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<blockquote data-quote="JeffD" data-source="post: 396968" data-attributes="member: 90063">Ok I have been fighting with this for two days and it's now passed frustrating, I am trying to set this up for the first time and while some of the documentation is handy, it seems very outdated.I have a HVR-1600 card that works fine with the included WinTV Software (at least I am able to have it scan and find channels and watch them) but MediaPortal never finds anything as far as I know.A) I have my cable going from my wall to my card, the Tuner is in the other room. Do I need to move the tuner to the same room as the PC and have the cable go from the Wall -&gt; Setup Box-&gt; Card? I have Time Warner in Austin Texas, I could care less about HD TV.B) I did not install TV Server, I only want to record shows on this PC to watch later via a SVido cable going from the back of this old 8500GT video card. Is this the correct setup? Do I NEED to install TV Server? I ask because the install shit the bed on the part where it tried to download and install the SQL package.C) I also want to get some type of EPG going to record TV Show while I am at work, this is moot since I can not get MediaPortal to see any channels. I have looked all through the forums and read the documentation until I am half crazy ... there does not seem to be an easy guide to follow =/&nbsp; If I can get this stuff working my first goal will be to create one for retarded people like myself...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JeffD, post: 396968, member: 90063"] Ok I have been fighting with this for two days and it's now passed frustrating, I am trying to set this up for the first time and while some of the documentation is handy, it seems very outdated. I have a HVR-1600 card that works fine with the included WinTV Software (at least I am able to have it scan and find channels and watch them) but MediaPortal never finds anything as far as I know. A) I have my cable going from my wall to my card, the Tuner is in the other room. Do I need to move the tuner to the same room as the PC and have the cable go from the Wall -> Setup Box-> Card? I have Time Warner in Austin Texas, I could care less about HD TV. B) I did not install TV Server, I only want to record shows on this PC to watch later via a SVido cable going from the back of this old 8500GT video card. Is this the correct setup? Do I NEED to install TV Server? I ask because the install shit the bed on the part where it tried to download and install the SQL package. C) I also want to get some type of EPG going to record TV Show while I am at work, this is moot since I can not get MediaPortal to see any channels. I have looked all through the forums and read the documentation until I am half crazy ... there does not seem to be an easy guide to follow =/ If I can get this stuff working my first goal will be to create one for retarded people like myself... [/QUOTE]

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