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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew H" data-source="post: 571023" data-attributes="member: 56239">I too bought the 650 USB at Fry's $29.99 pricing (plus s/h) and was curious to see what a &quot;dual&quot; combo tuner really was.&nbsp; Sad to say it only supports a single ATSC or NTSC feed at a time.&nbsp; Haven't tried pushing the &quot;dual&quot; language but it may be able to support one format each simultaneously as there are TWO of the Samsung TECC1149 (NTSC/ATSC) chips on its PCI-e brethren.&nbsp; Oh well, not a bad price to add an ATSC tuner to my MP setup.&nbsp; Oh, and it does really good S-video capture from my DirecTV box!&nbsp; (YES, I'd had issue with my Hauppauge 1600's capture ability - not something I use very often at all but would like to know I can should I want to capture old Hi-8 video tapes for DIGITAL preservation!)&nbsp; As for setting it up, load the ATi drivers and the PC should list the device in your Device Manager as a video device (where the codecs are).&nbsp; You install tuners into MP from the SERVER application.&nbsp; Up top you see the IP, click the &quot;+&quot; symbol and you get the tuner options.&nbsp; Should be one ATSC and one Analog.&nbsp; That's where you start with a scan of ATSC followed by setting them up in the TV Channels tab, assigning channels to a card (because you MAY want to limit which cards support which channels in a multi-card system), etc.&nbsp; LOTS of detail I don't want to explain here...Are you playing .avi files?&nbsp; What needs XviD?&nbsp; And AC3?&nbsp; Are you attempting to passthrough your DolbyDigital audio stream? Sounds like you're new and need a tour... not something I want to do here but if you have a specific file extension you're having issue with then POPULATE your MySystem profile on this forum, post some specific questions and we'll try.The &lt;Esc&gt; key is your friend.&nbsp; Use it often to traverse back UP from where you came!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andrew H, post: 571023, member: 56239"] I too bought the 650 USB at Fry's $29.99 pricing (plus s/h) and was curious to see what a "dual" combo tuner really was. Sad to say it only supports a single ATSC or NTSC feed at a time. Haven't tried pushing the "dual" language but it may be able to support one format each simultaneously as there are TWO of the Samsung TECC1149 (NTSC/ATSC) chips on its PCI-e brethren. Oh well, not a bad price to add an ATSC tuner to my MP setup. Oh, and it does really good S-video capture from my DirecTV box! (YES, I'd had issue with my Hauppauge 1600's capture ability - not something I use very often at all but would like to know I can should I want to capture old Hi-8 video tapes for DIGITAL preservation!) As for setting it up, load the ATi drivers and the PC should list the device in your Device Manager as a video device (where the codecs are). You install tuners into MP from the SERVER application. Up top you see the IP, click the "+" symbol and you get the tuner options. Should be one ATSC and one Analog. That's where you start with a scan of ATSC followed by setting them up in the TV Channels tab, assigning channels to a card (because you MAY want to limit which cards support which channels in a multi-card system), etc. LOTS of detail I don't want to explain here... Are you playing .avi files? What needs XviD? And AC3? Are you attempting to passthrough your DolbyDigital audio stream? Sounds like you're new and need a tour... not something I want to do here but if you have a specific file extension you're having issue with then POPULATE your MySystem profile on this forum, post some specific questions and we'll try. The <Esc> key is your friend. Use it often to traverse back UP from where you came! [/QUOTE]

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