General Configration Problems (1 Viewer)

[thunder312]

MediaPortal Version: 1.0.2
MediaPortal Skin:
Windows Version: Windows XP Prof. SP3
CPU Type: AMD Athlon II X2 250
HDD: Samsung HD502HI
Memory: 2x Kingston 1GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-6400U DDR2-800
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-USH2
Video Card: ATI Radeon 4200 HD (onboard shared Memory)
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: Gigabyte IXP SB600 High Definition Audion Controlller (onboard)
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Hauppauge WinTV 88x DVB-S/S2 Tuner/Demod
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote:
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

Hi Guys,

I'm quite a newbie, so don't be too hard to me.
I know my thread description is really generic, but I have so much problems, that I don't know what to write.

I begin with the installing peocess I did so far.
I installed Windows XP prfessional SP3
All Motherboard drivers
Soud output set to Realtec HD HDMI Output
All TV card drivers (excluding WinTV Software)
Avira as Antivir
Zonealarm as Firewall
After that I started Mediaportal setup
With: TV option
I choose the TV Server option and MSSQL Server
After the successful installation I stated TV Server seup
My TV card was displayed without problems.
I disabled DV-S2 support to be save.
And ticked Astra 23,5E.
But when I was scanning only some strange TV Stations are found. Most transporders have no signal.
As I'm in Germany I exspected some of our public TV Staions (e.g. ARD)

But this was not my first try...
In a try before I found all TV Stations but when I started Mediaportal I had either no sound or no video output.
In DVD I had audio output at first but after a few seconds the Media portal freezed.

I guess I did something completely wrong.
Maybe I messed up some drivers?
Is there any software I must not install?

It seems that every install of media portal the computer has some new ideas to torture me.

SO do anyone have an idea what to try next?

Yes a complete reinstall is a option, but before I should know what software I mus not install.


Thanks for your help...

Regards,

Daniel

 

[thunder312]

Not that bad any more

Hi guys,

although nobody can help me, thanks to all who thought about it.

The source of the problem was the TV card.
The drivers which were delivered with the card are buggy or or not suitable.
I downloaded the current drivers from the hauppauge homepage and you won't believe they worked.

Now my problem is only the divx playback, but this I guess can fix with the right codecs.
Another problem is that I lost the access to my ms sql database, after I recorded a TV show out of hibernate mode.
This means I can't access TV server configuration at the moment.
But I try to fix it myself first, before I'm bugging you.

Greetings,

daniel