NO Scheduler/Timer works anymore?! HELP PLS!

[smoki]

Hello people,
this is Twilight Zone stuff...until 2-3 days ago the Scheduler function in WinDVR3 was working perfectly, not it doesn't anymore...i create a task, set it for 5 minutes later and wait to see if it kicks in recording..well, it doesn't!!

It also seems that NONE of my other schedulers are working anymore as well!!! I have IuVCR, VirtualVCR and tried ShowShifter as well...basically i CANNOT use timer functions anymore, no matter what software i use!

I had a Radeon 9800SE AIW for a day, then i removed it and got a 9800Pro instead, w/o AIW functions. I had installed all the MMC and WDM capture drivers, but i also UNinstalled everything before i changed the cards.

Please help me here, i'm clueless!!!!!

PS - WinDVR is the ONLY one that has good picture, is it because it deinterlaces everything? I use PAL in my area.

Coonfig: WinXP SP1, 2.6C P4, 512MB, Radeon 9800Pro, Omega 2.4.96b drivers, Hauppauge WinTV GO, Pioneer DVR-A06...

[smoki]

Bigtime bump, people?

I waited 4 years for the Rugby World Cup and now i can't record the games???? Just think that the Superbowl would be held every other 4 years or something...wouldn't you freak out?

Or should i just do it the hard way, wipe out C: , reinstall XP? Prolly save me time...

[holistic]

........Or should i just do it the hard way, wipe out C: , reinstall XP? Prolly save me time...

Good idea then Bigtime bump it right away .

Possible solution
The 9800Pro has NO TV tuner. The 9800 A.I.W HAS a TV tuner. Perhaps the "scheduler function" is a part of the AIW, since the 9800pro has no tuner to schedule.

[smoki]

Yea the 9800Pro has no tuner, that's why i installed the Hauppauge Wintv Go back in...maybe there is confusion since i don't think ATI removed all the components properly when i took the 9800SE AIW out...

Man, i hate re-installing

PS - Weird thing happened with Showshifter as well...first time i ran it i could see TV, set up channels, etc...then second time i ran it there is no more TV view function!?! Just media browsing, programming guide, etc...

Anyone know of good capture software for Linux that lets me record straight to MPEG2? I was so happy i finally out a good preset together in WinDVR (480x576, 2500kbps, 25fps, 224kbps audio)...basically SVCD for DVD Allowed me to capture more than 3 hours onto a DVD-R...

PS - By the way, PowerVCR crashes straight away after start...

[smoki]

Re-install didn;t work...it's almost 5AM, im tired ,i'm pissed and i feel like throwing this piece of crap out of the window....

any ideas anyone of you geniuses? there seem to be quite a lot of ppl complaing about this behaviour in v3.

[smoki]

Hmm, it worked last night....i didn't change or install anything...the only thing that was different was the time before the recording started.

I usually tried to do a test record as soon as possible (timer won;t allow you to set it within 3min of actual time). This time i just set it to start couple of hours ahead...and it recorded!!!??!!

Big time confusion...

[RabidDog]

dual boot! only install software that you know works onto your "safe" partition after you have tested it on your "testing" partition. What do you expect when you install x then uninstall x and install y, I bet you DIDNT re-boot after each step. It works NOW becuase you turned it off and rebooted this morning? change one thing at a time .. first rule
2nd rule .. if it works dont f... change it

[smoki]

naah, wrong direction here...

i rebooted after every step don't worry about that. How do you explain that after a clean install (and 10000 reboots inbetween) the scheduler didn't work the FIRST time i tried it??

Or do you mean that we should reboot every time BEFORE and AFTER runnning this piece of crap software? LOL


PS - WinDVR3, piece of crap scheduler-wise but the BEST picture quality so far!