MP doesn't detect a Leadtek Winfast TV2000 (1 Viewer)

[mikele]

Area: Media Portal Program
MP Version: mediaportal-svn-07-10-2006--20-34-Rev9463 (I've also tried 0.2 RC4)
Skin: BlueTwo
Windows Version: WinXP Pro 32bit SP2 with latest updates
CPU Type: Intel P4 630 (LGA775, 3.0ghz, HT, 2mb L2 cache)
Memory: 1gb Kingston Dual-DDR400 (2x512)
Motherboard Chipset: Motherboard: ASUS P5P-800 / Chipset: Intel 865PE
Video Card: Asus nVidia GeForce2 MX-400
Video Card Driver: nVidia ForceWare 84.21
Video Card Resolution: 1024x768@85hz
Video Render Type: VMR9
Video Codec Type & Version: Intervideo WinDVD 7
Audio Codec Type & Version: Intervideo WinDVD 7
TV Card: Leadtek Winfast TV2000
TV Card Type: software
TV Card Driver: 5.13.1.279 with WinFast PVR 3.0.10.93
Optional Log: no errors in log file

Synopsis: MP's Configure says that there are no TV cards available. Leadtek's PVR and every other TV software I've tried (WinDVR, VirtualVCR) work fine.

Thanks in advance!

 

[scoop]

Hi,

Please start setup, try adding the card under television -> capture cards, close setup and post the mediaportal.log @ http://pastebin.team-mediaportal.com and post a link back here.

Kind regards,
Michel

 

[mikele]

Here it is, scoop:

http://pastebin.team-mediaportal.com/10149

 

[scoop]

Hi mikele,

Please try this new CaptureCardDefinitions.xml. Download it and backup/replace the the one in your MediaPortal installation directory. After that, try adding your card again. If it fails, post your mediaportal.log again. Also let me know if it does work.

Kind regards,
Michel

 

[mikele]

It worked, MP recognized the card. Thanks!

Now I'm running into some other problems that seem to be common, TV looks dark, lots of lost frames, audio out of synch, TV stops working after some seconds, etc. But these are the same problems that I've seen with Got All Media. I guess it has to do with how the graph is created, there must be something wrong there. Again, Winfast PVR and WinDVR work fine.

 

[scoop]

Hi,

Those are pretty weird issues altogether. Do you experience this on a clean install of Windows XP? It sounds like a DirectShow / codec problem. Maybe a different/older/newer graphics card driver? MediaPortal is using VMR9 (Got All Media too), I guess Winfast PVR / WinDVR don't.

You could try capturing the graph MP renders using GraphEdit, save it to disk and try to change the Video Mixing Renderer 9 to the regular Video Mixing Renderer (Overlay), start playback of the modified graph and see if that solves anything. This won't fix your problem but at least you can find out the source of your problem.

Now that I type that and review your Video card: you're using a GeForce2 MX-400 which definitely doesn't support DirectX9 (and thus vmr9), so my guess is the source of your problem is your graphics card.

BTW, I added support for your TV card to SVN so the upcoming SVN snapshots will support your card.

Kind regards,
Michel

 

[shacknasty]

Hi,

I seem to be having the same problem with the same card. I have tried the new capturecard xml file but get the same results. I have installed the drivers and application from the Leadtek site, although that did not make any difference.

This is the log from the new xml file
http://pastebin.team-mediaportal.com/10163

and using the old...
http://pastebin.team-mediaportal.com/10164

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Jay

 

[shacknasty]

Actually I just edited the XML file with the string that was in the log and now it seems to have detected it.

I have lost the box for my tv card, but it is possible that it is the RM model...

 

[mikele]

Michel:
Thank you for your interest!

I always thought my card supported VMR9, at least it works when I try to use it, for example here's a graph of a very bad 80s movie playing on Media Player Classic (which I've set to use VMR9):

With VMR9 Renderless mode:



And with VMR9 Windowed mode:



I've tried to connect to MP's directshow graph but GraphEdit seems to crash when TV is on. When MP has just started I can connect to the graph, I see a lot of filters, including Leadtek's, but no video renderer.

 

[scoop]

Hi,

shacknasty: added support for your card as well to SVN.

mikele:
While playing back a movie might work with VMR9, you can't really compare that with the way MP works. I doubt MPC uses any of the DirectX9 specific features to render additional graphics onto the screen. That might explain why MPC does work and MP not.

You should be able to connect to the running graph just fine. The graphs which are rendered at startup are just partly build graphs. They will be build completly as soon as you start viewing TV. It's just precaching the graph for later use.

Kind regards,
Michel