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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 829940" data-attributes="member: 82144">Hi and welcome spodiz <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />You can only receive one channel at a time that way so scanning for channels is not going to work for you. Open TV Server configuration and go to the scanning section for each of the analog tuners and click &quot;add s-video channels&quot;. The place I'm talking about is shown in the wiki --&gt;<a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/141_Configuration/TV-Server_Configuration/02_TV_Servers/7_Scan_Analog" target="_blank">here</a>&lt;--. Once you've done that you should be able to go to the &quot;TV Channels&quot; section and see various channels like &quot;CVBS#x on y&quot;. Each of those are inputs on your card like s-video or composite. You need to find the channel(s) that work for the inputs that you've connected. You can try doing that with the &quot;preview&quot; button (still in the TV Channels section) although that is not always reliable (too complex to explain here). Better is to add the channels to a channel group:1. Select all the channels at once (hold down shift to select multiple).2. Right click.3. Select &quot;add to group&quot; -&gt; &quot;new...&quot;.4. Enter the name for the group and click OK.Now a little detour: I advise you to install some codecs. Codecs are a critical part of setup because they are responsible for decoding the video and audio streams whenever you view TV or play files.1. Open the MediaPortal Extension Installer shortcut on your desktop.2. Click &quot;yes&quot; to update the list.3. On the &quot;known extensions&quot; tab find &quot;LAVFilters&quot; and install it.4. Close the extensions installer and open MediaPortal configuration (select &quot;advanced mode&quot; if it comes up with a popup).5. Go to the Codecs and Renderer section and choose the &quot;LAV ****&quot; option wherever one is available in each of the fields on the first 3 tabs.6. Expand the &quot;TV&quot; section and go to the &quot;General settings&quot; tab within the &quot;TV Client&quot; sub section.7. Enter the name of the PC that you're running the TV Server on.8. Click OK to close MP configuration.After that you should be able to open MP, go to the TV section and test your channels.Actually that is correct. The name that you see is how the Hauppauge drivers register the tuners in the system. The 885 refers to the Conexant 23885 chip on the card not a Hauppauge model number. We don't control/set the name. Most other software (except WinTV) would show you the same thing.Hope that helps/clears some things up. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />mm</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 829940, member: 82144"] Hi and welcome spodiz :) You can only receive one channel at a time that way so scanning for channels is not going to work for you. Open TV Server configuration and go to the scanning section for each of the analog tuners and click [B]"add s-video channels"[/B]. The place I'm talking about is shown in the wiki -->[URL="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/141_Configuration/TV-Server_Configuration/02_TV_Servers/7_Scan_Analog"]here[/URL]<--. Once you've done that you should be able to go to the "TV Channels" section and see various channels like "CVBS#x on y". Each of those are inputs on your card like s-video or composite. You need to find the channel(s) that work for the inputs that you've connected. You can try doing that with the "preview" button (still in the TV Channels section) although that is not always reliable (too complex to explain here). Better is to add the channels to a channel group: 1. Select all the channels at once (hold down shift to select multiple). 2. Right click. 3. Select "add to group" -> "new...". 4. Enter the name for the group and click OK. Now a little detour: I advise you to install some codecs. Codecs are a critical part of setup because they are responsible for decoding the video and audio streams whenever you view TV or play files. 1. Open the MediaPortal Extension Installer shortcut on your desktop. 2. Click "yes" to update the list. 3. On the "known extensions" tab find "LAVFilters" and install it. 4. Close the extensions installer and open MediaPortal configuration (select "advanced mode" if it comes up with a popup). 5. Go to the Codecs and Renderer section and choose the "LAV ****" option wherever one is available in each of the fields on the first 3 tabs. 6. Expand the "TV" section and go to the "General settings" tab within the "TV Client" sub section. 7. Enter the name of the PC that you're running the TV Server on. 8. Click OK to close MP configuration. After that you should be able to open MP, go to the TV section and test your channels. Actually that is correct. The name that you see is how the Hauppauge drivers register the tuners in the system. The 885 refers to the Conexant 23885 chip on the card not a Hauppauge model number. We don't control/set the name. Most other software (except WinTV) would show you the same thing. Hope that helps/clears some things up. :) mm [/QUOTE]

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