Only black and white TV picture (1 Viewer)

[palme]

MediaPortal Version: 1.0.2.0
Windows Version: 7 Prof
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS
Video Card Driver: Nvidia 8.16.11.9107
1. TV Card: Hauppauge PVR-350
CPU Type: Intel Core 2 CPU 6300 1.86 Ghz
HDD: Western Digital (50GB free)
Memory: 1.5 GB
Sound Card: Onboard (Realtek)
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Cablecom
I don't know about the codecs I have or have not. I just made a Win7 Prof inst. without changing much


Hello

My problem is that, although the picture quality is good, the TV-picture for all channels is just black and white. I have installed the version with the integrated TV-plugin. My tuner is recognised without problems in the configuration panel, I also can find the channels (scanning for analog), but the picture in the preview version is already black and white.

Have I missed something important?

Thank you

btw: I touched no other settings (except for channel searching)
and: in another application (namely mediaportal GB-PVR) I get colors, plus the same cable works also fine with a standard tv

Update: I also tried out the Beta (1.1) with TV-Server with the same result: All live TV is just black and white...
Update 2: Added Log and more System specs

 

[Spragleknas]

Hi and welcome

What input signal are you using? Analogue terrestrial antenna, analogue cable, s-video, composite ... ?

And what settings in TVServer? (CVBS, SVHS ... )

 

[palme]

Hi

I'm using an analogue cable as input signal.

With 'CVBS', 'CVHS' settings you refer to the "Video Source" (Edit Channel->Analog->Crossbar-Parameters->Video-Source)?
It says simply 'Tuner' in this field. When I change it to CVBS#1 or CVHS#1 the picture gets just black (while audio is working well).

I also found out, that 'Quality Control' is not possible in the settings of my tuner-card.

Thank you for your help so far!

 

[Spragleknas]

I actually used to have the exact same card, but only used s-video.
As you are not using composite (CVBS) or s-video (SVHS), there is no need to experiment with these settings.

I'll monitor this thread, and see if I can help you when I got more time (if you don't get help from others by then).

In the mean time, logs and (full) systemspecs are always welcome:

Se:
How to gather log files
How to show System Specs
How to start support/bug thread

 

[palme]

I found the problem. I reinstalled the (same) driver, then it worked suddenly.
Although I performed a clean driver installation (Windows 7 reported that it couldn't find a driver), it seems to be a MUST BE to run HCWCLEAR.EXE provided by Hauppauge and choose a complete deinstallation (even if the driver isn't installed by this time).
(Maybe this helps someone else, it is a quite old driver for Win7)


I don't know what exactly the problem was, but fortunately (and quite unexpected) it worked.

Thank you for your time.

 

[Spragleknas]

Good to hear!

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