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<blockquote data-quote="Shaft" data-source="post: 104333" data-attributes="member: 29129">Just the semi-relevant stuff...MediaPortal Version: 0.2.2.0Windows Version: XP Home SP2CPU Type: AMD 64HDD: 80 GBMemory: 1 GBVideo Card: nVidia 6800Sound Card: AC971. TV Card: Sabrent Conexant Fusion 878A1. TV Card Type: Analog1. TV Card Driver: Conxant 5.0.0.6 WDM driversMPEG2 Video Codec: Good questionMPEG2 Audio Codec: Another good questionOkay, so I've had a real heck of a time so far.&nbsp; I pulled this card from an older machine that I no longer use, and put the card in my still-under-construction HTPC.&nbsp; First, I couldn't find the proper drivers for this card.&nbsp; (I have no idea where the CD is.)&nbsp; The &quot;Sabrent&quot; branded drivers that I downloaded (for the Philips chipset supposedly on this card) did not work, and I'm at a loss as to why.&nbsp; So I found some Conexant Fusion 878 WDM drivers elsewhere which seem to work fine.Next, I loaded up DScaler to be sure that the card functioned properly.&nbsp; It does.&nbsp; Everything is fine there.So next I go into MediaPortal Setup to add the card, and of course receive the error that no card is present/detected/whatever.&nbsp; So I start looking through the forums for answers (or anything relevant), and found the suggestions for adding my card to the CaptureCardDefinitions.xml file, which I've attempted to do as follows:[CODE]&nbsp; &lt;capturecard commercialname=&quot;Sabrent Conexant Fusion 878A&quot; capturename=&quot;CxVCap, WDM Video Capture&quot; devid=&quot;ven_109e&amp;amp;dev_0878&amp;amp;subsys_00000000&amp;amp;rev_11&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;capabilities tv=&quot;true&quot; radio=&quot;true&quot; mpeg2=&quot;true&quot; mce=&quot;false&quot; sw=&quot;false&quot; bda=&quot;false&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;tv&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;interface cat=&quot;mux&quot; video=&quot;&quot; audio=&quot;&quot; mpeg2=&quot;0&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;filters&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;filter cat=&quot;tvtuner&quot; name=&quot;CxTuner,Temic WDM TvTuner&quot; checkdevice=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;filter cat=&quot;tvaudio&quot; name=&quot;CxACap, WDM Audio Capture&quot; checkdevice=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;filter cat=&quot;crossbar&quot; name=&quot;CxBar, WDM Crossbar&quot; checkdevice=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;filter cat=&quot;capture&quot; name=&quot;CxVCap, WDM Video Capture&quot; checkdevice=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;filter cat=&quot;audcapture&quot; name=&quot;%soundcard%&quot; checkdevice=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;filter cat=&quot;videncoder&quot; name=&quot;%videoencoder%&quot; checkdevice=&quot;false&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;filter cat=&quot;audencoder&quot; name=&quot;%audioencoder%&quot; checkdevice=&quot;false&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;filter cat=&quot;mux&quot; name=&quot;%mpegmux%&quot; checkdevice=&quot;false&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/filters&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;connections&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;connection sourcefilter=&quot;tvtuner&quot; sourcepin=&quot;0&quot; sinkfilter=&quot;crossbar&quot; sinkpin=&quot;%tvtuner%&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;connection sourcefilter=&quot;tvtuner&quot; sourcepin=&quot;1&quot; sinkfilter=&quot;tvaudio&quot; sinkpin=&quot;0&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;connection sourcefilter=&quot;tvaudio&quot; sourcepin=&quot;0&quot; sinkfilter=&quot;crossbar&quot; sinkpin=&quot;%audiotuner%&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;connection sourcefilter=&quot;crossbar&quot; sourcepin=&quot;0&quot; sinkfilter=&quot;capture&quot; sinkpin=&quot;0&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;connection sourcefilter=&quot;capture&quot; sourcepin=&quot;0&quot; sinkfilter=&quot;videncoder&quot; sinkpin=&quot;0&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;connection sourcefilter=&quot;audcapture&quot; sourcepin=&quot;0&quot; sinkfilter=&quot;audencoder&quot; sinkpin=&quot;0&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;connection sourcefilter=&quot;videncoder&quot; sourcepin=&quot;0&quot; sinkfilter=&quot;mux&quot; sinkpin=&quot;0&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;connection sourcefilter=&quot;audencoder&quot; sourcepin=&quot;0&quot; sinkfilter=&quot;mux&quot; sinkpin=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/connections&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/tv&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/capturecard&gt;[/CODE]Unfortunately, this doesn't work, as the card is still not recognized in setup.&nbsp; I've triple checked the Device ID and component names, and am stumped.I downloaded GraphEdit and tried to follow along with the tutorial there as well, but do not seem to have the Microsoft provider filter to even begin the process of setting up a graph.&nbsp; (Perhaps it's just me, but the wiki on GraphEdit seems to be pretty vague on what it is I'm supposed to be doing.)Anyway, I'm getting bummed.&nbsp; I absolutely LOVE MediaPortal (even more than BeyondTV and the Vista version of MCE), but without any TV support, it seems sort of silly. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated.Edit - I should add that the actual chip on the card IS a Conexant Fusion 878A (25878-13), and the Sabrent sticker is on the tuner casing on the card, model SBT-TVFM.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shaft, post: 104333, member: 29129"] Just the semi-relevant stuff... [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 0.2.2.0 [b]Windows Version[/b]: XP Home SP2 [b]CPU Type[/b]: AMD 64 [b]HDD[/b]: 80 GB [b]Memory[/b]: 1 GB [b]Video Card[/b]: nVidia 6800 [b]Sound Card[/b]: AC97 [b]1. TV Card[/b]: Sabrent Conexant Fusion 878A [b]1. TV Card Type[/b]: Analog [b]1. TV Card Driver[/b]: Conxant 5.0.0.6 WDM drivers [b]MPEG2 Video Codec[/b]: Good question [b]MPEG2 Audio Codec[/b]: Another good question Okay, so I've had a real heck of a time so far. I pulled this card from an older machine that I no longer use, and put the card in my still-under-construction HTPC. First, I couldn't find the proper drivers for this card. (I have no idea where the CD is.) The "Sabrent" branded drivers that I downloaded (for the Philips chipset supposedly on this card) did not work, and I'm at a loss as to why. So I found some Conexant Fusion 878 WDM drivers elsewhere which seem to work fine. Next, I loaded up DScaler to be sure that the card functioned properly. It does. Everything is fine there. So next I go into MediaPortal Setup to add the card, and of course receive the error that no card is present/detected/whatever. So I start looking through the forums for answers (or anything relevant), and found the suggestions for adding my card to the CaptureCardDefinitions.xml file, which I've attempted to do as follows: [CODE] <capturecard commercialname="Sabrent Conexant Fusion 878A" capturename="CxVCap, WDM Video Capture" devid="ven_109e&dev_0878&subsys_00000000&rev_11"> <capabilities tv="true" radio="true" mpeg2="true" mce="false" sw="false" bda="false"/> <tv> <interface cat="mux" video="" audio="" mpeg2="0"/> <filters> <filter cat="tvtuner" name="CxTuner,Temic WDM TvTuner" checkdevice="true"/> <filter cat="tvaudio" name="CxACap, WDM Audio Capture" checkdevice="true"/> <filter cat="crossbar" name="CxBar, WDM Crossbar" checkdevice="true"/> <filter cat="capture" name="CxVCap, WDM Video Capture" checkdevice="true"/> <filter cat="audcapture" name="%soundcard%" checkdevice="true"/> <filter cat="videncoder" name="%videoencoder%" checkdevice="false"/> <filter cat="audencoder" name="%audioencoder%" checkdevice="false"/> <filter cat="mux" name="%mpegmux%" checkdevice="false"/> </filters> <connections> <connection sourcefilter="tvtuner" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="crossbar" sinkpin="%tvtuner%"/> <connection sourcefilter="tvtuner" sourcepin="1" sinkfilter="tvaudio" sinkpin="0"/> <connection sourcefilter="tvaudio" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="crossbar" sinkpin="%audiotuner%"/> <connection sourcefilter="crossbar" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="capture" sinkpin="0"/> <connection sourcefilter="capture" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="videncoder" sinkpin="0"/> <connection sourcefilter="audcapture" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="audencoder" sinkpin="0"/> <connection sourcefilter="videncoder" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="mux" sinkpin="0"/> <connection sourcefilter="audencoder" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="mux" sinkpin="1"/> </connections> </tv> </capturecard> [/CODE] Unfortunately, this doesn't work, as the card is still not recognized in setup. I've triple checked the Device ID and component names, and am stumped. I downloaded GraphEdit and tried to follow along with the tutorial there as well, but do not seem to have the Microsoft provider filter to even begin the process of setting up a graph. (Perhaps it's just me, but the wiki on GraphEdit seems to be pretty vague on what it is I'm supposed to be doing.) Anyway, I'm getting bummed. I absolutely LOVE MediaPortal (even more than BeyondTV and the Vista version of MCE), but without any TV support, it seems sort of silly. :) Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated. Edit - I should add that the actual chip on the card IS a Conexant Fusion 878A (25878-13), and the Sabrent sticker is on the tuner casing on the card, model SBT-TVFM. [/QUOTE]

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