Twinhan 3056 problems (1 Viewer)

[Mikoburns]

MediaPortal Version[latest with svn]:
Windows Version[XP]:
CPU Type[P4]:
1. TV Card[Excel 1080i (Twinhan 3056 Hybrid)]:
1. TV Card Driver[latest BDA from Twinhan website]:

Hi all,

I'm having a few issues getting my Twinhan 3056 hybrid card to work with MP.

I've added the following definition to the capturecarddefinitions.xml file:

i've managed to get this card working in Mediaportal - here is teh carddefinitions.xml file you will need to add... worked first time

<capturecard commercialname="Excel 3056 Hybrid Digital Capture (based on Twinhan)" capturename="3056 BDA Digital Capture" devid="ven_1131&amp;dev_7133&amp;subsys_00221822&amp;rev_d1">
<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="3056 BDA DVBT Tuner" checkdevice="true"/>
<filter cat="capture" name="3056 BDA Digital Capture" 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>

<capturecard commercialname="Excel 3056 Hybrid Analog Capture (based on Twinhan)" capturename="3056 BDA Analog Capture" devid="ven_1131&amp;dev_7133&amp;subsys_00221822&amp;rev_d1">
<capabilities tv="true" radio="true" mpeg2="true" mce="true" sw="false" bda="false"/>
<tv>
<interface cat="mux" video="" audio="" mpeg2="0"/>
<filters>
<filter cat="tvtuner" name="3056 BDA Analog Tv Tuner" checkdevice="true"/>
<filter cat="tvaudio" name="3056 BDA Analog TV Audio" checkdevice="true"/>
<filter cat="crossbar" name="3056 BDA Analog Xbar" checkdevice="true"/>
<filter cat="capture" name="3056 BDA Analog Capture" checkdevice="true"/>
<filter cat="videncoder" name="CyberLink MPEG Video Encoder(Twinhan)" checkdevice="false"/>
<filter cat="audencoder" name="Cyberlink Audio Encoder(Twinhan)" checkdevice="false"/>
<filter cat="mux" name="CyberLink MPEG Muxer" checkdevice="false"/>
</filters>
<connections>
<connection sourcefilter="tvtuner" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="crossbar" sinkpin="%tvtuner%"/>
<connection sourcefilter="tvtuner" sourcepin="1" sinkfilter="tvaudio" sinkpin="0"/>
<connection sourcefilter="tvaudio" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="crossbar" sinkpin="%audiotuner%"/>
<connection sourcefilter="crossbar" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="capture" sinkpin="0"/>
<connection sourcefilter="crossbar" sourcepin="1" sinkfilter="capture" sinkpin="1"/>
<connection sourcefilter="capture" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="videncoder" sinkpin="0"/>
<connection sourcefilter="capture" sourcepin="2" sinkfilter="audencoder" sinkpin="0"/>
<connection sourcefilter="videncoder" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="mux" sinkpin="0"/>
<connection sourcefilter="audencoder" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="mux" sinkpin="1"/>
</connections>
</tv>
</capturecard>

MP picks up on the card and analogue TV works fine through MP, but when I try to get digital TV working its MP tells me that it cannot graph the card.

Can anyone please help me.. I've been trying to find a solution to this for days now without any success?

Many thanks,

mikoburns

 

[nimmyd]

You've gotta be kidding!

I have the same tuner card, and when I used your definition I get the exact opposite problem: Digital works, analogue doesn't.

Did you initially have problems with both?

 

[garygary]

Hi all,
I have the same card, have tried using your info above ( and tired my own version as it was a little different) but MP still says no capture cards were found?

is it me doing something really really stupid?

Any help would be fab
Thanks

 

[nimmyd]

Garygary,

Its hard to tell what might be the cause but here are a few solutions to common problems which might explain why MP can't find your tuner card:

1. Make sure the correct BDA drivers have been installed. If not, MP might not recognise the card.
You can download the 3056 BDA drivers from the twinhan website: http://www.twinhan.com/files/driver/Software/2006_11_16/VP3056_v1.3.3.6.zip

2. Your card's specific hardware device ID might not be the same as the device ID you entered into the capturecarddefinitions.xml file. To check this out, follow the instructions from this thread: http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/Add_TVCard_to_natively_supported_list

I hope this helps.

 

[garygary]

Nimmyd,
Thanks for your post, still the same result, done the new drivers (mine were out of date). Checked filter names etc, and pins in capturecarddefinitions.xml file.
go into MP setup, click on tv - capture cards, click add still saying no cards found.
10 days i've been on this now and my heads starting to hurt!

Thanks

 

[nimmyd]

Garygary,

I am still working to get the analog working, so I appreciate your frustration.

Another thing to check is: can you can use the tv card outside of MP using the Twinhan application? The problem might not be with MP after all.

Another potential problem could be the capturecardsdefinitions.xml file. If the tags in the file are not closed properly, MP might not be able to read it properly and won't find your card.

What may also help is to completely uninstall MP and delete the whole c:\Program Files\Team-Media Portal folder. Then reinstall the latest release, and modify the capturecardsdefinitions.xml file again.

Good luck

 

[garygary]

Nimmyd,

Thanks for your thoughts, I had the same idea last night so i tried the card out with the twinhan program and it worked fine.
This morning i have completely removed MP and all the Twinhan drivers/software, reinstalled and still i get the same result "no capture cards were found".

However after editing capturecardsdefinitions.xml today, i tried to open it with internet explorer 7 which will display all the other cards contained in the file but when it gets to my modified data im now getting the message "only one top level element is allowed" error. never had that before.

I really don't want to give up on this card, but i'm getting desprate!

 

[nimmyd]

well...

The only thing i can think of is that your CaptureCard definition in the CaptureCardDefinitions/xml isnt formatted correctly. Have you made sure that the definition you added is before the closing tag: "</capture cards>" ?

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

use "xml marker" (free) for editing, retains the original formatting and makes finding the bit you want definition wise a lot easier.

 

[garygary]

Hi all.

Had a much needed break from it all, right here is the story so far:

thanks nimmyd for pointing out the closing tag error, you were right with that so MP now is seeing the cards (1xdigi & 1x Analog). Now im having the same problems as you nimmyd, digi is working in mp, but analog is being a little odd, sometimes i get "unable to graph"under setup -television-capture cards -analog - edit, but sometimes i dont get that error message and i can then open the device edit menu and scan for channels, but on starting mp main and clicking myTV "device error:unknown" arrives.

I'm now using MP version 0.2.3.0