Misreported TV Card (1 Viewer)

[jdrinkert]

MediaPortal Version: 1.2.1.0
MediaPortal Skin:
Windows Version: Windows7 64bit SP1
CPU Type: AMD Phenom II X4 3.20 GHz
HDD: Crucial M4 64G, Seagate Barr. 500G
Memory: 8G G.Skill DDR3 SDRAM
Motherboard: ASUS M5A88-M
Video Card: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5570 1GB
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 11.9
Sound Card: AMD Builtin
Sound Card AC3: optical out
Sound Card Driver: 6.1.7601.17514
1. TV Card: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 (8851)
1. TV Card Type: analog, ATSC
1. TV Card Driver: 7.9.1.28162
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: Shark007
MPEG2 Audio Codec: Shark007
h.264 Video Codec: Shark007
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Silverstone ML03B
Cooling: 3 80mm
Power Supply: Rosewill Green Series RG530-S12 530W
Remote: with TV Card
TV: Epson Powerlight HC 8100 Projector
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

My Hauppauge Win TV-HVR-2250 (8851) is being reported as a Win TV-7164. It will not find any channels under ATSC or Analog. And it only shows a signal in Analog. I've attached my logs.

Thanks
Jeff

 

[mm1352000]

Hi and welcome Jeff

If you take a look at the card you'll see that it is based on the NXP/Philips (now Trident) SAA7164 chip. The tuners are identified that way because of the way the tuners are registered by the drivers. Please make sure you have configured the two tuners correctly as hybrid tuners. You can't use the analog and ATSC/QAM parts of each tuner at the same time, hence the need for the hybrid configuration. Also make sure you disable preloading on the first ATSC tuner as it may cause problems for you down the road.

Hybrid Cards - MediaPortal Wiki

mm

 

[jdrinkert]

I've set up the Hybrids as per the wiki but I can't find any info on choosing settings for the ATSC channel scan. Which QAM setting, etc.

 

[mm1352000]

Hi again

When scanning for ATSC, untick the "tune QAM instead of ATSC" option. The QAM standard setting is irrelevant.

When scanning for clear QAM, tick the "tune QAM instead of ATSC option. You can contact your cable provider and ask which QAM standard they use or use trial and error to figure with QAM standard to use.

Note: I noticed earlier in your logs that MP was unable to get control over the tuner. I guess you're aware that you can't use the tuner in multiple applications (ie. the Hauppauge software and MP) at the same time?

mm