Using the pcHDTV HD-3000 card in Media Portal (1 Viewer)

[ddalton]

I had to reinstall the drivers when I noticed that I had chosen the first drivers and not the second as mention in the install pdf for the pchdtv 3000 drivers... now I dont even get the card listed nor the cannot graph device error, but the device appear fine in my drivers

 

[Paul S]

I can't help you much if you don't provide the info that I previously asked for.

 

[ddalton]

Pc hdTv3000 not being found

I installed the card just as the pdf suggests, but when I go into media portal setup it doesnt find any tuner cards when I hit add....

the card caputure xml looks exactly like the one below... but my card device is listed as :
Conexant 238800 Video Capture
in my device manager... so I changed the card caputure xml to reflect that with no success.

can anyone help me figure out why the card isnt seen?

 

[Paul S]

Must I repeat myself?

That is why you need to run GraphEdit to help find what the problem is. If it can't find your card at all, it is usually the device ID. If it sees the card, but you get a "unable to create graph" error, there is a problem with the filters chosen, or with the pin connections.

 

[ddalton]

sorry paul... I just missed your last post... I will see if I can recreate some of the graphedt screen...

 

[ddalton]

Graphedt

Paul

I wasnt able to make the graphedt completely, I couldnt locate the Nvidia Video Decoder (I have a Geforce 6200) nor the ac3 filter... I have a realtek the I use the spdif straight to my reciever. I enclosed the image of the graphedt I have thus far.

Doug

 

[Paul S]

If you are trying to reproduce my graph exactly, you may not be able to. I think that my graph was taken when using the card in MP. Everthing after the three filters (Microsoft ATSC Network Provider, Conexant BDA ATSC Tuner/Demod and Conexant 2388x Transport Stream Capture) is automatically provided by MP. I can't check this because my card is back in a Linux MythTV machine, where it works best.

Whatever you select in MP for your audio and video codecs are used by MP. So your results may vary.

There is also the possibility that your card has a different device ID number. Get this from GraphEdit, not device manager. It looks like your filters have the same names, so make sure you change them back to the original names.

 

[ddalton]

I am not sure how to use graphedt to the the driver details and exactly where I should put them in the capturecarddefinitions.xml pchdtv defintion... could you tell me more specifics here.

Doug

 

[Paul S]

You need the device ID of the capture filter.

If you haven't already read the wiki, here is an example:
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/Add_TVCard_to_natively_supported_list

I said this just an example because it is for a digital DVB card.

 

[ddalton]

Closer but no cigar

so I got all the items required... you can see my graphedit below. my moniker is:

ven_14f1&dev_8802&subsys_30007063&rev_05

My defintion in the card definitions is:

  <capturecard commercialname="pcHDTV HD3000" capturename="Conexant 2388x Transport Stream Capture" devid="ven_14f1&amp;dev_8802&amp;subsys_30007063&amp;rev_05">
    <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 ATSC Network Provider"			checkdevice="false"/>
        <filter cat="tunerdevice"     name="Conexant BDA ATSC Tuner/Demod"		checkdevice="true"/>
        <filter cat="capture"         name="Conexant 2388x Transport Stream 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>

and still the when I hit add card ... nothing is found