Pinnacle PCTV HD 800i PCI NTSC/ATSC/QAM Tuner (1 Viewer)

[CharredPC]

MediaPortal Version: 2.3.0
MediaPortal Skin: default
Windows Version: Windows XP SP2
1. TV Card: Pinnacle PCTV HD 800i


Yeah, I've searched. Yeah, there's tons of search results for 'PCTV HD.' No, none of them have solutions or are relevant to this. The closest I could find was this one, which linked to this thread in which someone else came up with a hack for getting a 400i working. Well, that trick didn't work. Not one to give up quickly, I even hex edited the *.ax file, changing the '400i' reference to '800i' ... nope. The 800i is a different beast than the 110i, 330i, 400i, etc.

This card simply doesn't show up for MediaPortal. I just need a real answer; is this something that can/will be fixed in the future, or should I just go elsewhere? WatchHDtv, BeyondTV, SageTV, GBpvr, and Cyberlink PowerCinema all function with this card, but not MediaPortal. I don't mean to sound critical- I like MediaPortal. It sees my satellite card. It sees my ATI videocard's capture component. It has a great interface, and the price is perfect. But I will have to switch if it can't handle my OTA tuner. I'll supply any other info requested, but I didn't think it important as we aren't troubleshooting anything.

Thanks in advance.

 

[STLite]

Greetings,
I'm new here but I also have one of these cards.
I followed the instructions for adding the card to CaptureCardDefinitions.xml
and got mine to work partially. I can pick up about 7 local HD channels using
and old pair of rabbit ears connected to the cable input of the card.
Here is my entry:

<capturecard commercialname="Pinnacle Systems PCTV 800i PCI" capturename="TS Capture" devid="ven_14f1&amp;dev_8800&amp;subsys_005111bd&amp;rev_05">
<capabilities tv="true" radio="true" mpeg2="false" mce="false" sw="true" bda="true"></capabilities>
<tv>
<interface cat="capture" video="3" audio="4" mpeg2="1" sectionsandtables="2"></interface>
<filters>
<filter cat="networkprovider" name="Microsoft ATSC Network Provider" checkdevice="false"></filter>
<filter cat="tunerdevice" name="Digital Tuner" checkdevice="false"></filter>
<filter cat="capture" name="TS Capture" checkdevice="false"></filter>
</filters>
<connections>
<connection sourcefilter="networkprovider" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="tunerdevice" sinkpin="0"></connection>
<connection sourcefilter="tunerdevice" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="capture" sinkpin="0"></connection>
</connections>
</tv>
</capturecard>


Unfortunately I have not gotten any further with any other inputs (QAM, Radio, or analog).

Hope this helps.

 

[STLite]

Well, I finally had some time to try again and now I can get the analog & FM to work but still no qam. Also there are video/audio sync issues. I had tried Cyberlink Powercinema and it worked but had the sync issue also until I enabled time-shifting. I have yet to get qam working as well. Here is my CaptureCardDefinitions entry.

<capturecard commercialname="Pinnacle Systems PCTV 800i PCI ATSC Hybrid TV + FM Radio" capturename="Analog Video Capture" devid="ven_14f1&amp;dev_8800&amp;subsys_005111bd&amp;rev_05">
<capabilities tv="true" radio="true" mpeg2="true" mce="false" sw="false" bda="false"></capabilities>
<tv>
<interface cat="mux" video="" audio="" mpeg2="0"></interface>
<filters>
<filter cat="tvtuner" name="Analog TV Tuner" checkdevice="false"></filter>
<filter cat="tvaudio" name="Tuner Card TvAudio" checkdevice="false"></filter>
<filter cat="crossbar" name="Tuner Card Crossbar" checkdevice="false"></filter>
<filter cat="capture" name="Analog Video Capture" checkdevice="false"></filter>
<filter cat="videncoder" name="%videoencoder%" checkdevice="false"></filter>
<filter cat="audencoder" name="%audioencoder%" checkdevice="false"></filter>
<filter cat="mux" name="%mpegmux%" checkdevice="false"></filter>
</filters>
<connections>
<connection sourcefilter="tvtuner" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="crossbar" sinkpin="0"></connection>
<connection sourcefilter="tvtuner" sourcepin="1" sinkfilter="tvaudio" sinkpin="0"></connection>
<connection sourcefilter="tvaudio" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="crossbar" sinkpin="3"></connection>
<connection sourcefilter="crossbar" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="capture" sinkpin="0"></connection>
<connection sourcefilter="crossbar" sourcepin="1" sinkfilter="capture" sinkpin="1"></connection>
<connection sourcefilter="capture" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="videncoder" sinkpin="0"></connection>
<connection sourcefilter="capture" sourcepin="1" sinkfilter="audencoder" sinkpin="0"></connection>
<connection sourcefilter="videncoder" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="mux" sinkpin="0"></connection>
<connection sourcefilter="audencoder" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="mux" sinkpin="1"></connection>
</connections>
</tv>
</capturecard>

 

[JTM]

I also have the 800i. Win xp sp2, fully patched. I dont have tv server installed, dont really think i want/need it. tried adding the first then the second way of doing it in my capturecarddefinitions.xml with no go. Still coming up as no cards detected. any ideas? anyone?