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<blockquote data-quote="ixian" data-source="post: 508261" data-attributes="member: 54932"><p>Seconding; I would hunt high and low for that disk if I were you. I know with most hardware like video cards the disk is something you can use as a coaster because you can always get newer drivers/software online but the HDPVR isn't like that. The version of TME that comes with it is not only the only version that supports the HDPVR (as you discovered, even newer retail versions don't) but it is in fact the only "supported" way to even manage the settings for the thing. And it isn't available for download. Essentially, what happened was Hauppauge outsourced the actual management of the thing to TME and pays them for the OEM bundle. That's really the crux of the problem - you have two companies involved in the total management of one device.</p><p></p><p>As SJeffery mentioned, there is a third party command line hack that lets you adjust settings, etc and make recordings without TME, but it is user-unfriendly to the extreme.</p><p></p><p>If this seems stupid to you, don't worry, you aren't wrong, but it is what it is. I think we all went through this - the whole process of setting the HDPVR up, even outside of MediaPortal, is so non-intuative it's not funny. Bascially you have to:</p><p></p><p>Install the OEM version of TME that came with it.</p><p>Update it using the update tool it installs (the only way to get those updates, you can't download them manually)</p><p>Get the latest HDPVR driver (1.5.6 at the moment) from the Hauppauge website - one of the few things you can download and ironically, one of the few things the auto-updater DOESN'T update</p><p></p><p>Run TME, choose record, verify you can see a live stream from the HDPVR</p><p>Then use the ADJUST and SETTINGS options to actually set up the HDPVR (bitrate, etc). This last part threw me off at first because it never occured to me that in order to manage the HDPVR itself - for use in any application - I'd have to do it through the recording menu in TME. This also makes remote management near-impossible, which is why someone went to the trouble of developing a command line tool to do it.</p><p></p><p>Regardless, it's what you need to do first before you even think about using this thing with MediaPortal. If you can't see or capture video in TME nothing in MePo will fix that for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ixian, post: 508261, member: 54932"] Seconding; I would hunt high and low for that disk if I were you. I know with most hardware like video cards the disk is something you can use as a coaster because you can always get newer drivers/software online but the HDPVR isn't like that. The version of TME that comes with it is not only the only version that supports the HDPVR (as you discovered, even newer retail versions don't) but it is in fact the only "supported" way to even manage the settings for the thing. And it isn't available for download. Essentially, what happened was Hauppauge outsourced the actual management of the thing to TME and pays them for the OEM bundle. That's really the crux of the problem - you have two companies involved in the total management of one device. As SJeffery mentioned, there is a third party command line hack that lets you adjust settings, etc and make recordings without TME, but it is user-unfriendly to the extreme. If this seems stupid to you, don't worry, you aren't wrong, but it is what it is. I think we all went through this - the whole process of setting the HDPVR up, even outside of MediaPortal, is so non-intuative it's not funny. Bascially you have to: Install the OEM version of TME that came with it. Update it using the update tool it installs (the only way to get those updates, you can't download them manually) Get the latest HDPVR driver (1.5.6 at the moment) from the Hauppauge website - one of the few things you can download and ironically, one of the few things the auto-updater DOESN'T update Run TME, choose record, verify you can see a live stream from the HDPVR Then use the ADJUST and SETTINGS options to actually set up the HDPVR (bitrate, etc). This last part threw me off at first because it never occured to me that in order to manage the HDPVR itself - for use in any application - I'd have to do it through the recording menu in TME. This also makes remote management near-impossible, which is why someone went to the trouble of developing a command line tool to do it. Regardless, it's what you need to do first before you even think about using this thing with MediaPortal. If you can't see or capture video in TME nothing in MePo will fix that for you. [/QUOTE]
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