all in wonder? (1 Viewer)

[pqrs...]

im new to media portal... a buddy just showed it to me, so i had to try it! it all went well except the tv? i have an all in wonder video card and it says "unable to create graph" when i try to start it. so i installed a cheap tuner card and it didnt work either, same thing?
is this a common issue by chance?
mp is a really cool program, i like it! now if i can get it to work...

i did do a search and nothing came back? id have to think someone else has asked this question?

 

[Bahnzai]

It could be that the capture cards do not have hardware encoding.

I'd start here TV-Server/tvcards - MediaPortal Manual Documentation

I would look up the capture cards and make sure they meet the requirements for MP.

Good Luck.

 

[elliottmc]

Agreed. You need to see if your card is compatible. There are many different 'all in wonder' cards, so we need to know which one you have. Same goes for your 'cheap tuner card'. Analog/digital? Make and model?

Does TV setup work? Does it detect your card and tune it?

More information needed!

Mark

 

[pqrs...]

well i didnt see any all in wonder cards listed in that link... the cheap card was a sabrent i believe? my all in wonder is a 9600 series, agp if that helps.
the software for the all in wonder works fine, ive about given up on making mp run the tv. been bangin my head on it for days now.

this is the cheap card.
CompUSA.com | TV-PCIRC | Sabrent TV Tuner/Capture TV-PCIRC

ive got a linux buddy over here and he cant figure it out either, hes telling me to just use linux mce?

 

[Seidelin]

It may be possible to get a software encoding analog card working in MP, but in my opinion it is not worth the effort. Get a hardware encoding analog tv card. Cards with hardware encoding are a bit more expensive, but they work and don't consume a lot of cpu cycles. A software based card can imo only be used for those who need a card to watch live TV on rare occasions (and please don't use MP for that).

 

[pqrs...]

any suggestions? i dont know much about them....

i appreciate the advise!

 

[Seidelin]

You could try this card. It is also very cheap, but hardware encoding. I had the European version of this and it worked fine with MP.
Newegg.com - POWERCOLOR Video Device Theater 550PRO PCIE PCI-Express x1 Interface - TV Tuners & Video Devices