaMVP. Requires .net framework and updated Microsoft runtime.
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Freeware  Win  Released:20120118 Size:20MB |
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Latest version: 2.3.6 (January 18, 2012) Download sites: Visit developer's site More download options: Download from our site(direct link) Supported operating systems: Windows
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Version history:
2.3.6 View full changelog - in the device settings you can now double click a channel to edit it's tuning information. Frequency, SID, service type etc. Should be useful for advanced users wanting to make tweaks when broadcasters move stuff around. - digital recording is now done 'out of process' to workaround an issue where digital devices could sometimes lockup when stopping recordings, requiring recording service to be restarted. - fixed a problem with deleting recordings from a client PC - fixed an issue that would stop the DirectX UI working on older graphics cards that dont support hardware vertex processing - now able to configure the number seconds that must have been watched before a recording shows the 'watched' indicator. See <WatchedKickInSeconds> in config.xml. Previously it was hardcoded to 60 seconds. - VMR9 Custom and VMR9 FSE video renderer options now also available for DVD playback. - BUILDING_GRAPH event now fires for DVD playback. - reduced the time a ShowMessage call displays info on the screen. Most people agreed it was too long. - added a popup for selecting the audio stream. The Green key will bring it up. - added a new "-updatedb" command line that can be used to ensure all the database changes have been applied. - when displaying channel icons for existing recordings, if the stored channel oid doesnt match a channel in the database, it'll fallback to looking for the channel by name. - imported show details now retain pretty xml formatting on nested EPGEvent details (ie, has newlines and indentation) - added channel groups so that you can sort your channel into lists of favourite channels, or whatever groupings make sense to you. - fixed a crash that could happen if you manually initiate an epg update while the recording service isnt running - changed logic which copied artwork from [data]\media\shows to folder.jpg while recording. Now just directly uses artwork from [data]\media\shows. - added some logic for accessing the NextPVR UI via html, using http://<server>:8866/touch/client.html. This is still quite rough at this stage, but hopefully will be usable example for people experimenting with rolling their own basic clients for smartphones or tablets or maybe Roku etc. You cant play music/video at this stage, but there is beginnings of support for it. If developers find this useful, then I'll take it further. Thanks Brian greatly improving the html/javascript. - fixed a bug with deleting zero byute recordings that could leave the file on disk - fixed a problem importing HDPVR channels which could cause duplicate channels to be listed. - fixed an error that could stop multidec support from working - fixed an issue with temp files not being deleted when using live tv from a client pc, or when streaming to VLC. - fixed a problem with skipping while paused. Would previously take a long time to resume when you pressed play. - fixed a problem that could cause a DCR-2650/Prime to indicate it was still in use even after it finishes with the tuner. - NScriptHelper.exe now has a "-delete filename" command line parameter for deleting a recording file, it's associated files, and the recording from the database. - fixed a bug where recording selection in Recordings screen could be wrong after playback if a new recording had occurred while playback was in progress at the time. - fixed a problem with saving changes on the Bulk Map screen. - fixed a problem with running "-updateepg" etc command lines with tuner plugins installed. - added CaptureSource.OID as fourth parameter to ParallelProcessing.bat and PostProcessing.bat. - fixed a problem with 'any channel' recordings. - added 'recently deleted' history for users with unique identifiers in their EPG. This info is used to improve the 'avoid duplicates' logic. - added support for playing ripped blu-ray disks in the video library - added genre support - client PCs now have access to timing.info files for recordings, to give more accurate duration and skipping - fixed a problem with name resetting to 'default' when editing one-off manual recordings. - fixed a bug that meant it was impossible to turn off the web server. - improved accuracy of reported duration and skipping during live tv. - fixed an issue with back-to-back analog recordings - fixed a skipping issue that could cause playback of in-progress recordings to jump back to near the beginning of the file - experimenting with the ability to directly stream transcoded channels using a format like http://<server>:8866/transcode?chann...6&bitrate=900k, where "channel=1" is the channel number. The resolution and bitrate parameters are optional, but the defaults are quite low so you'll probably want to explicitly specify them. - added logic to allow the deletion of individual episdoes of recurring recordings without them being automatically rescheduled at next EPG update. - added skin logic to allow more complicated visible attributes to be specified through the use of '+' to a specify a logical 'and'. ie, visible="@isFolder+@hasImage" - smoother resume of previously played recordings - now possible to specify preferred xmltv language for xmltv files which contain title, subtitle, or description in multiple languages. Language code is specified using <PreferredLangXMLTV>. There doesnt seem to be a standard around these, so not easy to add a dropdown setting. - fixed a bug that could cause an exception if you attempt to play a video with no file extension (like http://... stream) - updated version of NEWA. Thanks UJB! - slightly improved .m3u support, and more logging around playback of these playlist files - fixed a bug with visible attributes that start with '!'. - applying a slight highlight to currently airing shows in the TV Guide. - added NMT keyboard support - fixed a problem with channel ordering when using live tv while a recording is occurring. - now including more EPG data elements if they're available (first run, quality, audio type, aspect ratio, star-rating, original air date). These are all optional elements, but some EPG sources provide them. Available to skinners as @genre, @audio, @aspect, @quality, @rating, @starRating, @firstRun, @originalAirDate, and @descriptionWithGenre - added a "Record Season (NEW episodes on this channel)" option when scheduling recurring recordings. - added skin logic to allow more complicated visible attributes to be visible based on a comparison. For example, you might want to display a dobly digital icon in your xml with an attribute like: visible="@audio=dobly", or maybe an HD icon with: visible="@quality=HDTV" - now showing new channel's OSD prior to channel change. Makes it feel more responsive, even if channel change is taking just as long. - added closed caption support for a few more decoders - added context menu to the Settings->Devices, with options to access device settings or to delete a device. - added the ability to specify a different audio renderer for music playback - added GetAudioRendererList() call to IPluginHelper for plugins that want it - added IPTV support. This is compatible with ISP and cable companies using transport stream based multicast udp. - fixed a problem with editing manual recordings that used start/end times that were not 10 minute aligned (was truncating to the nearest 10 minute) - fixed a bug where subtitle selection popup wasnt working correctly with DVD playback - fixed issue where bring up the tv guide in live tv wouldnt show the selected show details unless you were watching the first channel in the channel list. - now possible to tweak the <OSDTransparency> setting programmatically without needing to restart video playback. - slight tweaks to teletext subtitles Big thanks again to those doing testing. The help is much appreciated!
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Tried and Tried to make it work with my Hauppauge 1600 and no dice. The older version works great. Maybe I am doing something wrong. Needs to have a downloadable instructions or something.
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lorvix - you need to look into adding mc2xml.exe to GB-PVR
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This is not very useable...There is no way change scanning options...i try it and can scan only qam64/gam128 with vrong frequensis...i need qam128/256 and freq. 50000-738000....so...itäs not work in finland cable..... :(
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I've tried all the free/commercial PVR software and this is the best by a distance. If you have a hardware encoder based card (e.g. PVR150) then you must give this software a try. It is a pleasure to use and has superb support from the author. The software is very stable and never misses a recording (which you can't say for most other products). It plays back all my videos, DVD, Music with excellent picture quality. In addition an excellent web interface & support for XMLTV/ZAP2it makes scheduling a breeze. There is also a very active plugin/skinning community. This software is superbly suited for a dedicated HTPC and is so easy to use that you can confidently give the wife the remote control.
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This just has to be the best HTPC tool on the planet, it supports multi tuner configurations be it analogue or digital and my wife and I use it on a regular basis, I have just about tried em' all and this is hands down the best, forget the rest this is the business.
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When I made the mistake of buying an MS media center computer and learned that it only records in dvms, I was really upset. After some research and finding this program that works wonderfully with MVP, my mistake, I found, was not so great afterall. But GBPVR IS.
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GB-PVR is one of those tools that's incredibly useful, yet always 'almost there.' It does everything I want it to do (i.e., it'll record what I want when I want it to), but the UI needs some work, so getting it to do what I want is a little clunky. For instance, the 15 second pause that occurs when you go from live tv to timeshifting shouldn't happen -- the buffer should always be going -- and I can't forward over the commercials anyway since it doesn't appear to work correctly in this version. Likewise, I can find out when all the Globe Trekker episodes are on -- but I occasionally find that the EPG has been messed up from my last update. I could go on, but I'd be too critical of a piece of software that, like I said, actually does what I want (and at a good price, of course.) One other wish: This software should be open source. One-developer solutions are fine for small projects, but something of this size and potential requires input from more than one persion.
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After some initial struggle with channel # ('til I found the TuningAssistant util), it's beautyful! Thought I was fine with WINTV and the Scheduler - Boy, was I wrong! One thing tho - the documentation is non existant, the wiki pages slow as molasses (and not very packed with info) But where are the skins? The perfect companion for my Hauppage PVR250 card. The day I build a HTPC, I'll use GB-PVR.
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If you own a hardware mpeg-2 encoding card, or a DVB-T card, this is the only software you'll ever need to PVR and much more.
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What a great program! I actually was on the market looking for a new capture card to replace my old and tired Hauppauge WinTV USB(uhhgg...). I ended up buying a cheap PCI software capture card off NewEgg. Before it arrived, I found this program, and realized that it requires hardware encoding capture cards. So, I ended up buying a Hauppauge PVR-150 at Circuit City($99). The card itself is a great buy, but this software makes the value of it come to life! Everything works like it should, except the volume is a little loud, and I can't find an option to control captured volume. If your capture card isn't listed on the website as compatible, you should still download it to check out to compatibity. In the Config shortcut under Capture Sources >> Add/Edit >> Recording Source >> Settings >> Capture Card Type, will show the full compatibility list(not just what's shown as compatible on the website). This is by far the most usefull peice of software that I have ever downloaded off videohelp.com. BY FAR(Even compared to VDub)!
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Update! Since purchasing WinTV PVR-150 and Media MVP 1000 (2), so far this is the only PVR and media center to use with these hardware products from Hauppauge! Still need to run some Windows XP SP2 registry tweaks, change some BIOS settings, move the default LIVE TV folder to another drive instead of the default. Once you do all of that you can enjoy using GB-PVR!
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For freeware, this is a good application. Its only been around for a year and has come along way and more features and card support coming all the time. To note, it only supports hardware based encoding cards, but as others have pointed out you can still use other features. It has excellent support Hauppauge's Media MVP and makes this box very usuable. It supports multiple MVP's each of which can be showing different recordings, though you can only have as many live tv sessions as you have turner cards. For EPG's you can use xmltv and support for some online guides has been added. As for the comment made about zap2it, this is a free service. You have to fill in a survey once every 3 months, but that's not much to ask for. There are some timeshifting features missing (ie. FW, RW) but these are to come along in a future release. Mulitple tuner cards are supported along with various output devices (PVR350, XCard, MVP, etc), plus there is the option to develop your own plugins. All in all, this is a good choice and worth checking out.
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GB-PVR, well what can I say, the program works with Zap2It TV Guide, which you get a few months for free under the GOLD plan, but after that you'll have to pay. It's pretty good interface with Zap2It Guide for all your local Cable and Digital Cable TV for me (Comcast). This program if you had the right capture card in my case nope. You would be able to record right off this guide with a simple click of your mouse. Also has a TV program or show search like you get from your Comcast Digital TV box, but GB-PVR is easier than what Comcast give you, then again a DVR box would be a better bet. This program also features type of server base system so you can view your recordings throughout your network, but I haven't tested that feature well that's right I don't have one of those capture cards on the authors list. Should you be lucky to have a WinTV, PVR 250 or 350 cards, then this freeware Recorder/Guide/Server is just right for you. I am going to use my Pinnacle PCTV Pro with WinDVR and Titan TV Web Guide for which by-the-way it's for free. Does the same thing as GB-PVR but over the internet you can right click on the TV show you want to record from your Cable or Digital Cable TV (Comcast) and it will do it with your WinDVR 3 has a button that launches the web site right away!
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Very simple and easy to use program. Being free I think it is great. I don't use it to watch live tv, but captures flawless with my pvr-250 card. Just a couple of bad things I have found - when searching through shows you can't type in anything, you have to go through the letter, then alphabetically through to find the show - File name just puts the date and time in the name, it would be nice to have the name of the show and title of the episode.
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Right now I am only using this for the media server aspect of the program, but I must say, it runs great, its only a few mb's in size and it is pretty intuitive to use. My TV capture card isnt supported by it, so Im not sure about the recording quality, but even as an interface this is a great little program.On computers that were running the Mediaportal, it ran easily twice as fast. I cant give it a ten because I cant verify the recording function, and I also had trouble with keeping aspect ratios on certain DIVX files. But this one is in it's infancy and I think it shows great promise.
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