MP do not detect my Power Color Theater 550 pro (1 Viewer)

[Gunsmoke]

Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 (2006-07-03)
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: DScaler Audio Decoder
Video Codec: NVIDIA Video Decoder
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+
Memory: 959 MB
Motherboard: MS-7207PV (MSI) K8NGM2-FID
TV Card Model: Power Color Theater 550 Pro
TV Card Type: Hardware
TV Card Driver: 6.14.10.173 WDM 33678
Video Card Model: Nvidia Geforce 6150 (256 MB)
Video Card Driver: 91.31
Video Card Resolution: 1600x1200
Video Render Type: Overlay
Audio Card Model: Realtek High Definition Audio
Audio Card Driver: 5.10.0.5273 R141
Synopsis::

MP do not detect Theater 550 pro capture card. Not after install of MP, or when using the add TV card function. I use the latest driveres from ATI and nVidia...

 

[Gunsmoke]

Found this page http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/UserGuides/Installation_WinXP_MediaPortal "HowTo Install WindowsXP and Mediaportal without the headache". Is this the most suitable way to install MediaPortal, still? After version 0.2.0.0?

Will this metod have any influence on detecting the ATI 550 pro capture card?

 

[Callifo]

While that is a good method to use, it will not get your card detected. The reason its not finding it is obviously the hardwareID is not recognised from the capturecardsdefinitions.xml. The reason for that can be

a) wrong drivers
b) card isnt supported (which it should be)
c) this varient isnt supported (which you will need to do the 'how to get my hardware tv card supported).

By varient I mean brand, each manufacturer can have different hardwareIDs.

 

[Gunsmoke]

While that is a good method to use, it will not get your card detected. The reason its not finding it is obviously the hardwareID is not recognised from the capturecardsdefinitions.xml. The reason for that can be

a) wrong drivers
b) card isnt supported (which it should be)
c) this varient isnt supported (which you will need to do the 'how to get my hardware tv card supported).

By varient I mean brand, each manufacturer can have different hardwareIDs.

Youre right.. No change

I searched my capturecardsdefinitions.xml, for a Power Color Theater 550Pro capture card file, but all I found was: ="Sapphire Theatrix 550 Pro"

Should I do like they explain on this page here:http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/Add_TVCard_to_natively_supported_list inorder to get it supported?

 

[Callifo]

Yup

 

[Gunsmoke]

I have tried to get all det filters from my capture card with GraphEdit. I have mailed it to dman.

My filter names and filter moniker:

ATI AVStream Analog Tuner
@devicenp:\\?\pci#ven_1002&dev_4d53&subsys_a3481002&rev_00#4&23e04d34&0&0018#{a799a800-a46d-11d0-a18c-00a02401dcd4}\{e6223d77-45f9-4025-a86f-27bddb4c8ca9}

ATI AVStream Analog Capture
@devicenp:\\?\pci#ven_1002&dev_4d53&subsys_a3481002&rev_00#4&23e04d34&0&0018#{65e8773d-8f56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\{bc187864

ATI AVStream Analog TV Audio
@devicenp:\\?\pci#ven_1002&dev_4d53&subsys_a3481002&rev_00#4&23e04d34&0&0018#{a799a802-a46d-11d0-a18c-00a02401dcd4}\{61e3c270-5102-4266-864d-bde1e28e10e1}

ATI AVStream MPEG2 Multiplexer
@devicenp:\\?\pci#ven_1002&dev_4d53&subsys_a3481002&rev_00#4&23e04d34&0&0018#{7a5de1d3-01a1-452c-b481-4fa2b96271e8}\{6b2088b7-1e3b-4d3d-905f-2ff22040d5b2}

ATI AVStream Analog Xbar
@devicenp:\\?\pci#ven_1002&dev_4d53&subsys_a3481002&rev_00#4&23e04d34&0&0018#{a799a801-a46d-11d0-a18c-00a02401dcd4}\{39309da7-b1c0-43a3-aac3-6d6bfcbb75a9}

ATI AVStream Analog Capture
@devicenp:\\?\pci#ven_1002&dev_4d53&subsys_a3481002&rev_00#4&23e04d34&0&0018#{65e8773d-8f56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\{bc187864

ATI AVStream Analog Audio Capture
@devicenp:\\?\pci#ven_1002&dev_4d53&subsys_a3481002&rev_00#4&23e04d34&0&0018#{33d9a762-90c8-11d0-bd43-00a0c911ce86}\{e64b843



I tried to make a new entry in the .xml file for the Power Color capture card like this:

capturecard commercialname="Power Color Theater 550 Pro" capturename="ATI AVStream Analog Capture" devid="ven_1002&dev_4d53&subsys_a3481002&rev_00">
capabilities tv="true" radio="true" mpeg2="true" mce="false" sw="false" bda="false"/>
tv>
interface cat="mux" video="" audio="" mpeg2="0"/>
filters>
filter cat="tvtuner" name="ATI AVStream Analog Tuner" checkdevice="true"/>
filter cat="tvaudio" name="ATI AVStream Analog TV Audio" checkdevice="true"/>
filter cat="crossbar" name="ATI AVStream Analog Xbar" checkdevice="true"/>
filter cat="capture" name="ATI AVStream Analog Capture" checkdevice="true"/>
filter cat="mux" name="ATI AVStream MPEG2 Multiplexer" checkdevice="true"/>
/filters>
connections>
connection sourcefilter="tvtuner" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="crossbar" sinkpin="%tvtuner%"/>
connection sourcefilter="tvtuner" sourcepin="1" sinkfilter="tvaudio" sinkpin="0"/>
connection sourcefilter="tvaudio" sourcepin="3" sinkfilter="crossbar" sinkpin="%audiotuner%"/>
connection sourcefilter="crossbar" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="capture" sinkpin="0"/>
connection sourcefilter="crossbar" sourcepin="1" sinkfilter="capture" sinkpin="1"/>
connection sourcefilter="capture" sourcepin="3" sinkfilter="mux" sinkpin="0"/>
connection sourcefilter="capture" sourcepin="4" sinkfilter="mux" sinkpin="1"/>
/connections>

(had to remove some signs (<) inorder to make it display properly!)

But what is "source pin" and "sinkpin"?

Ned some help to understand the connection in det GraphEdit between the filters.

 

[Tech Geek]

I decided to upgrade my brother's version of MediaPortal to the latest and greatest and it couldn't create the graph for his XTASY THEATER 550 PRO.
So I guess I need to do the same thing but this card worked fine with the prerelease version of MP.

Are we going to have to go through this every time there's a major release?

 

[Tech Geek]

I decided to upgrade my brother's version of MediaPortal to the latest and greatest and it couldn't create the graph for his XTASY THEATER 550 PRO.
So I guess I need to do the same thing but this card worked fine with the prerelease version of MP.

Are we going to have to go through this every time there's a major release?

FWIW, updating to the latest ATi drivers fixed my problem.

 

[marshall]

There were some major driver releases for this card at about the same time as the MP release, which might contribute to the issue. These items were fixed very quickly by the devs, so maybe try the latest SVN.

It would be nice to have the PowerColor card listed in the capturecard definitions, though it is mostly for peace of mind, as it seems to work for me even displayed as an ATI.

 

[Tech Geek]

There were some major driver releases for this card at about the same time as the MP release, which might contribute to the issue. These items were fixed very quickly by the devs, so maybe try the latest SVN.

It would be nice to have the PowerColor card listed in the capturecard definitions, though it is mostly for peace of mind, as it seems to work for me even displayed as an ATI.

This card shows up as an ATi as well. As long as it works I don't care. However, at least 1 550 card manufacturer chose not to include a radio tuner and I wonder if that will be a problem.