Channel search trouble PVR 150 w/ 1.0 final (1 Viewer)

[Lee_O]

TV-Server Version: 1.0 final
MediaPortal Version: 1.0 final
MediaPortal Skin: blue 3
Windows Version: XP-Pro(NL), SP2
CPU Type: AMD Sempron 2500
HDD: MAXTOR 160 GB
Memory: 512MB-DDR 333MHz
Motherboard: MSI MEGA-180
Video Card: ASUS N6200\TD 128MB-DDR
Sound Card: nForce2 Soundstorm
TV Card: Hauppauge PVR-150 w/ remote, analog PAL B/G
Cable provider: UPC (gemeente Beuningen)
Power Supply: 200W
Remote: Hauppauge Silver
TV: Philips 28PW8818(CRT) widescreen
TV - HTPC Connection: Composite @ 1280x720

Hi all,

I have just un-installed the old 0.2.3.0-RC? and installed 1.0 final and I wish I had NOT!

I am encountering a lot of trouble to get the TV-channels in working order for the PVR-150. Most of the channels are not tuned correctly (no color) and some are so far away they don't even show a picture at all. In the old days during setup I could select my hometown and cable provider (Beuningen, UPC) and all channels were there. Now I have to scan channels/frequencies in order to find them and the result is utter crap. I have set the PVR-150 for country 'the Netherlands' ('cause that's where I live), signal is coming from 'cable' (Yes, I've already tried antenna and results were even worse, makes sense) and I have added S-channels (I need those).

What am I missing? Previous updates took me about an hour or so to get it up and running including EPG, but now EPG is yet far ahead of me. Now I am already stuck to get the channels o.k.

Anybody out there who can help me or send me an exported channel_list.xml file?

Thanks in advance,
Leo

 

[Lee_O]

Well, I solved the problem!
I uninstalled MP en reinstalled it without the TV server, I used the TV plugin instead and now I could preset the TV channels by downloading them the old fashioned way like I mentioned before. Next challenge will be the EPG and Power scheduler, but for now I am happy that I can play movies and music and record TV programs. Nice work, team MP!
Best wishes for 2009.
Leo.

 

[Lee_O]

Webepg still doesn't grab (in the Netherlands) from neither tvgids.nl nor sbs6.nl. Bummer :-(

 

[icemochalatt]

It looks as though you are having a conversation with yourself. I have the same issue now with my NVTV dual tuner cards when performing a channel search for U.S. chanels on cable. I had only attempted to run a channel search because the signal seemed so awful compared to before 1.0 Final. Versions prior to the final release did not have this issue.

Now when I perform a channel search, most channel numbers do not correspond to the actual channel, in fact, the chanel labels are usually a set of random characters. The random characters seem to differ every time I run a channel search on any of my four tuners.

 

[eboman]

Hi Lee,

I have the same problems with my club3d tv-card, even settings the channels fixed in the TV server setup does not make some channels work.

btw for the EPG i use mc2xml works perfect as it uses the same XML as MCE.

I use the TV server already so i cannot go back to a single-seat setup.

What if you export your channels you have now and install the tvserver again and import the channels there ?

 

[Lee_O]

Well, I have it running nicely now, without EPG though. The Mrs. is getting fed up with me tweaking to get EPG to work, so I will it the way it is and schedule recordings manually. I can live with that. Thanks for your replies though.