found channels, but can´t watch(unknown channel error)

[daHive]

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.2.0
MediaPortal Skin: blue2 wide
Windows Version: xpMCE
CPU Type: intel core2duo
HDD: 250gb
Memory: 2048mb
Motherboard:
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Video Card: nvidia geforce 7600gt
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card:
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: avermedia
1. TV Card Type: hybrid dvb-t/analog
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card: hauppauge hvr-4000
2. TV Card Type: hybrid dvb-s/dvb-t/analog
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
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HTPC Case: Sony Vaio VGX201
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hi,

i just did a clean install of mp 0.2.2.0, tvserver 0.3 and the latest svn(as described in the tutorial vids and the wiki). it worked pretty well up to the point when i wanted to watch tv: i can´t watch any channels. i get an "unknown channel" error both within mediaportal and when i try a preview in the tvserver setup.

i´ve put the 2 cards into 2 groups, one for the avermedia and one for the hauppauge(as described in the wiki setup-guide).


i don´t know what could be wrong(newbie=me ), so any help would be appreciated.

[daHive]

i´ve attached the tv.log and mediaportal.log now(posting them in the original post was messy).

[hakuna]

Hi. Did you solve this issue?
I have it as well, seems I hit every bump on the way...

[daHive]

i didn´t solve the issue, but i got everything i wanted to work by going back to the old tvengine(only installed mp 0.2.2.0 , no svn´s).
but i stumbled upon something: because when i installed mediaportal i got a blank tv screen, till i figured out that you have to turn it on manually. i don´t know if you have to "turn on tv" in mediaportal with tvserver 0.3, but if you have to everything could´ve worked all along(i was just too dumb to figure it out).
maybe i´ll try again, but for now everything runs very stable and fast with 0.2.2.0.

[hakuna]

I found a workaround, don't configure your card as a hybrid, then at least the dvb-t part works! (for me anyway, in preview only sound but in MP super!)

[gloomyandy]

Interesting I think there must be some problem with the hybrid card support. I have one hybrid (dvb-t/analogue) and one dvb-t card. When I had the hybrid in a group if the dvb-t card was in use recording then I got the "unknown channel" error. Taking the cards out of the group fixed the problem and allowed the "other" dvb-t tuner to be used....

[daHive]

got it all to work now too, thanks to your hints:
installed mp 0.2.2.0, latest svn, tvengine 0.3

this time i didn´t declare the 2 cards as hybrids but only configured the dvbs tuner on the hvr4000 and the dvbt tuner on the avermedia. then i deactivated all other tuners for both cards.

[xurr]

I had similar problems with a hybrid HVR-1300 and resolved the "Unknown channel" error by removing the DVB-T part from the hybrid group...

...but now I'm wondering, which are the drawback of this "workaround"?

I do not use the analog part often, will this prevent me from using it at all?

[iceblink]

I, too, have the same problem: mp 0.2.2.0, latest svn, tvengine 0.3 and Hauppauge HVR-4000.
I'm not interested in the analog tuner much, so I disabled it and created a group where I declared the DVB-S and DVB-T tuners as Hybrid. Then I successfully searched all available channels on both tuners, but when I select any channel on both tuners I get the 'Unknown channel' error.
If I remove the hybrid group, leave the tuners separate as they were found and re-scan for channels all is fine, but if I watch a DVB-T channel and then want to watch a DVB-S channel, the 'Unable to start timeshift' and/or 'Unknown error' messages appear. The same if watching a DVB-S channel and trying to watch a DVB-T channel. Are there any workaround for these problem, or is it just a matter of drivers? I cannot post the log files since I'm away from the PC, will give it a try later this evening.

[chronosghost]

I have the same problem , iceblink. lastest svn and tvengine 0.3 with HVR3000. I don´t found any solution this problem in the forum.

Can anybody give us any solution? exist solution? is problem of drivers or bug of mediaportal?

Sorry for my english, is very bad.