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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 656604" data-attributes="member: 82144">Hi there ColinTI have a Pinnacle 7010ix card and am using Blackgold drivers because they are more stable. I've spent the last month trying to figure out why DiSEqC wouldn't work in most of my TV programs (including MediaPortal). In fact the only programs that could make the card do DiSEqC switching that I have discovered are WMC7 and DVBViewer (you MUST enable the &quot;new tuning method&quot; or &quot;custom network provider&quot;)...Anyhow after a lot of reverse compiling and &quot;hacking&quot; I have discovered why Blackgold DiSEqC switching doesn't currently work in MP. It is easy to fix - it is just that the MP DiSEqC code is a bit of a mess. I am working on a patch which I hope to have submitted in the next two weeks...I think the existing &quot;GenericBDAS&quot; handler will still be required for some time. I would assume that it works for some cards, which is why it is there in the first place. Having said that I don't think there is any reason why a second &quot;baseline&quot; handler with the Windows 7 DiSEqC interface calls couldn't be developed as well. I can probably save you some effort if I told you that it is unlikely (I have tried it - it didn't work!) to help you get DiSEqC working for Blackgold cards. The thing is that if you start changing the manufacturer specific code or remove the old generic handler you will break the support for hardware which doesn't have new drivers that support the new interface. On top of that, it is my understanding that the new interface has not been back-ported to XP and many people still use MP with XP.Hope that all makes sense!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 656604, member: 82144"] Hi there ColinT I have a Pinnacle 7010ix card and am using Blackgold drivers because they are more stable. I've spent the last month trying to figure out why DiSEqC wouldn't work in most of my TV programs (including MediaPortal). In fact the only programs that could make the card do DiSEqC switching that I have discovered are WMC7 and DVBViewer (you MUST enable the "new tuning method" or "custom network provider")... Anyhow after a lot of reverse compiling and "hacking" I have discovered why Blackgold DiSEqC switching doesn't currently work in MP. It is easy to fix - it is just that the MP DiSEqC code is a bit of a mess. I am working on a patch which I hope to have submitted in the next two weeks... I think the existing "GenericBDAS" handler will still be required for some time. I would assume that it works for some cards, which is why it is there in the first place. Having said that I don't think there is any reason why a second "baseline" handler with the Windows 7 DiSEqC interface calls couldn't be developed as well. I can probably save you some effort if I told you that it is unlikely (I have tried it - it didn't work!) to help you get DiSEqC working for Blackgold cards. The thing is that if you start changing the manufacturer specific code or remove the old generic handler you will break the support for hardware which doesn't have new drivers that support the new interface. On top of that, it is my understanding that the new interface has not been back-ported to XP and many people still use MP with XP. Hope that all makes sense! [/QUOTE]

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