DTV1000T not detected in TV-Server config

[magnets]

Hi,
i popped my htpc the other day and so rebuilt with an almost identical setup.
i put a fresh hard drive in and stuck a clean install of XP with SP3 on
I installed the DTV1000t ok and tested it with winfast DTV (no problems)
Went to Mediaportal and downloaded the latest version.
I was using the old combo version but decided to go for the single seat tv-server this time.
I installed using the single seat option.

problem is, when i click on TV-server configuration i can't work out how to do anything, what i mean is, Under tv servers, the box is empty, there's no add button.
I'm assuming i should see the local host there, or an add button or my dtv1000t so i can scan for channels or something.
what am i doing wrong?

in tv-channels/ tv mapping, the card drop down in unpopulated

I got past the bit where it asked for the sql logon name and password, it went green.


More details if you need them, but otherwise:

TV-Server Version: whatever came with rc1
MediaPortal Version: media portal/tv-server 1.0 RC 1
MediaPortal Skin: blue
Windows Version: xp sp3
CPU Type: p4 fairly meaty
HDD: 2 X 250 gb maxtor Sata 1s + 80gb ide for os
Memory: 2gb DDR400
Motherboard: LanPartyUT
Video Card: AGP Nvidia of some kind, a good one with 356mb ram
Video Card Driver: 97.3
Sound Card: Coax sp/dif out on board ac'97 (nforce3 chipset)
Sound Card AC3: Coaxial SPDIF out only
Sound Card Driver: unsure
1. TV Card: Leadtek WinFast DTV1000 T
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: unsure
2. TV Card: none
2. TV Card Type:
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:
MPEG2 Video Codec: default
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: beige
Cooling: fan
Power Supply: 450w
Remote: MS MCER
TV: plasma connect via VGA running at 1024 768
TV - HTPC Connection: RGB (VGA-15 pin d sub)

[charli181]

if you cannot see the machine name that contains TVServer, then there is something wrong. TVServer will automatically detect your TV Cards and the leadtek DTV1000T does work with TVServer. I did initally have probelms with the drivers and getting it detected though and it was due to drivers..........also the analouge input does not seem to work so only DTV is avaiable. I am running TVServer on a Win2003 server which could explain the driver issues and the OS is not officially support by MediaPortal.

I would suggest posting the log files for TVServer here and someone will be able to assist as to what is wrong.

Driver versions
BDA DVB-t tuner/demod 4.0.112.3223
BDA Transport Stream Capture 4.0.112.3223

[magnets]

Thanks for the reply Charlie,
somethign is definitely weird.
The tv service is running, here are the logs, i can't make head nor tail of them i'm afraid.

error.log
tv.log

[charli181]

for some reason, the tv server cannot connect to the SQL database. Is it running is services? check the wiki for how to setup the database connections. TV-Server - MediaPortal Wiki Documentation

maybe go to config section to ensure all your settings are correct.

[magnets]

I think i had been doing too much at once.
I may have changed the computer name between installation and running the service

Using appwiz.cpl i uninstalled MP, then i uninstalled TV-server
i left sql and the other bits
then i installed it and this time when i ran the tv server config it gave me the psisdecd warning
so i fixed that by reading this post
fix for psisdecd
then i ran the tv server config and it appears to be working (it's canned and found 37 channels, yay!)

thanks for your help