pcHDTV 5500 & MP Help (1 Viewer)

[Paul S]

If you can get the channel info, maybe you could manually add channels in MP. I understand QAM tuning is no picinic in Linux either. Maybe MythTV is different, though.

I highly recommend the MythTV set-up guide by Jarod Wilson. He uses Fedora Core 6. I always use his guide, even on different Linux distros.

http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/

 

[wheniwork]

Looks good to me. The important thing is if it works, and you say it does.

I actually made a graph for you using the DIVCO card that has the same tuner as the HD-5500. Here is what I came up with, notice that I used the other capture filter and the interface cat line is different.

  <capturecard commercialname="pcHDTV 5500 ATSC" capturename="PVDA408 Video Capture" devid="ven_14f1&amp;dev_8802&amp;subsys_55007063&amp;rev_05">
    <capabilities tv="true" radio="false" mpeg2="true" mce="false" sw="false" bda="true"/>
    <tv>
      <interface cat="capture" video="3" audio="4" mpeg2="1" sectionsandtables="2"/>
      <filters>
        <filter cat="networkprovider" name="Microsoft ATSC Network Provider"		checkdevice="false"/>
        <filter cat="tunerdevice"     name="PVDA408 BDA ATSC Tuner/Demod"		checkdevice="true"/>
        <filter cat="capture"         name="PVDA408 Video Capture"			checkdevice="true"/>
      </filters>
      <connections>
		<connection sourcefilter="networkprovider" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="tunerdevice"	sinkpin="0"/>
		<connection sourcefilter="tunerdevice"     sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="capture"		sinkpin="0"/>
      </connections>
    </tv>
  </capturecard>

I think this stuff comes easy for us Linux users.

I noted that Paul's capture name reads "PVDA408 Video Capture" and Tim's reads "PVDA408 AVStream TS Capture". Paul, you mentioned that Tims xml worked, however, when I try it MP finds nothing. If I use your capture name "PVDA408 AVStream TS Capture" then MP finds the card. Again, however, I attempt to do a scan through MP Setup (not wizard) and no channels are added. I tried doing a scan at two separate occasions, one with an Antenna and another with my Digital Cable coax connected.

What steps did either of you take, after MP found the card, to get channels working. Attached is my graph and XML.

<capturecard commercialname="pcHDTV 5500 ATSC" capturename="PVDA408 AVStream TS Capture" devid="ven_14f1&amp;dev_8802&amp;subsys_55007063&amp;rev_05">
    <capabilities tv="true" radio="false" mpeg2="true" mce="false" sw="false" bda="true"/>
    <tv>
      <interface cat="capture" video="2" audio="3" mpeg2="1" sectionsandtables="5"/>
      <filters>
        <filter cat="networkprovider" name="Microsoft ATSC Network Provider"    checkdevice="false"/>
        <filter cat="tunerdevice"     name="PVDA408 BDA DVB Tuner/Demod"   checkdevice="true"/>
        <filter cat="capture"         name="PVDA408 AVStream TS Capture" checkdevice="true"/>
      </filters>
      <connections>
        <connection sourcefilter="networkprovider" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="tunerdevice"	sinkpin="0"/>
        <connection sourcefilter="tunerdevice"     sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="capture"		  sinkpin="0"/>
      </connections>
    </tv>
  </capturecard>

 

[Paul S]

Hmmmmm.....

Do you have the PVDA408 AVStream TS Capture filter installed? If so, can you make a graph with it?

It may be that you need to change the driver that Windows is using for that device (capture chip). Check this in the device manager, and change the driver, if needed.

 

[wheniwork]

Yeah if you look at my graph in my inital post you can see the "PVDA408 AVStream TS Capture" is connected the way it should be. How would I use a different driver? Aren't the only windows drivers available for the HD_5500 card the ones that cam on the disc. If not where would I find a different driver?

 

[Paul S]

I apologize, I mean do you have the PVDA408 Video Capture driver installed? That is what I mean by a different driver. You could then use the other config for the card.

 

[wheniwork]

Where do I get the PVDA408 Video Capture driver? If that is the driver that came on the CD that shipped with the HD5500 than yes, that is what I am using. If the "PVDA408 Video Capture driver" is a different driver than what ships with the HD-5500 do you know where I can find it? Thanks again.

 

[Paul S]

First, I'm am sorry for any confusing replies. It has been a while since this thread was started, and I don't remember everything. Also, I don't actually have the HD-5500, I have the HD-3000. I also no longer use MP, because without the zap2it data, it would crash!

I just took a look at the HD-5500 CD downloaded from their web site. It looks like the driver named PDVA408Vid.sys is the other driver. This is a capture driver, so it shouldn't have an effect on tuning. And maybe it is for the analog side of the tuner (just guessing).

I hope someone that is using a current version of MP will jump in and help you out.