WinFast HDTV Cinema PCI support (1 Viewer)

[krook1]

TV-Server Version: N/a
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.3.0
MediaPortal Skin:
Windows Version: XP SP2 32bit
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 3800+
HDD:
Memory: 1Gb
Motherboard: ECS 6100SM
Motherboard Chipset:
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card:
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card:
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: WinFast HDTV Cinema
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
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:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote:
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection:


Hi,
Since this card does not seem to be in the CaptureCardDefinitions.xml, I added the following:

<capturecard commercialname="WinFast HDTV Cinema BDA Digital Capture" capturename="WinFast HDTV Cinema BDA Digital Capture" devid="ven_1131&amp;dev_7133&amp;subsys_6670107d&amp;rev_11">
<capabilities tv="true" radio="false" mpeg2="true" mce="false" sw="false" bda="true"></capabilities>
<tv>
<interface cat="capture" video="3" audio="4" mpeg2="1" sectionsandtables="2"></interface>
<filters>
<filter cat="networkprovider" name="Microsoft ATSC Network Provider" checkdevice="false"></filter>
<filter cat="tunerdevice" name="WinFast HDTV Cinema BDA ATSC Tuner" checkdevice="true"></filter>
<filter cat="capture" name="WinFast HDTV Cinema BDA Digital Capture" checkdevice="true"></filter>
</filters>
<connections>
<connection sourcefilter="networkprovider" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="tunerdevice" sinkpin="0"></connection>
<connection sourcefilter="tunerdevice" sourcepin="0" sinkfilter="capture" sinkpin="0"></connection>
</connections>
</tv>
</capturecard>

I was able to "detect" the card but ran into issues when trying to scan for QAM. The issues that I see are:
1. When scanning it only scans channels 2-69.
The cards is capable of both ATSC and QAM. I read somewhere that ATSC is limited to channel 69. How do I make MediaPortal see that this is a QAM tuner??

2. During scanning the signal strength for the channels does seem non-zero. But Im not able to see the channels
in my channel list after the scan.
My log has messages like this:

2008-02-19 09:11:10.828125 [Info.][4]: tune channel:2/69 Channel:2
2008-02-19 09:11:10.828125 [Info.][4]: Start graph!
2008-02-19 09:11:11.296875 [Info.][4]: DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest(ATSC) set tuning properties. Freq:-1 physical:2 major:-1 minor:-1 SR:-1 mod:-1 tsid:-1
2008-02-19 09:11:12.984375 [Info.][4]: DVBGraphBDA: signal strength:20 signal quality:0 signal present:False locked:False
2008-02-19 09:11:13.000000 [Info.][4]: DVBGraph: wait for tunerlock
2008-02-19 09:11:18.000000 [Info.][4]: atsc-scan:signal quality:0 signal strength:20 signal present:False
2008-02-19 09:11:18.015625 [Info.][4]: tune channel:3/69 Channel:3
2008-02-19 09:11:18.015625 [Info.][4]: DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest(ATSC) set tuning properties. Freq:-1 physical:3 major:-1 minor:-1 SR:-1 mod:-1 tsid:-1
2008-02-19 09:11:19.687500 [Info.][4]: DVBGraphBDA: signal strength:20 signal quality:0 signal present:False locked:False
2008-02-19 09:11:19.703125 [Info.][4]: DVBGraph: wait for tunerlock
2008-02-19 09:11:24.703125 [Info.][4]: atsc-scan:signal quality:0 signal strength:20 signal present:False
2008-02-19 09:11:24.703125 [Info.][4]: tune channel:4/69 Channel:4
2008-02-19 09:11:24.718750 [Info.][4]: DVBGraphBDAubmitTuneRequest(ATSC) set tuning properties. Freq:-1 physical:4 major:-1 minor:-1 SR:-1 mod:-1 tsid:-1
2008-02-19 09:11:26.343750 [Info.][4]: DVBGraphBDA: signal strength:20 signal quality:0 signal present:False locked:False
2008-02-19 09:11:26.359375 [Info.][4]: DVBGraph: wait for tunerlock



Can anyone tell me what Im doing wrong??
Thanks
- Pravin

 

[hoobuba]

Working?

Hello,

Did you make your Winfast HDTV Cinema work? After couple MP updates the TV reception is gone for good and I am stuck with convertabox. Love the MP still but this sucks ...

Thanks for reply

Milos