- October 28, 2007
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Hi all,
I have a pair of Black Gold twin-tuner cards fitted into my pc (so a total of 4 dvb tuners)
These are fitted into the pci-e x 1 slots.
When I run media-portal configuration it picks up each of the 4 tuners fine and lets me scan and tune each one of them indvidually.
The problem is - when I try to record more than one program at the same time it will start recording the first 2 I selecte but if I try and record 3 at a time it just gives me a 'recording conflict' error/message when I try to start the third.
From what I can work out, although I have configured all 4 tuners for recording when actually running MP it is only attempting to use one tuner from each card.
I have installed the multi-dvb patch from microsoft, the fix mentioned in the forums for multipull tuners and the latest drivers for everything.
Any ideas??
Thanks.
ps. I have just done a clean install but I thought that, when I had it runnig before, (v2.3RC2) I could get a 'picture-in-picture' (PIP) display when watching TV.
Now I can't seem to find it!
Is pip supported by MP or was that something else I was using?
TV-Server Version:
MediaPortal Version: 2.3 Stable
MediaPortal Skin: X-Face
Windows Version: XP Pro Sp2
CPU Type: AMD 4600+ Dual Core 2.4GHZ
HDD: 250GB Sata 300 / 500GB Sata 300
Memory: 2GB (2x1GB) PC4000 Corsair Platinum OCZ
Motherboard: Abit AN8 32x
Motherboard Chipset: NForce 4
Motherboard Bios: Abit 11
Video Card: 2 x BFG 7600GT OC 256MB
Video Card Driver: Nvidia
Sound Card: Abit Optical Out
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Black Gold GDI3520 Dual-Tuner
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T / Analog
1. TV Card Driver: Black Gold
2. TV Card: Black Gold GDI3520 Dual-Tuner
2. TV Card Type: DVB-T / Analog
2. TV Card Driver: Black Gold
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Thermaltake Bach
Cooling: Fans
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower
Remote: iMon
TV: Panasonic TH37PW5B 37" Plasma Display
TV - HTPC Connection: VGA / Component
Just a thought, My setup is for a stand-alone htpc.
I only have Media Portal installed by itself.
It is playing tv fine and recording 2 channels (but not all 4)
Do I need to install the TV engine software (or is that included in MP) or something like that to get all 4 tuners functioning? Ta!
I have a pair of Black Gold twin-tuner cards fitted into my pc (so a total of 4 dvb tuners)
These are fitted into the pci-e x 1 slots.
When I run media-portal configuration it picks up each of the 4 tuners fine and lets me scan and tune each one of them indvidually.
The problem is - when I try to record more than one program at the same time it will start recording the first 2 I selecte but if I try and record 3 at a time it just gives me a 'recording conflict' error/message when I try to start the third.
From what I can work out, although I have configured all 4 tuners for recording when actually running MP it is only attempting to use one tuner from each card.
I have installed the multi-dvb patch from microsoft, the fix mentioned in the forums for multipull tuners and the latest drivers for everything.
Any ideas??
Thanks.
ps. I have just done a clean install but I thought that, when I had it runnig before, (v2.3RC2) I could get a 'picture-in-picture' (PIP) display when watching TV.
Now I can't seem to find it!
Is pip supported by MP or was that something else I was using?
TV-Server Version:
MediaPortal Version: 2.3 Stable
MediaPortal Skin: X-Face
Windows Version: XP Pro Sp2
CPU Type: AMD 4600+ Dual Core 2.4GHZ
HDD: 250GB Sata 300 / 500GB Sata 300
Memory: 2GB (2x1GB) PC4000 Corsair Platinum OCZ
Motherboard: Abit AN8 32x
Motherboard Chipset: NForce 4
Motherboard Bios: Abit 11
Video Card: 2 x BFG 7600GT OC 256MB
Video Card Driver: Nvidia
Sound Card: Abit Optical Out
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Black Gold GDI3520 Dual-Tuner
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T / Analog
1. TV Card Driver: Black Gold
2. TV Card: Black Gold GDI3520 Dual-Tuner
2. TV Card Type: DVB-T / Analog
2. TV Card Driver: Black Gold
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Thermaltake Bach
Cooling: Fans
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower
Remote: iMon
TV: Panasonic TH37PW5B 37" Plasma Display
TV - HTPC Connection: VGA / Component
Just a thought, My setup is for a stand-alone htpc.
I only have Media Portal installed by itself.
It is playing tv fine and recording 2 channels (but not all 4)
Do I need to install the TV engine software (or is that included in MP) or something like that to get all 4 tuners functioning? Ta!