Hauppauge HD-PVR & Colossus Support (3 Viewers)

[mmannai]

Heyy, I was considering to purchase this card (Colossus),
However, I wanted to ask does it work having the tv server and the client seperate, over an ethernet network.
If it does, is it stable to do so?

Thanks,

 

[WileECoyote]

Hi all! I've been watching the progress of MediaPortal for a bit since I got a HD-PVR Colossus card a little while back, and finally a distro of 1.2 is out that I can easily install! (Didn't really want to install all my dev tools and build from the SVN).

Now I'm pretty new to MediaPortal, I wiped my system clean (Windows 7 Ultimate x64), installed the drivers for the card off the site and installed a fresh copy of MediaPortal (wanted to wipe just to be sure nothing messed w/ the beta).

Everything installed fine but I cant seem to get TV, now as I said I'm a n00b to MediaPortal so perhaps I'm doing something wrong but what I find suspicious reading over everyones threads is that my card lists under TV Servers as the following:

- My PC Name
- DVB-IP MediaPortal IPTV Source Filter
- Analog Hauppauge Colossus Crossbar 0
- Radio WebStream Card

Now is all that correct? and if so what am I missing? This is just the 1.2 BETA installable on the main page, fresh OS, WINTV works fine so the card is installed, no drivers missing, etc...

Thoughts? I'm guessing its something fairly obvious, I did not overwrite any files with the patches for the SVN build since I assume it comes with it now that its built.

Thanks everyone for the help!
SKnight


EDIT:

Okay figured out the problem the card was on the lower end of the priority... so next question the channels show as the inputs, how do you go about always forcing the correct input and then adding my channels though the IR Blaster? I'm going to keep fiddling (gotta love trial and error )

THX!

Hey Sknight,
Welcome to MediaPortal! Like mm said, SchedulesDirect is the easiest way to import channels and guide data into MediaPortal (for US and Canadian users anyway.) Go to Schedules Direct and sign up for a 7 day trial. The download the plugin (I have a link on the first post of this thread) and configure it. Be sure to check and make sure the Video option on the second tab is correct and matches your input (i.e. component, composit, etc..).

After you have your channels and guide data setup, look into IRSS (also a link on the first post of this thread) to do your blasting. It works with most blasters and is easy to set up.

Post back with any issues and good luck!
Wile E.

 

[WileECoyote]

Heyy, I was considering to purchase this card (Colossus),
However, I wanted to ask does it work having the tv server and the client seperate, over an ethernet network.
If it does, is it stable to do so?

Thanks,

Hey mmannai,
Yes, MediaPortal is a true client server application, so you can set a server up in a closet with no head and run clients throughout the house.

As far as stability goes, it depends on the hardware you are running as well as other software on the machines. My server and clients are mostly dedicated to MediaPortal, so I dont run any other software on them. The latest release, 1.2 is a Beta release, but I do run it in my production environment at home with no issues.

Wile E.

 

[mm1352000]

Hi again everyone

Speaking of EPG: I happened to be trawling through the forums today when I found -->this<--. I was wondering if Mc2xml is what you all use to get SchedulesDirect into XML format for the XMLTV plugin, or whether you could actually get free EPG using Mc2xml to export EPG from WMC data.

Disclaimer: I haven't looked particularly deeply into this, and as you all know I live half way around the world from the US. So far that Microsoft doesn't think it is worthwhile to provide us with EPG data for WMC (but that is another story! ). A free option seems too good to be true to me, but since it is free I reckon it is worth mentioning and/or trying...

 

[sjeffrey]

Hi again everyone

Speaking of EPG: I happened to be trawling through the forums today when I found -->this<--. I was wondering if Mc2xml is what you all use to get SchedulesDirect into XML format for the XMLTV plugin, or whether you could actually get free EPG using Mc2xml to export EPG from WMC data.

Disclaimer: I haven't looked particularly deeply into this, and as you all know I live half way around the world from the US. So far that Microsoft doesn't think it is worthwhile to provide us with EPG data for WMC (but that is another story! ). A free option seems too good to be true to me, but since it is free I reckon it is worth mentioning and/or trying...

Interesting! My SD expires in January so there's plenty of time for you guys to try it out
I saw some people were complaining about missing season and episode info at the end of that thread. If you are using FTR, you can try ftr-guide-enhancer, it will put the season and episode numbers pulling the data from thetvdb.com

 

[WileECoyote]

It would be nice to have a plugin similar to Schedules Direct that could use the MC2XML to pull guide data AND add the channels to the system. I went that route before and I had to add all my channels manually Now I just use the Schedules Direct plugin because its the easiest to use.

I would be happy to do it, but I'm trying to finish another plugin and a new skin before the MP 1.2 release.

 

[tenuhseegeek]

Hey, I am also new to MediaPortal. I used to run Myth but with "flakey at best" support for HDPVR and no support for Colosuss, I have found my way back to a Windows machine (yuck). So at least MP is opensource and that is great. I love the interface and very smooth. I have had a Colossus for a month sitting in my machine and not used, so I ventured into MP 1.2beta, no biggie if I don't get it going right away, have been without for so long now. I have this all up and going with the exception of the IR doesn't work, but blaster does work perfectly and NO sound from Colossus? I have the Component side video but not the RCA sound. I have played around with the channels to pick Aux#1 through Line#3 to see if that was it, and no avail. The IR not working is a pain, I have the IR and Blaster software installed from Hauppauge and the blaster changes channels with no issues, just cant use the remote to navigate and continual crashing of IR.exe.
Any ideas of where i should start? I did not install IRServer as the blaster works fine, and humbly the IRServer wasnt very straightforward for the Hauppauge stuff.

 

[WileECoyote]

Hey, I am also new to MediaPortal. I used to run Myth but with "flakey at best" support for HDPVR and no support for Colosuss, I have found my way back to a Windows machine (yuck). So at least MP is opensource and that is great. I love the interface and very smooth. I have had a Colossus for a month sitting in my machine and not used, so I ventured into MP 1.2beta, no biggie if I don't get it going right away, have been without for so long now. I have this all up and going with the exception of the IR doesn't work, but blaster does work perfectly and NO sound from Colossus? I have the Component side video but not the RCA sound. I have played around with the channels to pick Aux#1 through Line#3 to see if that was it, and no avail. The IR not working is a pain, I have the IR and Blaster software installed from Hauppauge and the blaster changes channels with no issues, just cant use the remote to navigate and continual crashing of IR.exe.
Any ideas of where i should start? I did not install IRServer as the blaster works fine, and humbly the IRServer wasnt very straightforward for the Hauppauge stuff.

Welcome to MediaPortal!

Your issues...

1. No audio through RCA: Have you loaded the latest driver from Hauppauge? You have probably have done this, but have you set everything up through the Arcsoft Showbiz software? I try to leave the audio settings to Automatic whenever possilble.

2. Blasters: I do not use the Hauppauge blasters, I use the blasters through my MCE transceiver. They integrate well with IRSS. I think most users found it to be a real pain to set up the Hauppauge blasters. Can someone else chime in if they have the Hauppauge blasters working correctly?

Good luck!
Wile E.

 

[sjeffrey]

Welcome to MediaPortal!

Your issues...

1. No audio through RCA: Have you loaded the latest driver from Hauppauge? You have probably have done this, but have you set everything up through the Arcsoft Showbiz software? I try to leave the audio settings to Automatic whenever possilble.

2. Blasters: I do not use the Hauppauge blasters, I use the blasters through my MCE transceiver. They integrate well with IRSS. I think most users found it to be a real pain to set up the Hauppauge blasters. Can someone else chime in if they have the Hauppauge blasters working correctly?

Good luck!
Wile E.

1. You can also set it using GraphEdit or GraphStudio. You'll need to insert the Colossus filter, I think it's the Crossbar one, and edit the properties to set the correct audio input. This is isn't the friendliest way to do it though...

2. I have USB-UIRT. Hauppauge blasters were never stable enough for me to use in the past.

 

[mm1352000]

True, but the HD-PVR would 'remember' settings set in the Arcsoft software. For example, if I physically changed the audio from RCA to SPDIF, went into the Arcsoft software and changed it from RCA to SPDIF, restart the TV Server it would 'pick up' the change even though the setting was Auto for all the Channels. For some reason the Colossus, although the audio setting in the Channel config is set to Auto, does not automatically pick up the change. Again, this is what I & SJeffrey are going to research this weekend...

sjeffrey, WileECoyote
Did you folks find anything out about the auto setting?