MP Noo-B help please-doh can't get started (1 Viewer)

buzzyQ

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Hi Good Peeps
Really keen to use MP I can't even get it to find my card. Got an el cheapo dual tuner (although I'd be happy with using one).
Card is PDTV001/002DVB-T (branding is Forward Video and EzTV)
Receiving Frequency: TV/48.25 ~ 863.25 MHz
Fully DVB-T Compliant
2K or 8K FFT Size
Punctured Codes: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6 and 7/8
Bandwidth: 6/7/8 MHz Auto Select
PCI 1.2 Standard
Max No. Section filtering: 32PIDs
Engine: Software
Stream capture: PES & TS
Video Format: MPEG-II Main Profile& Main Level
Audio Format: MPEG-II Audio Layer I & II

Point is .. tune/capture WORKS GREAT with bundled software - but can't stand the app (blazeDVT) so I wound up here... I always go for opensource and love the look and feel of MP so I'm determined to make this work!

OS XP(sp3)
Graphics Asus nVidia GeForce 8500 GT

Tried to manually edit BDA.ini but know I'm not doing it right - Used GraphEdit to gleen info but not putting the right names somewhere somehow.
Here is the driver inf for the tuner if that helps anyone to help me.

DVBDEV.INF
__________________________________________________

[Version]
signature="$CHICAGO$" ;all windows os
Class=MEDIA
ClassGUID={4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Provider=%DVBInc%
CatalogFile=dvbdev.cat
DriverVer=11/01/2007, 1.3.3.0

[Manufacturer]
%DVBInc%=TVDev1, NTx86, NTamd64

[TVDev1]
%TVDev1.DeviceDesc%=TVDev1Install, PCI\VEN_1A2D&DEV_1768&SUBSYS_01011801
%TVDev1.DualDeviceDesc%=TVDev1InstallDual, PCI\VEN_1A2D&DEV_1768&SUBSYS_01010101

[TVDev1.NTx86]
%TVDev1.DeviceDesc%=TVDev1Install, PCI\VEN_1A2D&DEV_1768&SUBSYS_01011801
%TVDev1.DualDeviceDesc%=TVDev1InstallDual, PCI\VEN_1A2D&DEV_1768&SUBSYS_01010101

[TVDev1.NTamd64]
%TVDev1.DeviceDesc%=TVDev1Install, PCI\VEN_1A2D&DEV_1768&SUBSYS_01011801
%TVDev1.DualDeviceDesc%=TVDev1InstallDual, PCI\VEN_1A2D&DEV_1768&SUBSYS_01010101

[DestinationDirs]
TVDev1x64.CopyFiles=10,system32\drivers ; be aware not to use 12 as the drivers directory,
TVDev1.CopyFiles=10,system32\drivers ; as driver will not work anymore in W98

[SourceDisksNames]
1 = %INSTALLATION_DISK%,,

[SourceDisksFiles]
TVDevCoInstaller.dll=1
dvbdevx64.sys=1
dvbdev.sys=1

[TVDev1InstallDual.NTamd64]
Include=ks.inf, kscaptur.inf, bda.inf, wdmaudio.inf
Needs=KS.Registration,KSCAPTUR.Registration.NT,BDA.Registration.NT,bda.Installation.NT,bdacap.Installation.NT,wdmaudio.Registration.NT
CopyFiles=TVDev1x64.CopyFiles
AddReg=TVDev1x64.AddReg

[TVDev1InstallDual.NTx86]
Include=ks.inf, kscaptur.inf, bda.inf, wdmaudio.inf
Needs=KS.Registration,KSCAPTUR.Registration.NT,BDA.Registration.NT,bda.Installation.NT,bdacap.Installation.NT,wdmaudio.Registration.NT
CopyFiles=TVDev1.CopyFiles
AddReg=TVDev1.AddReg

[TVDev1InstallDual.NT]
Include=ks.inf, kscaptur.inf, bda.inf, wdmaudio.inf
Needs=KS.Registration,KSCAPTUR.Registration.NT,BDA.Registration.NT,bda.Installation.NT,bdacap.Installation.NT,wdmaudio.Registration.NT
CopyFiles=TVDev1.CopyFiles
AddReg=TVDev1.AddReg

[TVDev1Install.NTamd64]
Include=ks.inf, kscaptur.inf, bda.inf, wdmaudio.inf
Needs=KS.Registration,KSCAPTUR.Registration.NT,BDA.Registration.NT,bda.Installation.NT,bdacap.Installation.NT,wdmaudio.Registration.NT
CopyFiles=TVDev1x64.CopyFiles
AddReg=TVDev1x64.AddReg

[TVDev1Install.NTx86]
Include=ks.inf, kscaptur.inf, bda.inf, wdmaudio.inf
Needs=KS.Registration,KSCAPTUR.Registration.NT,BDA.Registration.NT,bda.Installation.NT,bdacap.Installation.NT,wdmaudio.Registration.NT
CopyFiles=TVDev1.CopyFiles
AddReg=TVDev1.AddReg

[TVDev1Install.NT]
Include=ks.inf, kscaptur.inf, bda.inf, wdmaudio.inf
Needs=KS.Registration,KSCAPTUR.Registration.NT,BDA.Registration.NT,bda.Installation.NT,bdacap.Installation.NT,wdmaudio.Registration.NT
CopyFiles=TVDev1.CopyFiles
AddReg=TVDev1.AddReg

[TVDev1.AddReg]
HKR,,DevLoader,,*NTKERN
HKR,,NTMPDriver,,dvbdev.sys

[TVDev1.CopyFiles]
dvbdev.sys

[TVDev1x64.AddReg]
HKR,,DevLoader,,*NTKERN
HKR,,NTMPDriver,,dvbdevx64.sys

[TVDev1x64.CopyFiles]
dvbdevx64.sys

[TVDev1Install.NTamd64.Services]
AddService=TVDev1x64, 0x00000002, TVDev1x64.ServiceInstall

[TVDev1InstallDual.NTamd64.Services]
AddService=TVDev1x64, 0x00000002, TVDev1x64.ServiceInstall

[TVDev1x64.ServiceInstall]
DisplayName=%DISPLAY_NAME%
Description=%SERVICE_DESCRIPTION%
ServiceType=%SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER%
StartType=%SERVICE_DEMAND_START%
ErrorControl=%SERVICE_ERROR_IGNORE%
ServiceBinary=%12%\dvbdevx64.sys

[TVDev1Install.NTx86.Services]
AddService=TVDev1, 0x00000002, TVDev1.ServiceInstall

[TVDev1Install.NT.Services]
AddService=TVDev1, 0x00000002, TVDev1.ServiceInstall

[TVDev1InstallDual.NTx86.Services]
AddService=TVDev1, 0x00000002, TVDev1.ServiceInstall

[TVDev1InstallDual.NT.Services]
AddService=TVDev1, 0x00000002, TVDev1.ServiceInstall

[TVDev1.ServiceInstall]
DisplayName=%DISPLAY_NAME%
Description=%SERVICE_DESCRIPTION%
ServiceType=%SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER%
StartType=%SERVICE_DEMAND_START%
ErrorControl=%SERVICE_ERROR_IGNORE%
ServiceBinary=%12%\dvbdev.sys

[TVDev1InstallDual.NTamd64.Interfaces]
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_RECEIVER_COMPONENT%,%VAMP_DGTL_CAP_FILTER%,TVDev1.DgtlCapture,0
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_NETWORK_TUNER%,%VAMP_DGTL_TUNER_FILTER%,TVDev1.DgtlTuner,0
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_RECEIVER_COMPONENT%,%TVDev2_DGTL_CAP_FILTER%,TVDev2.DgtlCapture,0
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_NETWORK_TUNER%,%TVDev2_DGTL_TUNER_FILTER%,TVDev2.DgtlTuner,0

[TVDev1InstallDual.NTx86.Interfaces]
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_RECEIVER_COMPONENT%,%VAMP_DGTL_CAP_FILTER%,TVDev1.DgtlCapture,0
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_NETWORK_TUNER%,%VAMP_DGTL_TUNER_FILTER%,TVDev1.DgtlTuner,0
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_RECEIVER_COMPONENT%,%TVDev2_DGTL_CAP_FILTER%,TVDev2.DgtlCapture,0
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_NETWORK_TUNER%,%TVDev2_DGTL_TUNER_FILTER%,TVDev2.DgtlTuner,0

[TVDev1InstallDual.NT.Interfaces]
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_RECEIVER_COMPONENT%,%VAMP_DGTL_CAP_FILTER%,TVDev1.DgtlCapture,0
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_NETWORK_TUNER%,%VAMP_DGTL_TUNER_FILTER%,TVDev1.DgtlTuner,0
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_RECEIVER_COMPONENT%,%TVDev2_DGTL_CAP_FILTER%,TVDev2.DgtlCapture,0
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_NETWORK_TUNER%,%TVDev2_DGTL_TUNER_FILTER%,TVDev2.DgtlTuner,0

[TVDev1Install.NTamd64.Interfaces]
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_RECEIVER_COMPONENT%,%VAMP_DGTL_CAP_FILTER%,TVDev1.DgtlCapture,0
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_NETWORK_TUNER%,%VAMP_DGTL_TUNER_FILTER%,TVDev1.DgtlTuner,0

[TVDev1Install.NTx86.Interfaces]
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_RECEIVER_COMPONENT%,%VAMP_DGTL_CAP_FILTER%,TVDev1.DgtlCapture,0
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_NETWORK_TUNER%,%VAMP_DGTL_TUNER_FILTER%,TVDev1.DgtlTuner,0

[TVDev1Install.NT.Interfaces]
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_RECEIVER_COMPONENT%,%VAMP_DGTL_CAP_FILTER%,TVDev1.DgtlCapture,0
AddInterface=%KSCATEGORY_BDA_NETWORK_TUNER%,%VAMP_DGTL_TUNER_FILTER%,TVDev1.DgtlTuner,0

[TVDev1.DgtlCapture]
AddReg=TVDev1.DgtlCapture.AddReg

[TVDev1.DgtlCapture.AddReg]
HKR,,CLSID,,%KSProxy.CLSID%
HKR,,FriendlyName,,%TVDev1.DgtlCaptureName%

[TVDev2.DgtlCapture]
AddReg=TVDev2.DgtlCapture.AddReg

[TVDev2.DgtlCapture.AddReg]
HKR,,CLSID,,%KSProxy.CLSID%
HKR,,FriendlyName,,%TVDev2.DgtlCaptureName%

[TVDev1.DgtlTuner]
AddReg=TVDev1.DgtlTuner.AddReg

[TVDev1.DgtlTuner.AddReg]
HKR,,CLSID,,%KSProxy.CLSID%
HKR,,FriendlyName,,%TVDev1.DgtlTunerName%

[TVDev2.DgtlTuner]
AddReg=TVDev2.DgtlTuner.AddReg

[TVDev2.DgtlTuner.AddReg]
HKR,,CLSID,,%KSProxy.CLSID%
HKR,,FriendlyName,,%TVDev2.DgtlTunerName%

[TVDev1Install.NTamd64.CoInstallers]
CopyFiles = TVDev1.CopyCoInst
AddReg = TVDev1.CoInstaller_AddReg

[TVDev1Install.NTx86.CoInstallers]
CopyFiles = TVDev1.CopyCoInst
AddReg = TVDev1.CoInstaller_AddReg

[TVDev1Install.NT.CoInstallers]
CopyFiles = TVDev1.CopyCoInst
AddReg = TVDev1.CoInstaller_AddReg

[TVDev1InstallDual.NTamd64.CoInstallers]
CopyFiles = TVDev1.CopyCoInst
AddReg = TVDev1.CoInstaller_AddReg

[TVDev1InstallDual.NTx86.CoInstallers]
CopyFiles = TVDev1.CopyCoInst
AddReg = TVDev1.CoInstaller_AddReg

[TVDev1InstallDual.NT.CoInstallers]
CopyFiles = TVDev1.CopyCoInst
AddReg = TVDev1.CoInstaller_AddReg

[TVDev1.CoInstaller_AddReg]
HKR,,CoInstallers32,0x00010000,"HUCoInstaller.dll, CoInstallerEntry"

[TVDev1.CopyCoInst]
TVDevCoInstaller.dll

[Strings]
; Proxy GUIDs
KSProxy.CLSID = "{17CCA71B-ECD7-11D0-B908-00A0C9223196}"
KSXBar.CLSID = "{71F96460-78F3-11d0-A18C-00A0C9118956}"
KSTVAudio.CLSID = "{71F96462-78F3-11d0-A18C-00A0C9118956}"
KSTvTune.CLSID = "{266EEE40-6C63-11cf-8A03-00AA006ECB65}"

; Category GUIDs
KSCATEGORY_CAPTURE = "{65E8773D-8F56-11D0-A3B9-00A0C9223196}"
KSCATEGORY_VIDEO = "{6994AD05-93EF-11D0-A3CC-00A0C9223196}"
KSCATEGORY_AUDIO = "{6994AD04-93EF-11D0-A3CC-00A0C9223196}"
KSCATEGORY_CROSSBAR = "{a799a801-a46d-11d0-a18c-00a02401dcd4}"
KSCATEGORY_TVAUDIO = "{a799a802-a46d-11d0-a18c-00a02401dcd4}"
KSCATEGORY_TVTUNER = "{a799a800-a46d-11d0-a18c-00a02401dcd4}"
KSCATEGORY_BDA_RECEIVER_COMPONENT = "{FD0A5AF4-B41D-11d2-9C95-00C04F7971E0}"
KSCATEGORY_BDA_NETWORK_TUNER = "{71985F48-1CA1-11d3-9CC8-00C04F7971E0}"

; Our Filter GUIDs
VAMP_DGTL_CAP_FILTER = "{0AF06D6E-2B5C-47a6-8CF8-00ED8C25F304}"
VAMP_DGTL_TUNER_FILTER = "{003CB2DB-CCDD-4161-9E13-1F111CECAFB6}"
TVDev2_DGTL_CAP_FILTER = "{B4F1F83C-AE48-4d3d-9F68-1E8ADAFA2F89}"
TVDev2_DGTL_TUNER_FILTER = "{6FA54550-9933-45da-BB19-46512B26F23A}"


; system defines
SERVICE_BOOT_START = 0x0
SERVICE_SYSTEM_START = 0x1
SERVICE_AUTO_START = 0x2
SERVICE_DEMAND_START = 0x3
SERVICE_DISABLED = 0x4

SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER = 0x1
SERVICE_ERROR_IGNORE = 0x0
SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL = 0x1
SERVICE_ERROR_SEVERE = 0x2
SERVICE_ERROR_CRITICAL = 0x3

;Our strings
DVBInc="DVB, Inc."
TVDev1.DualDeviceDesc = "DVB-T Devices"
TVDev1.DeviceDesc = "DVB-T Device"

INSTALLATION_DISK = "TV Device installation disk"
DISPLAY_NAME = "TV Device service"
SERVICE_DESCRIPTION = "TV Device Driver"

;Our Friendly Names
TVDev1.DgtlCaptureName = "TV Device 1"
TVDev1.DgtlTunerName = "TV Tuner 1"
TVDev2.DgtlCaptureName = "TV Device 2"
TVDev2.DgtlTunerName = "TV Tuner 2"
_________________________________________________


Sheesh, sorry for all that! Might mean nuttin' but I'm getting nowhere after hours and hours with my limited skills, so if anyone can walk me through this I'd be over the moon.

TIA all

Buzz
 

buzzyQ

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Gee thx for replying
:sorry: Specs were sketchy.

I just wrote a huge long blurb in reply and by the time I had got all my files together, page had expired when I tried to post.
SO I'll make it short this time.
The card is PDTV001/002DVB-T as above, unfortunately the ForwardVideo site doesn't have any references to it, even though it's a pretty common DVB-T card - dual tuner PCI. The specs above are the best I can come up with.
Have filled in Sys specs profile.
There is no problem to log. (attached file anyway)
Here's what I'm doing.
MP starts, I hit myTV, shows my compu name, asks for IP addy, I exit. Read some more. Try again. About a million times.
No MP problem - The problem is me. I'm sure that's exactly what is sposed to happen. I guess I expect to see something else. When I use other progs, somewhere I'll find a capture device list and my tuner is there every time, as Tuner 1 and Tuner 2.

I think I have completely wrong idea of what MP does. I just want to schedule digital free-to-air recording from coax arial in.
The MP gui is supurb and I can see how much work has gone into it. If only I could get my head round where I'm going wrong.

Thx again.
 

buzzyQ

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Argggh, just got sorted. I had managed to overide the DVB hotfix again and again. Just rebuilt my machine, reinstalling XP and catching up on a hundred updates and current versions of all my apps and rolling back when gliches come up. Bunch of hard work. Still, has been a good learning experience. Now for some good old TV watching and slobbing about!
 

buzzyQ

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YES! yes! Win7. Skipped Vista. Could see that was going nowhere. Had w7 planned - till the unholy series of crashes that caused me to have to reinstall XP many times and rebuild.
Y'know how when disaster happens, you just want to get back to square one and make sure all your stuff is safe and gear is running. I couldn't handle a new OS to get up to speed on as well.
Mind you, every time those bloomin' 68 updates were crawling down, I thought I shouda just started fresh.

Hey thanks again for listening (and I like your new green cyberdude)
 

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