Fusion Plus and Lite Conflict? (1 Viewer)

[jawbroken]

Ater returning my Fusion Dual digital because of problems with the USB tuner, I decided instead to pick up a Fusion Plus and a Lite (as the Plus has a better remote and s-video/composite in for using outside of MediaPortal and the Lite is cheaper). I cannot, however, get these two cards to play nice together. If I disable one the other will work and vice versa, but if they are both enabled then the Lite card will not start. Could this have anything to do with the fact that the plus and the lite has identically named by incompatible filters?

Here is my support template:
Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC2 (2006-01-30)
MediaPortal Skin: mce
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: NVIDIA Audio Decoder
Video Codec: NVIDIA Video Decoder
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Memory: 1 GB
Motherboard: GA-K8NF-9 (Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.)
TV Card Model: Fusion Plus
TV Card Type: DVB
TV Card Driver: 3.2 Official
TV Card Model: Fusion Lite
TV Card Type: DVB
TV Card Driver: 3.2 Official
Video Card Model: Nvidia Geforce 6600 GT (128 MB)
Video Card Driver: 79.xx
Video Card Resolution: 720x576
Video Render Type: VMR9
Audio Card Model: Realtek AC'97 Audio
Audio Card Driver: -
Synopsis::

Recorder log shows entries such as:
10/02/2006 4:14:58 PM Recorder: time to record 'Manual' on channel:TEN from 4:05:00 PM-4:35:00 PM id:1 priority:2147483647 quality:NotSet Once
10/02/2006 4:14:58 PM Recorder: No card found, check if a card is recording a show which has a lower priority then priority:2147483647
10/02/2006 4:14:58 PM Recorder: no recordings have a lower priority then priority:2147483647
10/02/2006 4:14:58 PM Recorder: time to record 'Manual' on channel:TEN from 4:05:00 PM-4:35:00 PM id:1 priority:2147483647 quality:NotSet Once
10/02/2006 4:14:58 PM Recorder: No card found, check if a card is recording a show which has a lower priority then priority:2147483647
10/02/2006 4:14:58 PM Recorder: no recordings have a lower priority then priority:2147483647
10/02/2006 4:15:00 PM Recorder:enable dx9 exclusive mode
10/02/2006 4:15:00 PM Command: view tv channel:TEN
10/02/2006 4:15:00 PM Recorder: find free card
10/02/2006 4:15:00 PM Commandtop tv card:-1
10/02/2006 4:15:00 PM Recorder: No free card which can receive channel [TEN]
10/02/2006 4:15:00 PM Recorder: Card:1 viewing:False recording:False timeshifting:False epggrabbing:False channel:
10/02/2006 4:15:00 PM Recorder: Card:2 viewing:False recording:False timeshifting:False epggrabbing:False channel:
10/02/2006 4:15:02 PM Commandtop tv card:-1
10/02/2006 4:15:02 PM Recorder: Card:1 viewing:False recording:False timeshifting:False epggrabbing:False channel:
10/02/2006 4:15:02 PM Recorder: Card:2 viewing:False recording:False timeshifting:False epggrabbing:False channel:
10/02/2006 4:15:02 PM Recorder:disable dx9 exclusive mode

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I have applied the DVB-T dual card fix that is floating around on the forums.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Not only MP has had a problem see
http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/community/archive/index.php/t-3766.html
Hope you may find something here that helps

:?

 

[jazZman]

hi there jawbroken,
I had similar problems running a Fusion plus and an ultraview (both by Divco) after several of frustration I gave up. I stumbled across this thread, applied the patch and have been doin' the happy dance ever since.

http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.s....php?t=11814&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

I have had RC2 running for the last three weeks with both cards behaving themselves

Hopfully this helps

Cheers

Jamie

 

[jawbroken]

Thank you to both of you. I was aware that MCE had problems with things like this, but I thought that MediaPortal would be able to handle the conflict a lot better.

Jazzman: I have applied the dual DVB-T patch (I added this information at the bottom of my post above) but this does not seem to be the problem I am having.

I will try rolling back to 3.03 drivers.

 

[jawbroken]

I have managed to get these cards working together. I do believe that, as I guessed above, the problem is with identically named yet incompatible filters being used by these cards. By editing the .inf files before installing the driver I was able to modify the friendly name of one set of filters so there was no conflict. Now I am able to record two things at once.

Is there any interest in some sort of guide on how I did this? This may help people who have had similar problems (if any such person exists).

It is, of course, possible that one of the other changes I made at the time fixed the problem. I am going to try it with the latest drivers and see if the same method fixes the issues with that driver as well. If I get any interest in a guide then I will document it as I go.