Tivo type software for video capture cards?

[Mike S]

Is there any software that will act as a pvr or tivo type device? I have a video capture card and watch tv on my pc but I hate sitting through the commercials. Is there anything I can use?

[zoobie]

AFAIK, no
that's why the advertising industry is so mad at tivo
it senses the commercial's signal and stops recording
perhaps this bump will reveal something else from the members here

[painkiller]

You should scan/search through the TOOLS on the left column of this site.

Have you never heard of Beyond TV from Snapstream? (commercial/purchase it)

How about GB-PVR? free

I'm sure there are others. Please make the effort to search some more.

And what's more, TIVO does NOT stop recording during commercial breaks. I have 2 TIVO's and they do not do that. You can, however, fast forward/skip through them.

[TBoneit]

zoobie, Where'd you get that Tivo stops recording during commercials idea?

I have a Tivo for years and it records everything, Can you imagine the uproar if it sensed commercials and didn't record them the first time it mistook part of the show for a commercial?

OTOH if you use the proper keystrokes on the remote you can turn on a 30 second skip function that I prefer to FF'ing through commercials.

[zoobie]

ha ha!
I thought I heard this on tv
I must have mistaken "skip" for "pause"...or it was a dream
I sit corrected...my bad

[Mike S]

Thanks for the responses, I will check out some of the ideas of painkiller.

Death to Commercials!!!!!!!!!!!

And another thing, I hate people who try and up sell you (biggy size my combo etc), I had a lady trying to up sell me a car wash yesterday, just give me the d**n wash...lol

[TBoneit]

You'd be surprised how often upselling works.

Or suggestive selling, Example:

You go to McD's/Wendy's/BK and order a Burger and fries, suggestive sell drink, or order a burger/fries/drinnk, sugestive sell a dessert and so on. It works.

Anybody recall the days when your order automaticlly had napkins, sal & peper, and ketchup in the bag. They discovered that making it an ask for item saved money.

[Mike S]

Can anyone get to http://www.gbpvr.com/ It seems to be down. Is there a mirror site?

[painkiller]

I just used your link in your msg and it appears to work just fine.
Perhaps at the time you had a problem, but not now??

[Mike S]

I tried to install gbpvr but it isn't going so well so far, I will keep you guys posted. I was able to get to that site but it look a long time to load.

[Mike S]

I guess I shouldn't have installed that software, my PC had a melt down. The resources are 100% and nothing else can run, and it won't un-install. So desperate I am trying to clean it through dos, but so far no luck.

Major Meltdown.