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<blockquote data-quote="nickvdh" data-source="post: 225200" data-attributes="member: 64803">HVR-900 Analogue card definition for monniker vid_2040&amp;amp;pid_6502Ok. The first errors about the B2C2 adapter where solved after installing .Net 3.5, upgrading mediaplayer and re-installing the patches. (For those who might have similar errors)Then your graph was correct, as, it connects the right pins etc. It won't give the no graph error and will allow tuning. However i had the problem that media portal couldn't find a multiplexer to mux the video and the audio mp streams. Mediaportal expects the stream in mpeg2 format, so I had to find a way to encode it to one mpeg2 stream with the soft encoders. I captured the graphs of other players like dscaler, but they render the video directly from the capture device. I experimented a bit with other multiplexers (for combining the audio and video to a single full mpg2) like the one from CyberLink, by defining a mux. However most of them failed, ending in errors, crashes and even system hangs.I finally found the most easy solution to place the MainConcept soft encoder directly behind the capture device. (It was the only one in the Multiplexer category on my graph filters. There was a hauppage variant in the directshow filter section too, but as i had many problems with those directshow filters i use this one).For the decoder i used the mainconcept audio/video decoders in the television section of mediaportal configuration.This really works like charm, i did autotuning, recording, timeshifting and experimented a lot with different features. Everything seems to work fine. I further updated the documentation page of the HVR-900 a bit (with the two monnikers etc).This is the resulting code:[CODE]&lt;capturecard commercialname=&quot;Hauppauge HVR-900 (Analogue)&quot; capturename=&quot;WinTV HVR-900 Capture&quot; devid=&quot;vid_2040&amp;amp;pid_6502&quot;&gt;&lt;capabilities tv=&quot;true&quot; radio=&quot;false&quot; mpeg2=&quot;true&quot; mce=&quot;false&quot; sw=&quot;false&quot; bda=&quot;false&quot;&gt;&lt;/capabilities&gt;&lt;tv&gt;&lt;interface cat=&quot;encoder&quot; video=&quot;&quot; audio=&quot;&quot; mpeg2=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/interface&gt;&lt;filters&gt;&lt;filter cat=&quot;tvtuner&quot; name=&quot;WinTV HVR-900 TVTuner&quot; checkdevice=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/filter&gt;&lt;filter cat=&quot;tvaudio&quot; name=&quot;WinTV HVR-900 TVAudio&quot; checkdevice=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/filter&gt;&lt;filter cat=&quot;crossbar&quot; name=&quot;WinTV HVR-900 Crossbar&quot; checkdevice=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/filter&gt;&lt;filter cat=&quot;capture&quot; name=&quot;WinTV HVR-900 Capture&quot; checkdevice=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/filter&gt;&lt;filter cat=&quot;encoder&quot; name=&quot;MainConcept (MCE) MPEG Encoder&quot; checkdevice=&quot;false&quot;&gt;&lt;/filter&gt;&lt;/filters&gt;&lt;connections&gt;&lt;connection sourcefilter=&quot;tvtuner&quot; sourcepin=&quot;0&quot; sinkfilter=&quot;crossbar&quot; sinkpin=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/connection&gt;&lt;connection sourcefilter=&quot;tvtuner&quot; sourcepin=&quot;1&quot; sinkfilter=&quot;tvaudio&quot; sinkpin=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/connection&gt;&lt;connection sourcefilter=&quot;tvaudio&quot; sourcepin=&quot;0&quot; sinkfilter=&quot;crossbar&quot; sinkpin=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/connection&gt;&lt;connection sourcefilter=&quot;crossbar&quot; sourcepin=&quot;0&quot; sinkfilter=&quot;capture&quot; sinkpin=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/connection&gt;&lt;connection sourcefilter=&quot;crossbar&quot; sourcepin=&quot;1&quot; sinkfilter=&quot;capture&quot; sinkpin=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/connection&gt;&lt;connection sourcefilter=&quot;capture&quot; sourcepin=&quot;0&quot; sinkfilter=&quot;encoder&quot; sinkpin=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/connection&gt;&lt;connection sourcefilter=&quot;capture&quot; sourcepin=&quot;2&quot; sinkfilter=&quot;encoder&quot; sinkpin=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/connection&gt;&lt;/connections&gt;&lt;/tv&gt;&lt;/capturecard&gt;[/CODE]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nickvdh, post: 225200, member: 64803"] [b]HVR-900 Analogue card definition for monniker vid_2040&pid_6502[/b] Ok. The first errors about the B2C2 adapter where solved after installing .Net 3.5, upgrading mediaplayer and re-installing the patches. (For those who might have similar errors) Then your graph was correct, as, it connects the right pins etc. It won't give the no graph error and will allow tuning. However i had the problem that media portal couldn't find a multiplexer to mux the video and the audio mp streams. Mediaportal expects the stream in mpeg2 format, so I had to find a way to encode it to one mpeg2 stream with the soft encoders. I captured the graphs of other players like dscaler, but they render the video directly from the capture device. I experimented a bit with other multiplexers (for combining the audio and video to a single full mpg2) like the one from CyberLink, by defining a mux. However most of them failed, ending in errors, crashes and even system hangs. I finally found the most easy solution to place the MainConcept soft encoder directly behind the capture device. (It was the only one in the Multiplexer category on my graph filters. There was a hauppage variant in the directshow filter section too, but as i had many problems with those directshow filters i use this one). For the decoder i used the mainconcept audio/video decoders in the television section of mediaportal configuration. This really works like charm, i did autotuning, recording, timeshifting and experimented a lot with different features. Everything seems to work fine. I further updated the documentation page of the HVR-900 a bit (with the two monnikers etc). This is the resulting code: [CODE] <capturecard commercialname="Hauppauge HVR-900 (Analogue)" capturename="WinTV HVR-900 Capture" devid="vid_2040&pid_6502"> <capabilities tv="true" radio="false" mpeg2="true" mce="false" sw="false" bda="false"></capabilities> <tv> <interface cat="encoder" video="" audio="" mpeg2="0"></interface> <filters> <filter cat="tvtuner" name="WinTV HVR-900 TVTuner" checkdevice="true"></filter> <filter cat="tvaudio" name="WinTV HVR-900 TVAudio" checkdevice="true"></filter> <filter cat="crossbar" name="WinTV HVR-900 Crossbar" checkdevice="true"></filter> <filter cat="capture" name="WinTV HVR-900 Capture" checkdevice="true"></filter> <filter cat="encoder" name="MainConcept (MCE) MPEG Encoder" checkdevice="false"></filter> </filters> <connections> <connection sourcefilter="tvtuner" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="crossbar" sinkpin="0"></connection> <connection sourcefilter="tvtuner" sourcepin="1" sinkfilter="tvaudio" sinkpin="0"></connection> <connection sourcefilter="tvaudio" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="crossbar" sinkpin="3"></connection> <connection sourcefilter="crossbar" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="capture" sinkpin="0"></connection> <connection sourcefilter="crossbar" sourcepin="1" sinkfilter="capture" sinkpin="1"></connection> <connection sourcefilter="capture" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="encoder" sinkpin="0"></connection> <connection sourcefilter="capture" sourcepin="2" sinkfilter="encoder" sinkpin="1"></connection> </connections> </tv> </capturecard> [/CODE] [/QUOTE]

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