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[dspanogle]

How to configure for Analog TV only (No HDTV)
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TV-Server Version: 1.0.0.0 Download 01/19/2009
MediaPortal Version: 1.0.0.0 Download 01/19/2009
MediaPortal Skin: Not changed default
Windows Version: XP Professional Service Pack 3 Current updates
CPU Type: Pentium D CPU 3.00Ghz
HDD: 500GB Maxtor
Memory: 2.00 GB
Motherboard: Dell XPS Dimension
Video Card: ATI Radeon X600 256MB HyperMemory
Video Card Driver: 8/3/2005 rev 8.162.0.0
Sound Card: Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver: 8/17/2004 rev 5.12.4.445
1. TV Card: Emused Angel dual tuner - not II version - the version and card shown in supported analog cards
1. TV Card Type: Angel MPEG Device
1. TV Card Driver: 2/24/2005 rev 1.0.2.34 from mfg website
MPEG2 Video Codec: I don't know where to find this
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
h.264 Video Codec: ?
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Non at this time analog antenna only
HTPC Case: ?
Cooling: ?
Power Supply: ?
Remote: RC6 IR OVU4003/00
TV: sony, Toshiba, Samsung others
TV - HTPC Connection: none

Hello friendly helpers
I only have an analog tv card at this time and am just trying to get MediaPortal to work as a TV-PVR in anticipation of acquiring a over the air digital tuner for my pc in a few weeks.
In the installation process:
I answer 'Yes' to the question 'do I want to watch TV?'
Do I need to answer 'No' to the question 'Will I watch HD content' ? (since I have no HD tuners or content)

Next question:
The quick set up guide says to skip step 2 (scan for tv channels etc) If I am not going to use HDTV.
So, If I skip the channel scan - How do I select or set-up analog TV channels?
I tried manual setup of one channel and mapped it to my card - but get no signal. Tried channel scan (even though I says not needed) and I find no channels.
Is that because channel scan is for HDTV OTA channels only?

I have not been able to see a tv picture after 3 days of trying to install MediaPortal.
The card worked fine with installed drivers using MS MovieMaker in video capture mode before I installed MediaPortal and after I uninstall MediaPortal

Is it possible my card is really not supported (see above)

I downloaded revision 1.0.0 to install but do I need an update? (one of the RC? thingies).

Any suggestions of what to do or where to look would be appreciated.

And YES... I installed the dvbfix.

I will reinstall MediaPortal and attach all the logs etc if my situation is not resolved by a simple suggestion for me to accomplish some silly thing I missed in the setup, manuals, searches in forums etc.
Just request the logs and I will attach.

Dennis

 

[wojciech_ste]

Hi,
Please check that the card has h/w encoding onboard, if yes should work with MediaPortal.
If not, it can be a problem.

 

[dspanogle]

Thanks for the reply
Yes it has hardwared decoding and..
Since I posted this, I reloaded drivers for the tv card, uninstalled and reinstalled MediaPortal for the 5th time and ... all of a sudden the channel scan worked and I am one more step toward getting this up. Unfortunately I do not know if I answered Yes to the question 'will you watch HD content' to get it working or working was just a fluke?

At this point I am getting lots of crashes and freezes. I guess I will keep trying things and see if I can get this to work.

Do most people have this many problems?
If answer is yes then - OK it is open source and in development and I understand.
If answer is no then I sure would like to find out what I am doing wrong.

 

[alank]

And YES... I installed the dvbfix.

If you're not using a dvb tuner then you don't need dvbfix. Just so you know for future.