MSI Mega Sky 580 (1 Viewer)

[fjedde]

Has anyone got MSI Mega Sky 580 to work with MediaPortal?

MediaPortal won't find the card, (work great i MyTheatre).

 

[wortelsoft]

Read this to get your card supported:

If it's a hardware or DVB card:
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=5054

If it's a software card
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=12846

And by the way: Welcome to the forum

 

[DoctorMobius]

Area: Media Portal Program / My TV
MP Version: RC2 with CVS dated 10th March
Skin: Blue Two
Windows Version: XP Professional with SP2
CPU Type: AMD AthlonXP 2000+
Memory: 256Mb DDR
Motherboard Chipset: VIA KM400A + VT8237
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 4 4200 128Mb
Video Card Driver: nForce 81.85
Video Card Resolution: 800x600
Video Render Type: VMR9
Video Codec Type & Version: The default MPEG one
Audio Codec Type & Version: The default DScaler one
TV Card: MSI Mega Sky 580
TV Card Type: DVB-T
TV Card Driver: Original release (the only updated driver crashes PC)
Optional Log: Not in front of PC

Synopsis: The device is USB and has a light on it. When I use the accompanying Presto! PVR everything if fine and the light is green. When I use MediaPortal the card is detected and the channels are picked up when autotuning, but when I go into My TV the light doesn't come on (but I don't get the "Can't turn on TV" message). Instead, it sits there with a black screen and no audio? I've tried switching codecs and VMR9 / Overlay round with no effect.

Unfortunately I can't give any more detailed info at the moment as I'm at work and not by the PC.

 

[MIB]

I know this add little to the thread. But I have a MSI Mega Sky 580 and cannot get it to work with MP. I am having the same issue as DoctorMobius.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[DoctorMobius]

Further tests

I've since installed SageTV which finds the card but not the channels, then errors. I've looked into the MSI website and they don't seem to have a direct link to a page about the Mega Sky 580, but searching the international version turned up a patch for the bundled Presto! PVR software.

I installed the patch and that now creates error whenever the program is launched, so I've reinstalled the original (unpatched) version. I noticed that the Mega Sky 580 is in the MediaPortal supported list -- surely someone must have this card working (it's less than £30 on eBuyer)?

I'm grasping at straws trying to jiggle things around, although I did see a suggestion that SP2 is what stops the Mega Sky 580 from working. I'm not going to reinstall my PC to find out, but maybe MIB could?

By the way, I found using the roof aerial directly gave too strong a signal (despite showing as a poor one) - so I added an 18ohm attenuator to it and got a great signal quality with poor strength. The A/V feed is fine though! When I plugged it into my existing VCR/DVD/Freeview/TV chain it then had such a weak signal I took the attenuator off and it kicked back in again! Why is it so sensitive!?!

 

[tsd]

Since I installed 0.2 RC3 my MSI Mega Sky 580 works just perfect. It seems, this card was added to CaptureCardDefinitions.xml file by dman_LFC. Thanks for that!

 

[djhorza]

I've also got an MSI Mega Sky 580, though I dont seem to be able to get any picture from it with MediaPortal.

I am using the latest (RC3) version of MP, it can scan and find all the channels available in the UK but it will not display them in My TV.

Has anyone any ideas to what could be causing that? (I've tried it with another app and get the same, no picture or audio. )

 

[tsd]

Well, for me this worked when I installed latest driver from MSI website. You can find it over here http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/driver/dvr/spt_dvr_detail.php?UID=624&kind=6

 

[madmonkeyman]

Hardware/Software Encoder & CPU

Hi guys,

Can you tell me if this USB stick tv tuner has a hardware or software tuner and what kind of CPU usage you can expect when using it??

Cheers,

Monkey.