Leadtek Winfast DTV1000S Detection (1 Viewer)

[Jemson]

MediaPortal Version: 2.3.0
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwoWide
Windows Version: XP SP2
CPU Type: Intel P4 3.0GHz
HDD: 80GB WD
Memory: 1GB
Motherboard: Stock HP D530 SFF
Motherboard Chipset: Stock HP D530 SFF
Motherboard Bios: Stock HP D530 SFF
Video Card: Stock HP D530 SFF (Intel)
Video Card Driver: Stock HP D530 SFF (Intel)
Sound Card: Stock HP D530 SFF (AC97)
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver: Stock HP D530 SFF (AC97)
1. TV Card: Leadtek Winfast DTV1000S
1. TV Card Type: Leadtek Winfast DTV1000S
1. TV Card Driver: Leadtek Winfast DTV1000S
2. TV Card:
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2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
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3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
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4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
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Hello all,

I am setting up a HTPC for a friend, and he has a Leadtek DTV1000S Tuner Card.
I realize this card is not in the list of supported cards, however, in my travels for a solution I have read it is very similar to the DTV1000T card.
As such, I was hoping someone may be able to shed some light on adding support for this card to the carddefinitions file.

If there is anything I can do to help this process, I am more than happy to comply.

Thank you, I look forward to reading your replies.

 

[canarygsr]

I have gotten this card to work, you have to alter a file in Mediaportal, I will try to findout where I can post it.
It is basicly the same as a DTV1000T just different Device ID and device names, all the settings are the same

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

canarygsr

You mean the "Capturecarddefinitions.xml" ,use the advanced function to attach to this post (+ feature)

 

[Jemson]

Wow, I totally forgot about this thread.

Yeah, I got the card working a day or two after I posted. Was going to post the definition, but I forgot about it.

The definition is as follows:

  <capturecard commercialname="Leadtek WinFast DTV1000 S" capturename="WinFast DTV1000 S BDA Digital Capture" devid="ven_1131&amp;dev_7130&amp;subsys_6655107d&amp;rev_01">
    <capabilities tv="true" radio="false" mpeg2="true" mce="false" sw="false" bda="true"></capabilities>
    <tv>
      <interface cat="capture" video="2" audio="3" mpeg2="1" sectionsandtables="5"></interface>
      <filters>
        <filter cat="networkprovider" name="Microsoft DVBT Network Provider" checkdevice="false"></filter>
        <filter cat="tunerdevice" name="WinFast DTV1000 S BDA DVBT Tuner" checkdevice="true"></filter>
        <filter cat="capture" name="WinFast DTV1000 S BDA Digital Capture" checkdevice="true"></filter>
      </filters>
      <connections>
        <connection sourcefilter="networkprovider" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="tunerdevice" sinkpin="0"></connection>
        <connection sourcefilter="tunerdevice" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="capture" sinkpin="0"></connection>
      </connections>
    </tv>
  </capturecard>

I hope someone else finds it useful.

- J

 

[StarTV]

First of all I like to say hello to all fellow MP users. I've been reading this forum for a few weeks now and decided to give MP a shot to see if it will serve my media needs.

I've just recently bought a DTV1000s and it works fine with the software it came with but I need more functionality hence my venture into the world of MP but, alas, I struck a problem first up with the tv card not being recognised by MP. It's a pity as I was really looking forward to getting MP up and running yesterday. So it was off into the MP forum room where I found a few threads about this issue including this one started by Jemson.

Jemson, I tried your capture card config and had little success (I hope that I entered your def into the capture card file correctly. I simply amended your def to the end of the file in note pad, tidied it up and saved it. I assume that's correct). Anyhow, MP still does not 'see' any tv capture cards. I would like to know what driver version you're using with the DTV1000s? I'm using the latest one which came in the box and is version 20070907. Is yours the same build? I'm hoping that a driver change will fix the issue, otherwise I'll have to go through the process of finding all the card details using graphedit and then updating the def on my own and I can see that taking up a few hours that I don't have. Perserverence will fix the problem.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Jemson]

Hello StarTV,

Welcome to the MP community.

I am not sure of the driver revision used in my case. It was installed on a friends media PC, but if you need I can check it out next time I'm over there. I would imagine it would have been the same version, as I don't believe the DTV1000S cards entered the market until about September anyway.

As a first point of call, I would double check the Device IDs in Device Manager and make sure they match up the same with your card.

Also just curious, when you say you 'tidied it up' what exactly did you do?
It should not make any difference, but I put my definition right below the DTV1000T definition.

Its a silly question i know, but is the formatting of your definitions file ok?
Ie. You placed the definition within the outer tags of the config file, and not right at the bottom.
(I'm afraid thats all I can think of at present.)

Let me know how you go.

- Jemson

*Edit: Spelling and Grammar*

 

[canarygsr]

Yeah I struggled with formatting, I think I actualy just edited another dtv1000 section

 

[StarTV]

Thanks for the prompt reply!

By 'tidied up' I meant that I basically inserted paragraph return at the end of each string so that it resembled the DTV1000T definition. I did so because when I copied your def from the web page into notepad it was pasted as one long string. Would leaving the long sting make a difference? Or a paragraphs and spacings critical?

I tried both inserting the def just after the DTV1000t entry as well as right at the end of the file but had no joy in both instances (I did insert the definition between the </capturecards> tags). I'll give it another try on the weekend including checking the Device ID's. If I get stuck I'll post again.

The reason that i wanted to know which driver your friend was using was to determine if the issue was the driver matching up with the def file . I read in another post that a bloke had a similar problem with another leadtek card and resolved it by changing to an earlier driver version.

Anyhow, I'll do this methodically and start with your suggestions.

Thanks!!

 

[Jemson]

Leaving it as one long string should have been fine. Its XML so the tags are the important things.
Also, what OS are you running on? I used XP(SP2) in my installation.

 

[StarTV]

Same, OS - XP SP2.

I had a look at the Wiki instructions on how to add a DVB card to the definitions file. Seems a little convoluted and there are tags in the DTV1000s definitions file that you posted that don't appear to have explanations in the tutorial. I would have been at a loss if I were doing it alone. In any case I think that the problem may be the 'devid'. I'll run graphedit and see how my card is identified. I hope this fixes the problem otherwise the initial MP experience will be a little sour. I'm still determined to get it to work.