Adding AverTV DVB-S Pro (1 Viewer)

[SamSam]

hello
I just got an averTV DVB-S pro and have been trying to get it to work with mediaportal but unfortunatly it is not recoginsed i was wondering if i needed to change something to add it??? it shows up as the AVerMedia A700 PCI DVB-S in the device mananger.

Thanks for any help

 

[mgraovac]

Hi!

I used to have same problem and here is the solution:

1. find file CaptureCardsDefinitions.xml in MP root folder
2. add following code to the file:

<capturecard commercialname="AVerMedia DVB-S" capturename="AVerMedia BDA Digital Capture" devid="ven_1131&amp;dev_7133&amp;subsys_a7a11461&amp;rev_d1">
<capabilities tv="true" radio="false" mpeg2="true" mce="true" sw="false" bda="true"/>
<tv>
<interface cat="capture" video="3" audio="4" mpeg2="1" sectionsandtables="2"/>
<filters>
<filter cat="networkprovider" name="Microsoft DVBS Network Provider" checkdevice="false"/>
<filter cat="tunerdevice" name="AVerMedia BDA DVBS Tuner" checkdevice="true"/>
<filter cat="capture" name="AVerMedia BDA Digital Capture" checkdevice="true"/>
</filters>
<connections>
<connection sourcefilter="networkprovider" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="tunerdevice" sinkpin="0"/>
<connection sourcefilter="tunerdevice" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="capture" sinkpin="0"/>
</connections>
</tv>
</capturecard>

Be sure to have latest BDA drivers installed. You can find them on avermedia website.

Now, MP should be bale to recognize TV card and scan for channels.

There's still one problem, however, that I was unable to resolve for the time being. It seems that MP doesn't support LNB switching with this card so if you have more than one LNBs you will have same problems. I'm currently testing TV server but also with no luck. If anyone has a solution for this - please help.

P.S. I'm not often here so if you have any additional questions you might wait a while for the answer

 

[Hotkey]

Dear all,

i've the same card and also that problem. I've added the mentioned text to the xml file and restarted mediacenter config again, but the card is still not recognized.
What exactly are this BDA Drivers? Maybe you could help me to find the correct file and installation order.

Thanks in advance

Hotkey

 

[mgraovac]

Hi!

I just noticed small error in the code I've posted... The 2nd row should look like this:

devid="ven_1131&amp;dev_7133&amp;subsys_a7a11461&amp;rev_d1">

(there was one space extra near the end)

When you save this file, try to open it in Iexplorer. If everything opens up w/o problems than the file is ok, otherwise you should see something like "Done but with errors on the page" down in status bar...

Hope this helps

 

[Hotkey]

Ahhh, yes.. that solved the problem.
I should have tried to open the XML with the Browser. This way he would reported that error.
Now it works, thanks a lot!