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mzemina

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    OK

    If you add multiple HDHomeRun units, can they be added into MP just like the single unit?

    I wonder if the developers change the roadmap in the future if not connecting to a MPServer will break some features in the clients? Since it appears there is no need for a MPserver any central database (on the MPServer machine) will not exist.
     

    whurlston

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    Each tuner shows as a capture device so each unit shows up as two capture devices. (See the link in my last post for a screenshot). For multiple units, TVServer will automatically detect and list them. With just MediaPortal, you would just need to add each device to the CaptureCardDefinitions.xml
     

    dman_lfc

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    For standard PCI cards the follow now work with ATSC QAM tuning...

    Hauppauge HVR-1600
    Hauppauge HVR-1800
    Airstar HD5000
    AverTV MCE A180

    Other BDA driver based cards may also work.

    Enjoy!

    DMAN
     

    Commodore 64

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    HD Homerun works great with TV Engine

    I've been using the HDHR since early September after Jafa (the HDHR dev) updated the driver so that it would work with the MyTV 0.2 Engine. Go here to get the latest driver package for windows. It will update your driver, and also update your firmware if needed:

    http://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2484


    Check here for additional instructions...

    http://www.silicondust.com/wiki/hdhomerun/instructions/mediaportal

    For those of you that idle in the MP IRC chat on freenode, there is also a HDHR related channel on that same server. Just join #hdhomerun.
     

    mzemina

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    Commodore 64 - I went to the silicondust instruction page and found this statement "install the latest Beyond TV software" - wouldn't that confuse a few people?

    I don't know who to notify of this typo.
     

    Commodore 64

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    Commodore 64 - I went to the silicondust instruction page and found this statement "install the latest Beyond TV software" - wouldn't that confuse a few people?

    I don't know who to notify of this typo.

    Heh, yeah. I didn't see that...at least the link is to Mediaportal though...

    I'm not sure who to notify, but I will tell Jafa, the HDHR dev...he idles in #hdhomerun which is also on the Freenode IRC server (same as Mediaportal). He will likely know who can fix it.
     

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    Avermedia a180 mostly working...

    Hi,

    I have mostly gotten my a180 to work on RC3!
    I have a AMD 2800+ or 3000+.. not sure anymore, on an ecs motherboard with on-board ATI x1150 video. For over the air ATSC I use a Avermedia a180, and to tune to my directv box I use a ads tech pci deluxe tuner card. After some playing around I can get smooth crisp hdtv playback, I even got the auto-tune to work. The key steps for me were:
    Don't do anything else when auto tune is working, if it crashes - you have to reboot to do it again. I found that running the AverTV free application and watching tv with the card seemed to initialize the card...or something... and it was a bit less likely to crash while scanning. To watch hdtv I used the avermedia mpeg codec, the MainConcept AVc h.264 codec, and the DScaler audio codec. It seems to work pretty well, smooth high quality audio and video.

    With one exception, in one of the channels (pbs..my favorite) I seem to get the alternative audio track with descriptive narrative and I can't turn it off....and its driving me crazy...Any ideas?

    Thanks,
    -Rui
     

    Noelix

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    So bottom line, if I want to get over-the-air HDTV added to my computer, what capture card should I get? I'm looking at either the AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180, or the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 currently. Will one work better/get better quality than the other, or is it just a roll of the dice at this point in development and testing?
     

    dman_lfc

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    HVR-1600 - hands down. Plus it will do QAM if you want to switch to cable in the future.

    DMAN
     

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