Pinnacle PCTV 310i: analogue part don't work... (1 Viewer)

[hunters77]

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.3 RC1
Windows Version: Windows XP SP2
CPU Type: Pentium Dual Core 3000
HDD: Maxtor 160 GB
Memory: Kingston 1GB
Motherboard: Asus P5VD2-MX SE
Motherboard Chipset: VIA
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card: Ati Radeon Sapphire
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card:
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Pinnacle PCTV 310i
1. TV Card Type: Hybrid
HTPC Case: Antec Fusion

Hi guys!
I know that the topic of my post have been discussed so many times... but I still can't understand if someone was able to make the Pinnacle 310i tv card work correctly...
Someone seem to have managed in it by modyifing th xml files of card configuration.
MP detect only the digital part of my T card, but nothing on the analogue one appears on configuration screen.
I guess the problem is in the way Win XP detect my TV card: in the hardvare list of Win I can see the card just one time, with the description of "Digital DVB" or something like this.
No reference to the analogue part.
Do you think that this could be a problem?
Does MP search on the installed hardware listed in device list, or does it work in another way??
I forgot to say that Pinnacle Software works fine both with analogue and digital channels...

Please, any kind of help would be very appreciated!

Sorry for my english...

Bye, Hunter

 

[Greenfrog]

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.3 RC1
I forgot to say that Pinnacle Software works fine both with analogue and digital channels...

You got Pinnacle studio to work !!!! The question really should be how ???

 

[cornflex]

I also had that problem. MP found my Digital card but not analogue card.
But after i used GraphEdit and played a little with "CaptureCardDefinitions.xml" i got my analogue part to work.
If you want to know i can post my "CaptureCardDefinitions.xml" config.

 

[hunters77]

But after i used GraphEdit and played a little with "CaptureCardDefinitions.xml" i got my analogue part to work.
If you want to know i can post my "CaptureCardDefinitions.xml" config.

Could you paste the configuratione you used in CaptureCard....xml for the two parts of your tv card?
Also, I would be really interested in knowing what's the configuration of your encoders and what's the quality of the video you receive.
I finally made my tv card work with both analog and digital, but the quality of images and audio are really bad...
Audio in particular...
This seem to be the same problem that other people have once they're able to make Pinnacle tv-card work...

Thanks in advance!
Hunter

 

[cornflex]

  <capturecard commercialname="Pinnacle PCTV 310i DVBT" capturename="Pinnacle PCTV 310i BDA Digital Capture" devid="ven_1131&amp;dev_7133&amp;subsys_002f11bd&amp;rev_d1">
    <capabilities tv="true" radio="true" 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 DVBT Network Provider"        checkdevice="false"/>
        <filter cat="tunerdevice"     name="Pinnacle PCTV 310i BDA DVBT Tuner"      checkdevice="true"/>
        <filter cat="capture"         name="Pinnacle PCTV 310i BDA Digital 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>
	
  <capturecard commercialname="Pinnacle PCTV 310i Analogue" capturename="Pinnacle PCTV 310i BDA Analog Capture" devid="ven_1131&amp;dev_7133&amp;subsys_002f11bd&amp;rev_d1">
    <capabilities tv="true" radio="true" mpeg2="true" mce="false" sw="false" bda="false"/>
    <tv>
      <interface cat="mux" video="" audio="" mpeg2="0"/>
      <filters>
        <filter cat="tvtuner"		name="Pinnacle PCTV 310i BDA Analog TV Tuner"	checkdevice="true"/>
        <filter cat="tvaudio"		name="Pinnacle PCTV 310i BDA Analog TV Audio"	checkdevice="true"/>
        <filter cat="crossbar"		name="Pinnacle PCTV 310i BDA Analog Xbar"		checkdevice="true"/>
        <filter cat="capture"		name="Pinnacle PCTV 310i BDA Analog Capture"	checkdevice="true"/>
		<filter cat="videncoder"	name="%videoencoder%"							checkdevice="false"/>
		<filter cat="audencoder"	name="%audioencoder%"							checkdevice="false"/>
		<filter cat="mux"			name="%mpegmux%"								checkdevice="false"/>
      </filters>
      <connections>
		<connection sourcefilter="tvtuner"		sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="crossbar"		sinkpin="%tvtuner%"/>
        <connection sourcefilter="tvtuner"		sourcepin="1" sinkfilter="tvaudio"		sinkpin="0"/>
        <connection sourcefilter="tvaudio"		sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="crossbar"		sinkpin="%audiotuner%"/>
        <connection sourcefilter="crossbar"		sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="capture"		sinkpin="0"/>
        <connection sourcefilter="crossbar"		sourcepin="1" sinkfilter="capture"		sinkpin="1"/>
        <connection sourcefilter="capture"		sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="videncoder"	sinkpin="0"/>
        <connection sourcefilter="capture"		sourcepin="3" sinkfilter="audencoder"	sinkpin="0"/>
        <connection sourcefilter="videncoder"	sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="mux"			sinkpin="0"/>
        <connection sourcefilter="audencoder"	sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="mux"			sinkpin="1"/>
      </connections>
    </tv>
  </capturecard>

Im also having trouble with Video > Audio sync... experimenting with diffirent decoders. Im also having trouble that after watching Analog TV for about 5-10 min.. MediaPortal sais that signal is lost "No Signal" i restart MediaPortal and it workes again... strange.