ATSC Card Owners: Come here for Support (4 Viewers)

[danmccune]

Thanks for the response Moab,

The software my cards comes with is terrible. With it I cannot view any digital channels, but with MP I can view digital channels and even one HD (720i) channel. It could be the card, but it's confusing because both my card and MP are inconsistent.

Yes, you were right. I discovered later that there were a number of TV channels listed as Radio stations. I can edit the xml file to manually make a Radio station a TV station, but all I get is the sound. Is it possible that my codecs are causing the problem? I am using ffdshow for H.264, audio, and MPEG-2.

When I try to view the channel, I get the following entries in tv.log:

2009-01-08 21:13:12.515625 [13]: Controller: StartTimeShifting Unknown 697250-31 202
2009-01-08 21:13:12.515625 [13]: Controller: find free card for channel Unknown 697250-31
2009-01-08 21:13:12.515625 [13]: Controller: got 7 tuning details for Unknown 697250-31
2009-01-08 21:13:12.515625 [13]: Controller: channel #1 ATSC:radio: Unknown 697250-31 Freq:697250 ONID:0 TSID:1340 SID:2 PMT:0x31 FTA:True LCN:10000 phys:108 maj:0 min:0 SR:0 mod:Mod256Qam
2009-01-08 21:13:12.531250 [13]: Controller: card:1 type:Atsc is available priority:3 #users:0 same transponder:False
2009-01-08 21:13:12.531250 [13]: Controller: card:2 type:Analog is disabled
2009-01-08 21:13:12.531250 [13]: Controller: card:3 type:RadioWebStream is disabled
2009-01-08 21:13:12.531250 [13]: Controller: channel #2 ATSC:radio: Unknown 697250-31 Freq:697250 ONID:0 TSID:1340 SID:2 PMT:0x31 FTA:True LCN:10000 phys:108 maj:0 min:0 SR:0 mod:Mod256Qam
2009-01-08 21:13:12.531250 [13]: Controller: card:2 type:Analog is disabled
2009-01-08 21:13:12.531250 [13]: Controller: card:3 type:RadioWebStream is disabled
2009-01-08 21:13:12.531250 [13]: Controller: channel #3 ATSC:radio: Unknown 697250-31 Freq:697250 ONID:0 TSID:1340 SID:2 PMT:0x31 FTA:True LCN:10000 phys:108 maj:0 min:0 SR:0 mod:Mod256Qam
2009-01-08 21:13:12.531250 [13]: Controller: card:2 type:Analog is disabled
2009-01-08 21:13:12.531250 [13]: Controller: card:3 type:RadioWebStream is disabled
2009-01-08 21:13:12.531250 [13]: Controller: channel #4 ATSC:radio: Unknown 697250-31 Freq:697250 ONID:0 TSID:1340 SID:2 PMT:0x31 FTA:True LCN:10000 phys:108 maj:0 min:0 SR:0 mod:Mod256Qam
2009-01-08 21:13:12.531250 [13]: Controller: card:2 type:Analog is disabled
2009-01-08 21:13:12.546875 [13]: Controller: card:3 type:RadioWebStream is disabled
2009-01-08 21:13:12.546875 [13]: Controller: channel #5 ATSC:radio: Unknown 697250-31 Freq:697250 ONID:0 TSID:1340 SID:2 PMT:0x31 FTA:True LCN:10000 phys:109 maj:0 min:0 SR:0 mod:Mod256Qam
2009-01-08 21:13:12.546875 [13]: Controller: card:2 type:Analog is disabled
2009-01-08 21:13:12.546875 [13]: Controller: card:3 type:RadioWebStream is disabled
2009-01-08 21:13:12.546875 [13]: Controller: channel #6 ATSC:tv: Unknown 697250-31 Freq:697250 ONID:0 TSID:1340 SID:2 PMT:0x31 FTA:True LCN:10000 phys:108 maj:0 min:0 SR:0 mod:Mod256Qam
2009-01-08 21:13:12.546875 [13]: Controller: card:2 type:Analog is disabled
2009-01-08 21:13:12.546875 [13]: Controller: card:3 type:RadioWebStream is disabled
2009-01-08 21:13:12.546875 [13]: Controller: channel #7 ATSC:tv: Unknown 697250-31 Freq:697250 ONID:0 TSID:1340 SID:2 PMT:0x31 FTA:True LCN:10000 phys:108 maj:0 min:0 SR:0 mod:Mod256Qam
2009-01-08 21:13:12.546875 [13]: Controller: card:2 type:Analog is disabled
2009-01-08 21:13:12.546875 [13]: Controller: card:3 type:RadioWebStream is disabled
2009-01-08 21:13:12.546875 [13]: Controller: found 1 available
2009-01-08 21:13:12.562500 [13]: card: CardTune 1 Unknown 697250-31 downstairs:1:-1
2009-01-08 21:13:12.562500 [13]: card: Tune 1 to Unknown 697250-31
2009-01-08 21:13:12.562500 [13]: card: user: downstairs:1:-1 tune ATSC:radio: Unknown 697250-31 Freq:697250 ONID:0 TSID:1340 SID:2 PMT:0x31 FTA:True LCN:10000 phys:108 maj:0 min:0 SR:0 mod:Mod256Qam
2009-01-08 21:13:12.562500 [13]: atsc:Tune:ATSC:radio: Unknown 697250-31 Freq:697250 ONID:0 TSID:1340 SID:2 PMT:0x31 FTA:True LCN:10000 phys:108 maj:0 min:0 SR:0 mod:Mod256Qam
2009-01-08 21:13:12.578125 [13]: Setting Generic ATSC modulation to Mod256Qam
2009-01-08 21:13:12.578125 [13]: GenericATSC: Set ModulationType: Mod256Qam
2009-01-08 21:13:12.578125 [13]: dvbubmiting tunerequest Channel:Unknown 697250-31 subChannel:-1
2009-01-08 21:13:12.578125 [13]: dvb:Getting new subchannel
2009-01-08 21:13:12.578125 [13]: dvb:GetNewSubChannel:0 #0
2009-01-08 21:13:12.578125 [13]: dvbubmit tunerequest size:1 new:0
2009-01-08 21:13:12.578125 [13]: subch:0 OnBeforeTune
2009-01-08 21:13:12.578125 [13]: dvbubmit tunerequest calling put_TuneRequest
2009-01-08 21:13:12.953125 [13]: dvbubmit tunerequest done calling put_TuneRequest
2009-01-08 21:13:12.953125 [13]: subch:0 OnAfterTune
2009-01-08 21:13:12.953125 [13]: subch:0 OnGraphStart
2009-01-08 21:13:12.953125 [13]: subch:0 Graph already running - skip WaitForPMT
2009-01-08 21:13:12.953125 [13]: dvb: RunGraph
2009-01-08 21:13:13.406250 [13]: dvb: LockedInOnSignal ok
2009-01-08 21:13:13.406250 [13]: subch:0 OnGraphStarted
2009-01-08 21:13:13.421875 [13]: subch:0 SetupPmtGrabberid 31 sid:2
2009-01-08 21:13:13.421875 [13]: subch:0 set pmt grabber pmt:31 sid:2
2009-01-08 21:13:13.421875 [13]: WaitForPMT: Waiting for PMT.
2009-01-08 21:13:13.484375 [11]: subch:0 OnPMTReceived() True
2009-01-08 21:13:13.484375 [13]: WaitForPMT: Found PMT after 0.0625 seconds.
2009-01-08 21:13:13.484375 [13]: subch:0 SendPmt:2 2 FFFFFFFF A
2009-01-08 21:13:13.484375 [13]: Decode pmt
2009-01-08 21:13:13.484375 [13]: Set descriptor data with length 6
2009-01-08 21:13:13.484375 [13]: subch:0 SendPMT version:10 len:54 2
2009-01-08 21:13:13.484375 [13]: subch:0 cam flags:True
2009-01-08 21:13:13.484375 [13]: subch:0 SetMpegPidMapping
2009-01-08 21:13:13.484375 [13]: subch:0 pid:800 pcr
2009-01-08 21:13:13.500000 [13]: subch:0 pid:31 pmt
2009-01-08 21:13:13.500000 [13]: subch:0 pid:800 type:80
2009-01-08 21:13:13.500000 [13]: subch:0 map pid:800 type:80
2009-01-08 21:13:13.500000 [13]: subch:0 pid:801 audio lang: type:AC3
2009-01-08 21:13:13.500000 [13]: subch:0 map pid:801 audio lang: type:AC3
2009-01-08 21:13:13.500000 [13]: subch:0 stop tif
2009-01-08 21:13:13.500000 [13]: WaitForPMT: sending PMT to CAM took 0.015625 seconds.
2009-01-08 21:13:13.515625 [13]: card: Tuner locked: True
2009-01-08 21:13:13.515625 [13]: **************************************************
2009-01-08 21:13:13.515625 [13]: ***** SIGNAL LEVEL: 70, SIGNAL QUALITY: 100 *****
2009-01-08 21:13:13.515625 [13]: **************************************************
2009-01-08 21:13:13.515625 [13]: card: tuned user: downstairs subchannel: 0
2009-01-08 21:13:13.515625 [13]: user:downstairs add
2009-01-08 21:13:13.515625 [13]: card2:downstairs 1 0
2009-01-08 21:13:13.531250 [13]: Controller: downstairs 1 0
2009-01-08 21:13:13.531250 [13]: control2:downstairs 1 0
2009-01-08 21:13:13.531250 [13]: Controller: delete timeshift files C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live1-0.ts
2009-01-08 21:13:13.531250 [13]: card: StartTimeShifting 1 C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live1-0.ts
2009-01-08 21:13:13.531250 [13]: card: CAM enabled : False
2009-01-08 21:13:13.531250 [13]: subch:0 SetTimeShiftFileName:C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live1-0.ts
2009-01-08 21:13:13.546875 [13]: Set video / audio observer
2009-01-08 21:13:13.546875 [13]: subch:0 SetTimeShiftFileName fill in pids
2009-01-08 21:13:13.546875 [13]: subch:0-0 tswriter StartTimeshifting...
2009-01-08 21:13:13.546875 [13]: card: WaitForTimeShiftFile - waiting _eventAudio
2009-01-08 21:13:13.562500 [11]: PID seen - type = Audio
2009-01-08 21:13:13.562500 [11]: audioVideoEventHandler Audio
2009-01-08 21:13:13.562500 [13]: card: WaitForTimeShiftFile - audio is seen after 0.015625 seconds
2009-01-08 21:13:13.765625 [13]: user:downstairs card:1 sub:0 add stream:C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live1-0.ts.tsbuffer
2009-01-08 21:13:13.781250 [13]: RTSP: add stream stream1.0 file:C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live1-0.ts.tsbuffer
2009-01-08 21:13:13.781250 [13]: Controller: StartTimeShifting started on card:1 to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live1-0.ts.tsbuffer
2009-01-08 21:13:13.796875 [SetupTv]: preview Unknown 697250-31 user:-1 -1 downstairs C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live1-0.ts.tsbuffer
2009-01-08 21:13:13.796875 [SetupTv]: play:C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live1-0.ts.tsbuffer
2009-01-08 21:13:13.796875 [SetupTv]: TSReaderPlayer:add TsReader to graph
2009-01-08 21:13:13.796875 [SetupTv]: load file in Ts
2009-01-08 21:13:13.828125 [SetupTv]: TSReaderPlayer:render TsReader outputs
2009-01-08 21:13:14.250000 [PowerEventThread]: TV service PowerEventThread 537
2009-01-08 21:13:14.250000 [PowerEventThread]: TV service PowerEventThread 537
2009-01-08 21:13:14.421875 [PowerEventThread]: TV service PowerEventThread 537
2009-01-08 21:13:14.421875 [PowerEventThread]: TV service PowerEventThread 537
2009-01-08 21:13:14.453125 [PowerEventThread]: TV service PowerEventThread 537
2009-01-08 21:13:14.546875 [SetupTv]: run graph
2009-01-08 21:13:14.578125 [SetupTv]: TSReaderPlayer:running:1
2009-01-08 21:13:16.953125 [13]: Controller: StopTimeShifting 1
2009-01-08 21:13:16.968750 [13]: card WinFast HDTV200 H BDA ATSC Tuner: StopTimeShifting user:downstairs sub:0
2009-01-08 21:13:16.968750 [13]: card: StopTimeShifting user:downstairs sub:0
2009-01-08 21:13:16.968750 [13]: card not IDLE - freeing subch: 0
2009-01-08 21:13:16.968750 [13]: subch:0-0 tswriter StopTimeshifting...
2009-01-08 21:13:16.968750 [13]: tvcard:FreeSubChannel:1 #0 keep graph=False
2009-01-08 21:13:16.984375 [13]: DVB subch:0 Decompose()
2009-01-08 21:13:16.984375 [13]: FreeSubChannel CA: freeing sub channel : 0
2009-01-08 21:13:16.984375 [13]: tvcard:FreeAllSubChannels:
2009-01-08 21:13:16.984375 [13]: dvbtopGraph
2009-01-08 21:13:17.000000 [13]: user:downstairs remove
2009-01-08 21:13:17.000000 [13]: Controller:Timeshifting stopped on card:1
2009-01-08 21:13:17.000000 [13]: RTSP: remove stream stream1.0

When I try to view the channel, I get the following entries in TsWriter.log

08-01-2009 21:13:12.578 analyzer: reset
08-01-2009 21:13:12.578 cagrabber: reset
08-01-2009 21:13:12.578 epg: reset
08-01-2009 21:13:12.578 epg:ResetEPG()
08-01-2009 21:13:12.578 mhw reset
08-01-2009 21:13:12.953 CMpTsFilter:ause()
08-01-2009 21:13:13.328 CMpTsFilter::Run()
08-01-2009 21:13:13.421 pmtgrabber: set callback:d9fff8
08-01-2009 21:13:13.421 pmtgrabber: grab pmt:31 sid:2
08-01-2009 21:13:13.484 service_id=2
08-01-2009 21:13:13.484 pmtgrabber: got pmt 31 sid:2
08-01-2009 21:13:13.484 pmtgrabber: got pmt version:10 -1
08-01-2009 21:13:13.484 pmtgrabber: do calback
08-01-2009 21:13:13.500 analyzer: set video pid:800
08-01-2009 21:13:13.500 analyzer: reset
08-01-2009 21:13:13.500 analyzer: set audio pid:801
08-01-2009 21:13:13.500 analyzer: reset
08-01-2009 21:13:13.546 Recorder: TIMESHIFT SetVideoAudioObserver observer ok
08-01-2009 21:13:13.546 Recorder: TIMESHIFT set filename:C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live1-0.ts
08-01-2009 21:13:13.546 Recorder: TIMESHIFT transport stream mode
08-01-2009 21:13:13.546 Recorder: TIMESHIFT paused=yes
08-01-2009 21:13:13.546 Recorder: TIMESHIFT Received from TvService: pmt pid:0x31 serviceId: 0x2 pmtlength:54
08-01-2009 21:13:13.546 Recorder: TIMESHIFT Old pids cleared
08-01-2009 21:13:13.546 Recorder: TIMESHIFT got pmt - tableid: 0x2 section_length: 54 sid: 0x2
08-01-2009 21:13:13.546 Recorder: TIMESHIFT PMT parsed - Pid 0x31 ServiceId 0x2 stream count: 2
08-01-2009 21:13:13.546 Recorder: TIMESHIFT pcr pid:0x800
08-01-2009 21:13:13.546 Recorder: TIMESHIFT SetPcrPid clear old PIDs
08-01-2009 21:13:13.546 Recorder: TIMESHIFT stream rejected - pid: 0x800 stream type: 0x80 logical type: 0x80 descriptor length: 8
08-01-2009 21:13:13.546 Recorder: TIMESHIFT add audio stream pid: 0x801 fake pid: 0x40 stream type: 0x81 logical type: 0x81 descriptor length: 23
08-01-2009 21:13:13.546 Recorder: TIMESHIFT paused=no
08-01-2009 21:13:13.546 Recorder: TIMESHIFT Start 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live1-0.ts.tsbuffer'
08-01-2009 21:13:13.562 Recorder: TIMESHIFT start of audio detected
08-01-2009 21:13:13.593 Recorder: TIMESHIFT clear TS packet queue
08-01-2009 21:13:13.593 Recorder: TIMESHIFT Info : Next broadcaster program clock reference rollover : 0 days 01:43:12 58
08-01-2009 21:13:16.968 Recorder: TIMESHIFT Stop 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live1-0.ts.tsbuffer'
08-01-2009 21:13:16.968 Recorder: TIMESHIFT Reset
08-01-2009 21:13:16.984 del m_pVideoAnalyzer
08-01-2009 21:13:16.984 analyzer: reset
08-01-2009 21:13:16.984 del m_pPmtGrabber
08-01-2009 21:13:16.984 del m_pRecorder
08-01-2009 21:13:16.984 del m_pTimeShifting
08-01-2009 21:13:16.984 del m_pTeletextGrabber
08-01-2009 21:13:16.984 del m_pCaGrabber
08-01-2009 21:13:16.984 del done...
08-01-2009 21:13:16.984 CMpTsFilter:ause()
08-01-2009 21:13:16.984 CMpTsFilter:top()

 

[kalrith]

Ok, I reinstalled windows xp with sp3,
1. added catalyst 8.5 drivers (to support dvxa)
2. installed the current hdtv wonder drivers from the ati website.
3. Installed MediaPortal RC3 and dvbfix

The card was detected fine but same issues in Media Portal as before. I setup WatchHDTV and it tuned perfectly. Just for the heck of it I installed all the ATI junk including the Multimedia center and even the ATI software can't work with the card! excellent.

I bit the bullet and ordered a Hauppauge HVR-2250, dual hybrid pci-express card. I'm excited to give this card a try and hope it works better than this ATI piece of junk! Thanks for listening.

How did the 2250 work out for you? Do you use the ATSC tuner? I'm in the planning process for building an HTPC. My main goal is to record HD OTA (ATSC), and MediaPortal and the HVR-2250 seem like they would do a great job as long as they work together.

Thanks!

 

[akajester]

Ok, I reinstalled windows xp with sp3,
1. added catalyst 8.5 drivers (to support dvxa)
2. installed the current hdtv wonder drivers from the ati website.
3. Installed MediaPortal RC3 and dvbfix

The card was detected fine but same issues in Media Portal as before. I setup WatchHDTV and it tuned perfectly. Just for the heck of it I installed all the ATI junk including the Multimedia center and even the ATI software can't work with the card! excellent.

I bit the bullet and ordered a Hauppauge HVR-2250, dual hybrid pci-express card. I'm excited to give this card a try and hope it works better than this ATI piece of junk! Thanks for listening.

How did the 2250 work out for you? Do you use the ATSC tuner? I'm in the planning process for building an HTPC. My main goal is to record HD OTA (ATSC), and MediaPortal and the HVR-2250 seem like they would do a great job as long as they work together.

Thanks!

The 2250 worked excellent. I had no problems in MP watching tv, recording tv and playing back the recordings. I use the SAF (stand alone filters) pack by Hoborg, found here;

I only used a single tuner for now, haven't quite figured out the setup of the two tuners, I'll hit that when I get to that stage of my build project.

 

[kalrith]

Ok, I reinstalled windows xp with sp3,
1. added catalyst 8.5 drivers (to support dvxa)
2. installed the current hdtv wonder drivers from the ati website.
3. Installed MediaPortal RC3 and dvbfix

The card was detected fine but same issues in Media Portal as before. I setup WatchHDTV and it tuned perfectly. Just for the heck of it I installed all the ATI junk including the Multimedia center and even the ATI software can't work with the card! excellent.

I bit the bullet and ordered a Hauppauge HVR-2250, dual hybrid pci-express card. I'm excited to give this card a try and hope it works better than this ATI piece of junk! Thanks for listening.

How did the 2250 work out for you? Do you use the ATSC tuner? I'm in the planning process for building an HTPC. My main goal is to record HD OTA (ATSC), and MediaPortal and the HVR-2250 seem like they would do a great job as long as they work together.

Thanks!

The 2250 worked excellent. I had no problems in MP watching tv, recording tv and playing back the recordings. I use the SAF (stand alone filters) pack by Hoborg, found here;

I only used a single tuner for now, haven't quite figured out the setup of the two tuners, I'll hit that when I get to that stage of my build project.

Thanks for the response. I'm curious if anyone has successfully used both ATSC tuners in the 2250 with MP. That's what I'm wanting to do in order to record two OTA HD shows at the same time. If it can't be done with the 2250, then I'll just get the HDHomerun instead.

 

[rynowhi]

I'm using the 2250 just fine with both ATSC tuners. In the setup on tvserver, channel scan with both tuners it finds, follow the instructions from moab about the guide, and you are good to go. (I disabled the ntsc tuners, not sure if that would have any effect). My wife recorded the bachelor while I recorded 24 last night, no problems.

 

[keith2045]

I'm having issues with my ATSC tunner, i have an Hauppauge WinTV HVR 1600 with the latest drivers. I'm running version 1.0 (stable) of MP and the TVServer. I got it to scan for channels and it found them but i have some random issues with it. Sometimes i'm able to view those channels, other times when i select them MP locks up. Also when i go into the TV server configuration and select the card to scan again the configuration locks up. I should say that it doesnt work most of the time, i have to reboot my machine several times before it will work again, and then it will just stop working after a little while. I'm not sure which log files to post, here is the system it is running on:

Motherboard MCP61P (ELITEGROUP)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6GHz (Dual-Core)
1GB DDR2, 320GB SATA II HDD
Hauppauge WinTV HVR 1600
ASUS EN8400GS SILENT/HTP/512M GeForce 8400 GS 512MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16

Any thoughts?

 

[solas989]

What is your channel signal quality? When my signal drops out, I do notice MP does not handle it all the time correctly...but then sometimes neither does my OnAir GT USB tuner. My one FOX channel will work great but then bam...no signal and sometimes MP doesnt pick it and and ask to tune previous channel.

Just a thought and that is ALL it is.

Solas

I'm having issues with my ATSC tunner, i have an Hauppauge WinTV HVR 1600 with the latest drivers. I'm running version 1.0 (stable) of MP and the TVServer. I got it to scan for channels and it found them but i have some random issues with it. Sometimes i'm able to view those channels, other times when i select them MP locks up. Also when i go into the TV server configuration and select the card to scan again the configuration locks up. I should say that it doesnt work most of the time, i have to reboot my machine several times before it will work again, and then it will just stop working after a little while. I'm not sure which log files to post, here is the system it is running on:

Motherboard MCP61P (ELITEGROUP)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6GHz (Dual-Core)
1GB DDR2, 320GB SATA II HDD
Hauppauge WinTV HVR 1600
ASUS EN8400GS SILENT/HTP/512M GeForce 8400 GS 512MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16

Any thoughts?

 

[moab]

What is your channel signal quality? When my signal drops out, I do notice MP does not handle it all the time correctly...but then sometimes neither does my OnAir GT USB tuner. My one FOX channel will work great but then bam...no signal and sometimes MP doesnt pick it and and ask to tune previous channel.

Just a thought and that is ALL it is.

Solas

I'm having issues with my ATSC tunner, i have an Hauppauge WinTV HVR 1600 with the latest drivers. I'm running version 1.0 (stable) of MP and the TVServer. I got it to scan for channels and it found them but i have some random issues with it. Sometimes i'm able to view those channels, other times when i select them MP locks up. Also when i go into the TV server configuration and select the card to scan again the configuration locks up. I should say that it doesnt work most of the time, i have to reboot my machine several times before it will work again, and then it will just stop working after a little while. I'm not sure which log files to post, here is the system it is running on:

Motherboard MCP61P (ELITEGROUP)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6GHz (Dual-Core)
1GB DDR2, 320GB SATA II HDD
Hauppauge WinTV HVR 1600
ASUS EN8400GS SILENT/HTP/512M GeForce 8400 GS 512MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16

Any thoughts?

Ditto.
Poor signal quality messes things up with my 1600 card. If so then try a signal booster and better antenna.
I did read that a txt file in C:\ will stop it re-polling the channel to get a better signal. Sadly I cannot remember the file name. It was something like ChannelNoRescan.txt. Can anyone recall the file name.

 

[solas989]

RE: EPG...

OK, I do admit I am a bit lazy to read all the posts in this thread...so what exactly is the problem with webEPG?

I think I have it working except for the auto - import (which could this be the problem?).

My setup:
MP Config webEPG plugin NOT on. Use bat file to execute it manually daily.
Use IMDB to get all the XML data for 14 days for my zip code and provider (well OTA anyway)
Use XMLTV to update the database, plugin in TVServerConfig is ON
Does not automatically import...have to manually do so - but I have RDP so I do this from work.

I get full EPG and can record now. Previously I could not record because the webEPG plugin inside MP Config was enabled. But now i just schedule a bat file to call webepg.exe to create the XML file and manually load it into my XML directory.

Maybe I be a wee bit slow...???

Solas

 

[mathias999us]

HVR-950 showing DVBT instead of ATSC?

1st Post. Great app!

Having an atsc problem though. Searched around, and I can't find something similar. I'm running P4 3.0Ghz, GeForce 6800GT, and two HVR-950 USB tuners (these show up as HVR-980 with the latest hauppauge drivers). Also using NVidia Purevideo for video decoder and AC3Filter for audio. When I first installed, everything went great, and I used the system without trouble for a week or so. These tuners are dual tuners with ATSC and analog. TV-Server-Configuration would recognize them, and there were two entries for each card - one for ATSC and one for analog. I disabled analog card entries because I don't care about that, and just used the two ATSC cards. Yesterday, I went to use it and it said there were no tuners available. I had nothing scheduled to record. Going back to TV-Server-Configuration, it was now saying the ATSC cards types were DVBT and the disabled analog card entries showed types of "Unknown". I fiddled around with restarting the machine, plugging and unplugging the tuners, rebooting windows, restarting the TVServer service, etc. And eventually it reconized them as ATSC cards again. I used it until today, and it's doing the DVBT thing again, and I cannot get it to recognize them as ATSC cards.

Frustrating, because aside from this issue MP has worked flawlessly on my system.

Any ideas or help most appreciated.