Thread: DVBLink for HDPVR

DVBLink for HDPVR 1.0.1


Enjoy your favorite TV channels throughout the whole house

DVBLink for HDPVR seamlessly integrates TV channels, available via HDPVR, into MediaCenter, enabling all standard MediaCenter features for these channels like time-shifting, Guide EPG listings, instant and timer recordings and streaming to extenders.

Take DVBLink for HDPVR for a test drive to see what it's really capable of!

Here are some key features of "DVBLink for HDPVR":

· High-Definition H.264 Video with AC3 5.1 Dolby Digital Sound

· Set-top box control from Media Center using HD-PVR's integrated IR Blaster, any MCE-compatible IR blaster or the firestb application

· Set-top box remote control key learning (requires a MCE-Compatible IR Receiver)

· Multiple tuner support

· Guide a la Carte: per channel selection of EPG information source – xmltv listings or native MediaCenter Guide

· UPNP Server to stream live TV to UPNP-enabled clients

· Easy-to-use Windows MediaCenter channel synchronization wizard

Requirements:

· Hauppauge HD PVR

DVBLink for HDPVR 2.0 Beta 2

After a much long wait, we are announcing DVBLink for HDPVR 2.0 Beta 2. While you wont see it, this version has seen its internals re-organized and re-written to help with maintenance and issues. The additional improvements are:

• Added a “Stream Saver” feature to get rid of the infamous “No TV Signal” message. That is, if the HD PVR Streaming is lost, we feed a dummy stream that Media Center continues recording “unknowingly”. This way, if you have an “on-device-error-power-cycle” hook present, Media Center won’t abort your recording.
• Added support for sub-channel numbers (ex: 700.1 or 700-1)
• Much improved MCE Compatible IR support (fixed the frequency bug AND the port selection)
• Improvements and bug fixes to line-up editor.
• Added the ability to change the “set-top-box” number for your channels in your line-up.
• Hardware fingerprint changed to use Ethernet MAC address.
• Fixed the registration dialog for all platforms.

This version is for DVBLink for HDPVR experienced users that want to give a shot at the new features and for users experiencing issues with version 1.0.2.

DVBLink for HDPVR 2.0 Beta 3

That was fast… only two weeks after DVBLink for HDPVR Beta 2, here is DVBLink for HDPVR Beta 3 with the following changes:

* Higher process priority (above normal)
* Embedded DVBLink Server installer
* Removal of faulty screen saver
* Product version validation

The tests that were made using a higher process priority for the DVBLink service has resulted in a much improved reliability for many users. Also the “Fault Screen Saver” feature in 2.0 Beta 2 was not quite ready as it caused slow and failed channel changes. We recommend to everyone using a prior 2.0 Beta version to update to this version.

Since we have this new all-integrated installer, you will not have to worry anymore about deciding whether you need to re-install the DVBLink server or not. The installer will let you know what’s best depending on your situation. Also, there is no need to delete your HDPVRBridge sources or do backup of your current config.xml because the installer is made to handle upgrade scenarios very well (we use this functionality very often to deploy on our own HTPCs).

This beta version will most likely be the last beta release for DVBLink for HDPVR 2.0. At this point, we believe users still using DVBLink for HDPVR 1.0 should start using DVBLink for HDPVR 2.0.

11.02.2010

DVBLink for HDPVR 2.0 final


What is new:

* Added a “Prefix Key” in MceIR so that you can now prefix all your channel changes with a custom key of your choosing.
* Added a “Learn Timeout” parameter in MceIR. It is usefull for some set-top-boxes remotes which we fail to learn correctly with the default value.
* Added a new parameter “AcquisitionLostManualPowerCycleTimeout” which allows you to control how long to wait before calling the on-device-error-power-cycle hook. Default value is 30000 seconds (actually we retry once before calling the hook, so the total time is twice that). If you set it too short, you run the risk of power cycling your HD PVR needlessly.
* Trial period is back to 30 days instead of 15 days. However, the trial counter is not reset.

31.03.2010

DVBLink for HDPVR 2.1


This version is mostly a maintenance release with minor modifications, but also includes a new licensing system developed by 1geek1tool.

Head over to 1geek1tool.com to read the full announcements:

DVBLink for HDPVR 2.1

14.04.2010

DVBLink for HDPVR 2.2

HDPVRBridgeSetup.zip

DVBLink forHDPVR 2.4

23/04/2010

Code:

-Some bugs fixes

HDPVRBridgeSetup.rar