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<blockquote data-quote="onipip" data-source="post: 111408" data-attributes="member: 29916"><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: 0.2.2.0</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Skin</strong>: BlueTwo</p><p><strong>Windows Version</strong>: XP SP2 (5.1.2600)</p><p><strong>CPU Type</strong>: Intel P4 Mobile 2.2GHz</p><p><strong>HDD</strong>: Fujitsu MHT2040AT 40Gb</p><p><strong>Memory</strong>: 496Mb PC2100 DDR</p><p><strong>Motherboard</strong>: Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook C Series</p><p><strong>Motherboard Chipset</strong>: North Bridge: VIA VT8751(A) ProSavageDDR P4M266(A) - South Bridge: VIA VT8233C</p><p><strong>Motherboard Bios</strong>: Insyde Tech. 30/12/03</p><p><strong>Video Card</strong>: S3 ProSavageDDR</p><p><strong>Video Card Driver</strong>: 6.14.10.0033</p><p><strong>Sound Card</strong>: Conexant Cx20468 @ VIA AC'97</p><p><strong>Sound Card AC3</strong>: optical out (unused)</p><p><strong>Sound Card Driver</strong>: 6.13.10.8081</p><p><strong>1. TV Card</strong>: Freecom DVB-T & Analog TV USB STICK (Hybrid)</p><p><strong>1. TV Card Type</strong>: Analog + DVB-T</p><p><strong>1. TV Card Driver</strong>: 1.6.20.60714</p><p><strong>MPEG2 Video Codec</strong>: ffdshow v.855</p><p><strong>MPEG2 Audio Codec</strong>: ffdshow v.855</p><p></p><p>Premised: accordling with <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=1573" target="_blank">this post</a>, one week ago I have mailed to DMAN in order to add <a href="http://www.freecom.com/ecproduct_detail.asp?ID=2823&CatID=8120&sCatID=1146531&ssCatID=1146531" target="_blank">my card</a> in MediaPortal: it have mailed me a new CaptureCardDefinitions.xml file, and now my card works ok... but only DVB-T.</p><p></p><p><u>Note for users that have this Freecom stick</u>: the configuration for the DVB-T is the sequent:</p><p></p><p>[CODE]<capturecard commercialname="Freecom Hybrid USB Stick (DVB-T)" capturename="Freecom Digital TV Video" devid="vid_14aa&amp;pid_0620"></p><p> <capabilities tv="true" radio="false" mpeg2="true" mce="false" sw="false" bda="true"/></p><p> <tv></p><p> <interface cat="capture" video="2" audio="3" mpeg2="1" sectionsandtables="5"/></p><p> <filters></p><p> <filter cat="networkprovider" name="Microsoft DVBT Network Provider" checkdevice="false"/></p><p> <filter cat="tunerdevice" name="Freecom Digital TV Receiver" checkdevice="true"/></p><p> <filter cat="capture" name="Freecom Digital TV Video" checkdevice="true"/></p><p> </filters></p><p> <connections></p><p> <connection sourcefilter="networkprovider" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="tunerdevice" sinkpin="0"/></p><p> <connection sourcefilter="tunerdevice" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="capture" sinkpin="0"/></p><p> </connections></p><p> </tv></p><p></capturecard>[/CODE]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now, I'm trying to edit the CaptureCardDefinitions.xml file in order to add also the analog part of this card. I have found <a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/Add_TVCard_to_natively_supported_list" target="_blank">this wiki</a>, where at point 9 I can read:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I open the file mailed to me in notepad and... surprise! The file are nearly unreadable, or better the text is visible, but it's not idented as the code that I have attached: it's only one, big row of 1.2Mb!</p><p></p><p>No problem: I open it with wordpad! With this the file are perfect: I can read the singles capturecard definitions, and the rows are idented correcly. Without touching nothing, I save the file and I reopen it with notepad: the file is now correctly visible.</p><p></p><p>I put this file (that, remember, I don't have modified, but only saved) into the MediaPortal folder and I start the Mediaportal Setup. Surprise! Mediaportal says me "No video capture card(s) were found"!</p><p></p><p>DOH! But I don't have touched nothing into the file!</p><p></p><p>Rewind: I put the original file posted from DMAN into MediaPortal... and this one works: the card is recognized correctly.</p><p></p><p>Ok: which is the difference between the two files?</p><p>I have analyzed them with an hex editor, and I have seen that it is... the carriage return! In facts the original file use only one character (0A), while wordpad has saved it with TWO characters (0D0A). This difference is described in <a href="http://homepage.smc.edu/morgan_david/CS41/lineterminators.htm" target="_blank">this site</a>, and explain why notepad does not shows correcly the file.</p><p></p><p>Now, my question is: why MediaPortal does not recognize correcly the the file with the carriage return in "windows stile"?</p><p></p><p>TIA</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="onipip, post: 111408, member: 29916"] [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 0.2.2.0 [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: BlueTwo [b]Windows Version[/b]: XP SP2 (5.1.2600) [b]CPU Type[/b]: Intel P4 Mobile 2.2GHz [b]HDD[/b]: Fujitsu MHT2040AT 40Gb [b]Memory[/b]: 496Mb PC2100 DDR [b]Motherboard[/b]: Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook C Series [b]Motherboard Chipset[/b]: North Bridge: VIA VT8751(A) ProSavageDDR P4M266(A) - South Bridge: VIA VT8233C [b]Motherboard Bios[/b]: Insyde Tech. 30/12/03 [b]Video Card[/b]: S3 ProSavageDDR [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: 6.14.10.0033 [b]Sound Card[/b]: Conexant Cx20468 @ VIA AC'97 [b]Sound Card AC3[/b]: optical out (unused) [b]Sound Card Driver[/b]: 6.13.10.8081 [b]1. TV Card[/b]: Freecom DVB-T & Analog TV USB STICK (Hybrid) [b]1. TV Card Type[/b]: Analog + DVB-T [b]1. TV Card Driver[/b]: 1.6.20.60714 [b]MPEG2 Video Codec[/b]: ffdshow v.855 [b]MPEG2 Audio Codec[/b]: ffdshow v.855 Premised: accordling with [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=1573"]this post[/URL], one week ago I have mailed to DMAN in order to add [URL="http://www.freecom.com/ecproduct_detail.asp?ID=2823&CatID=8120&sCatID=1146531&ssCatID=1146531"]my card[/URL] in MediaPortal: it have mailed me a new CaptureCardDefinitions.xml file, and now my card works ok... but only DVB-T. [U]Note for users that have this Freecom stick[/U]: the configuration for the DVB-T is the sequent: [CODE]<capturecard commercialname="Freecom Hybrid USB Stick (DVB-T)" capturename="Freecom Digital TV Video" devid="vid_14aa&pid_0620"> <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 DVBT Network Provider" checkdevice="false"/> <filter cat="tunerdevice" name="Freecom Digital TV Receiver" checkdevice="true"/> <filter cat="capture" name="Freecom Digital TV Video" 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>[/CODE] Now, I'm trying to edit the CaptureCardDefinitions.xml file in order to add also the analog part of this card. I have found [URL="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/Add_TVCard_to_natively_supported_list"]this wiki[/URL], where at point 9 I can read: I open the file mailed to me in notepad and... surprise! The file are nearly unreadable, or better the text is visible, but it's not idented as the code that I have attached: it's only one, big row of 1.2Mb! No problem: I open it with wordpad! With this the file are perfect: I can read the singles capturecard definitions, and the rows are idented correcly. Without touching nothing, I save the file and I reopen it with notepad: the file is now correctly visible. I put this file (that, remember, I don't have modified, but only saved) into the MediaPortal folder and I start the Mediaportal Setup. Surprise! Mediaportal says me "No video capture card(s) were found"! DOH! But I don't have touched nothing into the file! Rewind: I put the original file posted from DMAN into MediaPortal... and this one works: the card is recognized correctly. Ok: which is the difference between the two files? I have analyzed them with an hex editor, and I have seen that it is... the carriage return! In facts the original file use only one character (0A), while wordpad has saved it with TWO characters (0D0A). This difference is described in [URL="http://homepage.smc.edu/morgan_david/CS41/lineterminators.htm"]this site[/URL], and explain why notepad does not shows correcly the file. Now, my question is: why MediaPortal does not recognize correcly the the file with the carriage return in "windows stile"? TIA [/QUOTE]
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