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<blockquote data-quote="netgroover" data-source="post: 108701" data-attributes="member: 27583"><p>UPDATE:</p><p>-----------</p><p></p><p>Ok, against my better judgement I took the plunge and bought the Pinnacle. I'm still testing it at the moment, and I have it 70% working, so there a few problems.</p><p></p><p>For those of you considering this card, despite my problems, I actually really like this card. The picture quality is excellent in both Live and Recorded TV, and the (small) size is amazing, so if we can just get by the problems (below) this will surely be the card to get.</p><p></p><p>1) Card not found! - Solved</p><p></p><p>I resolved this by editing the c:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\CaptureCardDefinitions.xml file and removing any reference to Dibcom on the 'Pinnacle Dual DVB-T Diversity Stick' entry.</p><p></p><p>Update 14/07/07 - The latest Pinnacle drivers seem to have renamed the device, so you now also have to prefix the entry with 'PCTV DiB' to get it detected by MP.</p><p></p><p>2) Poor Reception - Ongoing</p><p></p><p>MP scans and finds the TV channels fine, but it doesn't find the best quality channel, so you get poor reception. </p><p></p><p>I got around this by scanning with the Pinnacle software and putting the settings from there into an entry for my transmitter (Waltham) into c:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\TuningParameters\dvbt.xml</p><p></p><p>This vastly improved reception, but it's still not perfect. This baffles me as I have a High Gain Antenna and multiple Digi-boxes in the house that work perfectly?! I've had similar problems with another card, so I suspect PC TV Cards are just not as good as Digi-boxes?</p><p></p><p>One thing I've noticed a lot in the log, which may be related is:</p><p></p><p>DVBGraph: Unlocked... wait for tunerlock</p><p>Tuner locked: False</p><p></p><p>The next step here is to try and re-point my antenna to the exact co-ordinates of the transmitter, which in the absence of new drivers, is my last hope.</p><p></p><p>3) TV crashing - Ongoing</p><p></p><p>Periodically TV just stops and goes to a black screen, but the rest of MP continues to work. The only way to get aroung this is to restart MP.</p><p></p><p>The only thing I've noticed in the log, which might be related is:</p><p></p><p>Tuner locked: False</p><p>DVBGraphBDA: VMR9 stopped quality:100 strength:100 locked:True fps:0</p><p>DVBGraph: Unlocked... wait for tunerlock</p><p>Tuner locked: False</p><p></p><p>This I think might be able to be resolved by the MP developers? So if they're reading this HELP!!!!</p><p></p><p>---------------</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps?!</p><p></p><p>Anybody else got this tuner? I'd love to hear how it's going for you, or anybody else who can help me get this card working!!</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p></p><p>Netgroover</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="netgroover, post: 108701, member: 27583"] UPDATE: ----------- Ok, against my better judgement I took the plunge and bought the Pinnacle. I'm still testing it at the moment, and I have it 70% working, so there a few problems. For those of you considering this card, despite my problems, I actually really like this card. The picture quality is excellent in both Live and Recorded TV, and the (small) size is amazing, so if we can just get by the problems (below) this will surely be the card to get. 1) Card not found! - Solved I resolved this by editing the c:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\CaptureCardDefinitions.xml file and removing any reference to Dibcom on the 'Pinnacle Dual DVB-T Diversity Stick' entry. Update 14/07/07 - The latest Pinnacle drivers seem to have renamed the device, so you now also have to prefix the entry with 'PCTV DiB' to get it detected by MP. 2) Poor Reception - Ongoing MP scans and finds the TV channels fine, but it doesn't find the best quality channel, so you get poor reception. I got around this by scanning with the Pinnacle software and putting the settings from there into an entry for my transmitter (Waltham) into c:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\TuningParameters\dvbt.xml This vastly improved reception, but it's still not perfect. This baffles me as I have a High Gain Antenna and multiple Digi-boxes in the house that work perfectly?! I've had similar problems with another card, so I suspect PC TV Cards are just not as good as Digi-boxes? One thing I've noticed a lot in the log, which may be related is: DVBGraph: Unlocked... wait for tunerlock Tuner locked: False The next step here is to try and re-point my antenna to the exact co-ordinates of the transmitter, which in the absence of new drivers, is my last hope. 3) TV crashing - Ongoing Periodically TV just stops and goes to a black screen, but the rest of MP continues to work. The only way to get aroung this is to restart MP. The only thing I've noticed in the log, which might be related is: Tuner locked: False DVBGraphBDA: VMR9 stopped quality:100 strength:100 locked:True fps:0 DVBGraph: Unlocked... wait for tunerlock Tuner locked: False This I think might be able to be resolved by the MP developers? So if they're reading this HELP!!!! --------------- Hope this helps?! Anybody else got this tuner? I'd love to hear how it's going for you, or anybody else who can help me get this card working!! Cheers, Netgroover [/QUOTE]
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