HD PVR Black Screen Problem

[beav_35]

Hi,

I am having trouble setting up my Hauppauge HD PVR with GB-PVR. When I go to Live TV or select a channel in the guide I can see the video from my sat but if i go back to the main menu or guide then select another channel, I only get a black screen. The red light on the HD PVR does turn on when i have this black screen. To make the HD PVR work again I have to power it off then on again. I have also noticed that when I select a channel the red light turns on then off, it changes the channel on my sat then the red light turns back on. When I change the channel changer to "No Channel Changer Required" in the config this problems goes away.

Thanks

[sub]

Given that last sentence it sounds like something funny going on with the IR Blaster. Do you have any other IR Blaster you can try? ie MCE or firewire?

[beav_35]

No, Sorry I dont have a MCE blaster and I have a Bell ExpressVU 6141 receiver that doesn't have firewire.

[sub]

Sorry, I'm not sure what to suggest then.

[beav_35]

Hi, I am still having this problem. I have attached my logs and would very much appreciate it if you took a look at them.

Thanks
beav_35

[sub]

Sorry, it still sounds like something funny going on with the IR Blaster. You might have to try to find some alternative to try.

[beav_35]

I bought an ir blaster from irblaster.info and it fixed the problem. I wrote a small program to call winlirc once for each digit in the channel number and this works fine in PVRX2 but when I set a program to record my program doesn't seem to get called. I also tried setting the channel change exe to notepad and it opens when I select a program from the guide but not when I record.

[sub]

It will be being called, but remember the recording service runs as a different user account (and different desktop session).

You'll probably find it'll start working if you go in to the 'GB-PVR Recording Service' service settings, and enable the 'allow service to interact with desktop' setting.

[beav_35]

Thank You!!!!! It worked!