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<blockquote data-quote="dkwitt" data-source="post: 220794" data-attributes="member: 63894"><p>Some background ...</p><p>My existing machine is quite old but has been running XP MCE for about 3 years so it should be capable of running MP (see specs below).</p><p>I decided to temporarily install Vista just before Christmas using my son's copy, to evaluate whether it was worth upgrading. Sadly, it was a complete failure and I could not get it to work, so reverted to XP MCE. Since then it has been nothing but trouble, due I suppose to missing or conflicting drivers / software etc. Problems which I never experienced before, such as a choppy TV signal, made it an embarrassment. The latest problem is a loss of TV signal whenever I press the record button, which makes it pretty useless!</p><p></p><p>I found MP and it would appear to do a better job than MCE so I have decided to go with MP instead.</p><p></p><p>I have got as far as attempting to configure MP but I cannot work out how to set up the application so that it identifies my TV signal.</p><p></p><p>I have a Sky set top box which is connected to my pc via a lead which converts the scart output to the separate audio and vid/aud inputs on my Hauppauge PVR 350 tv card.</p><p></p><p>I am prompted to manually scan for channels during setup. Initially no channels were found, then on a second attempt channel 53 was located. This appears to be bogus as it merely displays a black screen.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Could anyone confirm:</p><p>if such a setup will work with MP? if so, what do I need to set in the configuration process?</p><p>the driver versions that will work with MP and the tv card & the onboard graphics card (I believe that some versions of the drivers are specifically required by MCE but other versions may be installed on your XP MCE machine if you are not using MCE's features)?</p><p></p><p>I am not an expert in these things so am grateful for any assistance. I have searched the forum for posts but could not find any recent information.</p><p></p><p>I note that some posters here are trying to setup MP in this way, notably 'arjay' who posted some time ago that he had given up and gone to GBPVR.</p><p></p><p>I wonder if things have changed since then?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Specs are</p><p>asus pundit-r (onboard ati radeon 9100 IGP graphics card)</p><p>hauppauge win-tv-pvr350</p><p>MS remote and the rpf2link thingy which plugs into the MS remote receiver to change channels on the sky set top box</p><p></p><p>As I noted, the machine was working fine until I messed it up, so any issues I have should be software related.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks very much, and even if I don't get it working with my current set-up, MP looks fantastic and I hope one day to use it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dkwitt, post: 220794, member: 63894"] Some background ... My existing machine is quite old but has been running XP MCE for about 3 years so it should be capable of running MP (see specs below). I decided to temporarily install Vista just before Christmas using my son's copy, to evaluate whether it was worth upgrading. Sadly, it was a complete failure and I could not get it to work, so reverted to XP MCE. Since then it has been nothing but trouble, due I suppose to missing or conflicting drivers / software etc. Problems which I never experienced before, such as a choppy TV signal, made it an embarrassment. The latest problem is a loss of TV signal whenever I press the record button, which makes it pretty useless! I found MP and it would appear to do a better job than MCE so I have decided to go with MP instead. I have got as far as attempting to configure MP but I cannot work out how to set up the application so that it identifies my TV signal. I have a Sky set top box which is connected to my pc via a lead which converts the scart output to the separate audio and vid/aud inputs on my Hauppauge PVR 350 tv card. I am prompted to manually scan for channels during setup. Initially no channels were found, then on a second attempt channel 53 was located. This appears to be bogus as it merely displays a black screen. Could anyone confirm: if such a setup will work with MP? if so, what do I need to set in the configuration process? the driver versions that will work with MP and the tv card & the onboard graphics card (I believe that some versions of the drivers are specifically required by MCE but other versions may be installed on your XP MCE machine if you are not using MCE's features)? I am not an expert in these things so am grateful for any assistance. I have searched the forum for posts but could not find any recent information. I note that some posters here are trying to setup MP in this way, notably 'arjay' who posted some time ago that he had given up and gone to GBPVR. I wonder if things have changed since then? Specs are asus pundit-r (onboard ati radeon 9100 IGP graphics card) hauppauge win-tv-pvr350 MS remote and the rpf2link thingy which plugs into the MS remote receiver to change channels on the sky set top box As I noted, the machine was working fine until I messed it up, so any issues I have should be software related. Thanks very much, and even if I don't get it working with my current set-up, MP looks fantastic and I hope one day to use it. [/QUOTE]
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