Hauppuage HVR-1600 Support (1 Viewer)

[MaFu]

Peter and everybody:

I installed the latest SVN and the card was recognized. Just follow the instructions on how to install the latest SVN (just download it and run the installer!).

Anyway, in this configuration I'm running MP as a standalone product and not in a "client-server" configuration as with TV Server - I don't need to watch/listen to medias from other computers, all I want is to record and watch TV, some music and pictures in my living room.

I had some problems with my configuration and here are some workarounds:

1. The MP sometimes crashes when searching for TV channels. Try again, it will scan eventually
2. The message "cannot create graph" appears when addind the board "HVR 1600 Analog": install any Intervideo DVD package (www.intervideo.com), as it seems to be a mpeg problem (some posts in the forum point to this solution as well). I installed the Intervideo Home Theater 2.0 and it worked for me.

I hope it works for you, please contact me if you need further information.

Mauricio Fiss

 

[howudodat]

I'm glad this black magic is working for you. I installed the svn from yesterday for MP and it still didn't recognize the card. installed the svn for tvserver and it still cant show video and audio at the same time for *either* card I have.

bummed!

which svn version did you install?

Peter

 

[howudodat]

Sigh...today completely blew away the MP install, incl. tv server, mp, skins, and registry. Re-installed just MP and it found both the NTSC and ATSC tuners for the 1600. Now I can watch my 2 HDTV channels, but anytime I tune to analog it says no signal found, even though I can see the stations in wmcap and the auto-scan feature finds them.

Any ideas???

Peter

 

[MaFu]

I'm in the same situation, the 1600 does not find the stations, or sometimes find not all stations, sometimes just the "open" ones.

Just a tip: I used Norton Ghost to create an image of my partition with basic MP working, and I'm creating images of each successful step in configuring MP. The creatin takes 10min and the recovery less than 5min, so I can play with MP and recover it quite fast. If you want I can post the SW here, it's quite small.

Good luck for us both!!

 

[sray]

Just wanted to mention that I couldn't get this card to work with the latest SVN build for the non-TVServer MediaPoartal. But it does work with the TVServer installation. Just follow the tutorial instructions for installation and it's better to uninstall your previous non-TVServer installtion before starting.

EDIT: 3-20-07
I tried out a clean re-install of MP with TV-Server. I seem to be having problems getting this card to work again. Will update if I can restore working status.

 

[Technec]

I was able to successfully use this card via the antenna input. When adding the code above, both tuners were recognized (ATSC and NTSC). However, I did experience a problem trying to get the s-video in to work.

After scanning for available channels by going into MP setup -> Capture Cards -> selecting appropriate tuner card (NTSC) -> Edit and clicking scan, MP setup found a signal on channel 3. Next I went to TV Channels -> TV Cards and moved channel 3 from available TV channels to Assigned TV Channels. I opened MP and went to MyTV and I had picture and sound.

Let me know if you have questions. I will do my best to help. I am hoping that MP gains better support for the HVR-1600 in the near future being that Hauppauge ran out of 150MCE cards and is placing the 1600 to compensate. I bought a PVR-150 but in the box was a notice saying they had a shortage of PVR-150 cards and they were putting the HVR-1600's in the box as a temporary replacement. The HVR-1600, from what it looks like, is gaining momentum as more people are inquiring about the installation procedure.

I wouldn't be surprised if Hauppauge discontinued the PVR-150 anyway. I read that the HVR-1600 has a better picture.

If you are using a settop box, their is another thread on the continuance of setting up the remaining channels.

 

[sray]

Hi Technec! Good to know about your success. I am trying to get the HVR-1600 to work too. Both NTSC,ATSC tuners are recognized and I can scan TV channels using MP setup, but when I go to My TV and select a channel, MP says "No signal detected".

1. Which MP version are you using? [I am using MP-SVN-3-21-2007 WITHOUT TV-Server. ]
2. Which audio/video decoders did you select? [I trying all installed decoders on my system, though I prefer the default MPV and MPA decoders.]
3. Could you attach your CaptureCardDefinitions.xml file?
4. Do you see the audio/video preview while MP is scanning for channels? [I don't see anything in the preview window, even though MP scans all the channels are properly.]

Thanks very much in advance.

NB: The Hauppauge WinTV2000 application displays audio-video properly.

 

[Technec]

Hi sray,

I am also using the same svn as yourself. It seems to be a pretty stable release considering it is a development package. I have Cyberlink DVD 7 installed for the DVD codec and am not sure if that makes a difference. However, I am using the MPV and MPA decoder for MyTV.

Currently I am at the office but as soon as I get home I will post my CaptureCardDefinitions.xml file. I did nothing different except adding the code that is in a previous post to the end of the file. That is how MP saw both cards. The signal problem could be related to the assignment of the channel to the correct tuner. Have you done this already?

When first installing the card I ran the WinTV2000 software to see if video/audio worked and it did. Then I installed MP 0.2.2.0. Next I installed the svn on top of the MP install. To answer your question, I will have to check to see if I receive audio/video in the scanning for channels. I will repost in a few hours to confirm the last 2 items.

 

[sray]

Hi Technec!
Thanks for your prompt reply.

There seem to be subtle differences in our installation procedure. I did not have to add any code to the CaptureCardDefinitions.xml file - this card is already defined in the XML file that was installed with MP (at least for the SVN build).
Secondly, the channels were automatically assigned to the HVR-1600 tuner (maybe becuz this is the only card in my system). I did not have to manually change channel assignment like you did. Not sure why our MP installations are behaving differently since our SVNs are the same. However, there were 3 revisions of the SVN on 3-21-2007.
Could you give me the exact Revision# of SVN your are using?

The only other step I can think of is to try your CaptureCardDefinitions.xml file once you post it. If you can think of any other steps to try, appreciate if you let me know.
Thanks.

 

[Technec]

Hi sray,

At this point I decided to uninstall MP and reinstall using the latest SVN to see if there was a change between then and now. What I also realized was that I was not using an SVN from 3/21 but one from 3/20. Therefore, our installations were different. They must've added the HVR-1600 to the SVN on 3/21.

Anyway, after installing the most recent SVN I also experienced the same problem. I received the error "No Signal Detected". I reviewed the CardCaptureDefinitions.xml file and compared it with the code mentioned in an above thread. What I found was interesting. Their was an additional line, which after removing, cleared up the problem. The line I removed was this under the NTSC entries:

<connection sourcefilter="capture" sourcepin="1" sinkfilter="encoder" sinkpin="1"/>

I also changed radio=true to radio=false. The HVR-1600 does not come with a radio feature.

I attached a copy of the CardCaptureDefinitions.xml file so you can compare it to yours. Please let me know if you have additional questions.

--Tech