DVBs: (Skystar2) Very first beta for try on sourceforge (2 Viewers)

[Harley]

Hi,

i have installed mp today on a second pc with win 2000 and skystar2

it work´s fine.

only by tv it comes an error.

Das Com-Objekt mit der CLSID {2db47ae5-cf39-43c2-b4d6-0cd8d90946f4} ist ungültig oder wurde nicht registriert.

the errormessage comes when i go to tv section and when i switch on tv,
and i have no picture in tv.

Have someone a idea ?

Greetings 8) Harley

 

[sleepy]

I have the same problems!

Each time i setup the SkyStar2 i lose all the Analogue TV Channels! The Digital TV Channels are OK though. Strange?

Hope somebody can help

 

[Anonymous]

ok, so there's more going on here than I realized. I dl'd the latest cvs and forced the LNB Frequency to 11250 (its LOF2 getting set at the bottom of the switch statement on the Scan button handler). now scanning works alot better, but I'm not getting channels added to the database. Is there any sample .db files so I can see how the channels end up in the .db? I'd like to try to manually add them if I can, since my setup4pc is picking them up

i'll keep debugging to try to figure this out.

 

[Anonymous]

0.1.0.3 Error on configuring Skystar 2 "Object referenc

Dear friends,
I was looking forward to try out the new SS2 support. Unfortunately I get an error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object " when I try to scan a channel in the configuration. I followed the docu on the wiki and I also checked the various hints given in this threads. So setup4pc is running (green) - progdvb is working, the newest driver 4.3.0 are used and the dvblib.dll is only in c:\windows\system32.

The detailed error message reads as follows

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at MediaPortal.TV.Recording.DVBSections.GetSectionDataI(Int32 pid, Int32 tid, Int32& secCount, Int32 tableSection, Int32 timeout)
at MediaPortal.TV.Recording.DVBSections.GetStreamData(Int32 pid, Int32 tid, Int32 tableSection, Int32 timeout)
at MediaPortal.TV.Recording.DVBSections.StartScan(Int32 count, Transponder[]& transplist)
at MediaPortal.TV.Recording.DVBSections.OpenTPLFile(String fileName, Transponder[]& list, Int32 diseqc, Int32 lnbkhz, Int32 lnb0, Int32 lnb1, Int32 lnbsw, ProgressBar progBar, TextBox feedbackText)
at MediaPortal.Configuration.Sections.DVBSSS2.button5_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
Configuration
Assembly Version: 1.0.1819.37577
Win32 Version: 1.0.1819.37577
CodeBase: file:///C:/Programme/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/Configuration.exe


I use the official build 0.1.0.3 , the Nviddia codecs (trial), win xp sp 2

Can anybody help ?

Best wishes
Abaper

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Shuttle SN45G, Skystar2, WINXPSP2,

 

[Anonymous]

hi, i am new here, my first question is if the technotrend, skystar1 and hauppauge tv-cards with the chip "Philips 7146" (dvb-s cards) will be support in the future.

now the mp looks very good and has nice features so i hope that will be more dvb-s cards supported.

what are BDA drivers?

 

[dman_lfc]

hi, i am new here, my first question is if the technotrend, skystar1 and hauppauge tv-cards with the chip "Philips 7146" (dvb-s cards) will be support in the future.

now the mp looks very good and has nice features so i hope that will be more dvb-s cards supported.

what are BDA drivers?

Philips 7146 support requires the SDK to be made available which I don't think is easy to come by so we'll have to see what happens here.

BDA stands for Broadcast Driver Architecture which is a Microsoft standard specifically aimed around making TV card drivers easily manageable by a common set of compliant software calls without requiring intimate knowledge of the underlying hardware.
It is specifically aimed at DVB cards (but also other types of cards can leverage the driver architecture also).

Another benefit of using this architecture is that you can create a unified driver as the network provider portion is controlled by the BDA application using specific microsoft implemented tuners.

So for example Technotrend who provide the chipset for the Hauppauge Nova cards have a BDA driver. This allows them to write one unified driver for their DVB-T/S/C & ATSC cards based on this chipset.
Then as a software developer you can easily support the four variations of the card by implementing the tuning interfaces into the appropriate BDA aware application - in this case MediaPortal.

Basically if MediaPortal has full BDA tuning support then all the cards which have BDA drivers (and there are alot now) will instantly be supported and useable within MP.
Hence why BionicDonkey's work is important to a large number of MP users and for extended DVB support.

DMAN

 

[Anonymous]

thx 4 reply, i think i will buy first the skystar2 and when more dvb-s cards will be supported i buy a technotrend card (dvb-s rev.1.3)

 

[mama]

I didn´t yet get an answer to my very old question, if the plugin supports 2 cards. Would be nice to get one.

 

[CodeMonkey]

BDA stands for Broadcast Driver Architecture

I thought it stood for Bionic Donkey Architecture

So for example Technotrend who provide the chipset for the Hauppauge Nova cards have a BDA driver. This allows them to write one unified driver for their DVB-T/S/C & ATSC cards based on this chipset.
Then as a software developer you can easily support the four variations of the card by implementing the tuning interfaces into the appropriate BDA aware application - in this case MediaPortal.

Basically if MediaPortal has full BDA tuning support then all the cards which have BDA drivers (and there are alot now) will instantly be supported and useable within MP.
Hence why BionicDonkey's work is important to a large number of MP users and for extended DVB support.

DMAN

Does anyone know if the Hauppauge Nexus-S card has a BDA driver (i.e. is it based on the Technotrend chipset)? I tried looking on the Hauppauge site and didn't have any luck. I have one of these cards on the way, so hopefully it does

Thanks.

 

[dman_lfc]

The Nexus-s does not have BDA drivers.
It uses the Philips SAA7146 chipset.

DMAN