Digital tuner in hybrid card not detected (1 Viewer)

comealongbort

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I'm installing MediaPortal with an ATI tv wonder 650 pci (NOT pcie) card and MediaPortal is not detecting the digital tuner. I know the digital tuner works, since I was able to use it to view QAM channels using a trial version of Beyond TV 4.9. Can anyone help me set up MediaPortal with this card to watch QAM channels?
 

Andrew H

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    I'm not sure, but it may be MP that can't support QAM even though your tuner does! Although.... I just set up the 650USB model and while I was scanning channels there was language/options for QAM on the window...
     

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    Has anyone had any luck getting the 650 to work with mediaportal? I had gbpvr working fine with it (it detected the digital and analog) but just like you guys mediaportal only sees the analog and radio.
     

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    Like what guys? I never said I could not tune ATSC channels, in fact, I was trying to address the OPs issue about QAM. Specifically I stated: "I was scanning channels there was language/options for QAM on the window..." I can scan ATSC channels just fine. As far as QAM goes, Wikipedia says:

    In North American digital video, a QAM tuner is a device present in some digital televisions and similar devices which enables direct reception of digital cable channels without the use of a set-top box.[2] An integrated QAM tuner allows the free reception of unscrambled digital programming sent "in the clear" by cable providers, usually local broadcast stations cable radio channels...

    In summary, I can tune Off-The-Air (OTA) ATSC channels on my ATi 650 USB tuner! OK, maybe the difference is in the driver between the internal (PCI or PCIe) versus USB interface. I did go to the AMD (ATi) site and download a newer version...

    In the MP 1.0.2 Server application I see my other PCIe tuners as well as two more - one is an ATI Digital something and the other an ATI Stream Analog tuner... Once there I have no issue scanning channels - be sure to associate them in the TV Channels section (lower down the tree) to a tuner card or you'll not see them inside MP. One way to verify the tuner is working is by the PreView button under TV Channels - if the Server Application can't tune them then you aren't finished configuring something.
     

    bkmaster1

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    I have the ATI TV Wonder 650 PCIE and MP doesn't recognize the digital tuner for me either. It recongizes the NTSC but not the ATSC. I know it works because it works (albeit not well) with the software that came with the card. I see that NTSC is supported in the CaptureCard.xml file.

    Any idea how to get MP to recognize the ATSC digitial card?
     

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