How to configure a analog USB TV Tuner ? (1 Viewer)

[ramu]

Hi,

I need Your help. Since a long time I'm trying to get a analog video cam runnning. First I tried to bring up a older Hauppauge WinTV and now I tried to get a Syntek TvTuner running.

I patched MP with the analog Patch and installed a InterVideo encoder . So the Tunercards are listed in the MP Serversetup but on the second page the Video decoder standard is empty an there is no possiblitiy to choose a decoder.

My questions: Isn't that the place where a video encoder should be displayed? Why is there a video DEcoder entry?

So, please give me a hint how to bring up that system running with an analog card attached?

In one thread I found a hint to change the analog xml config file. So I'll post the Configuration-7-Syntek TvTuner.xml file...


Ralph

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<configuration version="2">
<card cardId="7" name="Syntek TvTuner">
<device>
<path>@devicenp:\\?\usb#vid_05e1&amp;pid_0408&amp;mi_00#6&amp;35586e9c&amp;1&amp;0000#{a799a800-a46d-11d0-a18c-00a02401dcd4}\global</path>
</device>
<graph>
<tuner>
<name>Syntek TvTuner</name>
<videoPin>0</videoPin>
<audioPin>1</audioPin>
<radioMode>0</radioMode>
</tuner>
<tvAudio>
<mode>0</mode>
<name>Syntek TvAudio</name>
<audioModes>0</audioModes>
</tvAudio>
<crossbar>
<name>Syntek CrossBar</name>
<videoOut>0</videoOut>
<audioOut>1</audioOut>
<videoPin type="1" index="0" related="4" />
<videoPin type="4" index="1" related="4" />
<videoPin type="0" index="2" related="3" />
<audioPin type="1" index="3" />
<audioPin type="5" index="4" />
</crossbar>
<capture>
<videoCapture>
<name>Syntek STK1150</name>
<videoIn>0</videoIn>
<videoStandard>
<available>264179</available>
<selected>16</selected>
</videoStandard>
<videoProcAmp>
<videoQuality minValue="0" maxValue="255" defaultValue="128" delta="1" flags="2" value="128">0</videoQuality>
<videoQuality minValue="0" maxValue="127" defaultValue="64" delta="1" flags="2" value="64">1</videoQuality>
<videoQuality minValue="0" maxValue="360" defaultValue="180" delta="1" flags="2" value="180">2</videoQuality>
<videoQuality minValue="0" maxValue="511" defaultValue="256" delta="1" flags="2" value="256">3</videoQuality>
</videoProcAmp>
<imageResolution>720x576</imageResolution>
<frameRate>25</frameRate>
<teletextPin>3</teletextPin>
</videoCapture>
<audioCapture>
<name />
<audioIn>0</audioIn>
</audioCapture>
</capture>
<teletext>
<name />
<category>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</category>
</teletext>
</graph>
<qualityControl>
<customSettings value="50" peakValue="75" />
<playback mode="0" type="1" />
<record mode="0" type="1" />
</qualityControl>
</card>
</configuration>

 

[dmxlight]

Hi,
I have a similar problem, I have an Easycap USB analog capture device which uses the Syntek STK 1150 chipset.

The bundled Ulead video software works fine for capturing video.
I have a number of codec's installed, including the recommended MainConcept Encoder mentioned in one of the Mediaportal setup threads.

When i run the TV Server Config the capture device shows up but when I test it I just get a cannot build graph error.

The TV Server Config shows a list of codec's and the Ulead mpeg as the selected one, the problem is I cannot select the Mainconcept encoder instead, or in fact any other codec in the list as the all say NO in the installed column except for the Ulead one.

I know the codec's are installed as I can select and use them in a program called GraphEdit, which i installed and used following advice in another thread.

I feel i am on the verge of getting things working but must be missing something obvious.
My xml file is almost exactly the same as the one above except I have the lines below in it.
<teletext>
<name>VBI Codec</name>
<category>9c24a977-0951-451a-8006-0e49bd28cd5f</category>
</teletext>

How do I get media portal to show the other codec's as installed so I can try them?
Do I need to add some lines to the xml file?

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike