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I installed a technisat dvb-c card with softcam. I had it almost working but in trying to getting complete I must have broken something because NPVR started crashing all the time. So I put an old windows image back and made a clean install.

Now, I got so far that I can HEAR a non-encrypted channel, but I can't see it in NPVR. I can see the video in windows media player so I thought it might be a decoder problem, but both available video decoders don't seem to do the trick.

The other problem is that acamd keeps saying that there's no smartcard defined, which explains why I can't see encrypted channels:

23:59:36.733: ACamd v0.6.1.8
23:59:36.750: MD-API Version 01.03 - 01.06
23:59:36.753: systems: registering CA system Cardclient, pri -15, ident 1000
23:59:36.753: structloaders: registering loader cardclient config
23:59:36.753: cardclients: registering cardclient Newcamd
23:59:36.753: cardclients: registering cardclient Newcamd2
23:59:36.753: cardclients: registering cardclient CCcamN
23:59:36.753: cardclients: registering cardclient Radegast
23:59:36.753: cardclients: registering cardclient Camd35
23:59:36.753: cardclients: registering cardclient EmuBox03
23:59:36.753: cardclients: registering cardclient Gbox
23:59:36.753: cardclients: registering cardclient GboxN
23:59:36.753: cardclients: registering cardclient MboxN
23:59:36.753: structloaders: registering loader smartcard data
23:59:36.753: systems: registering CA system SC-Irdeto, pri -10, ident 1001
23:59:36.753: feature: using feature SMARTCARD
23:59:36.753: registering Irdeto smartcard (id 49726474)
23:59:36.753: systems: registering CA system SC-Seca, pri -10, ident 1002
23:59:36.753: registering Seca smartcard (id 53656361)
23:59:36.753: systems: registering CA system SC-Viaccess, pri -10, ident 1003
23:59:36.753: registering Viaccess smartcard (id 56696173)
23:59:36.753: systems: registering CA system SC-Conax, pri -10, ident 1004
23:59:36.753: registering Conax smartcard (id 436f6e78)
23:59:36.753: systems: registering CA system SC-Cryptoworks, pri -10, ident 1005
23:59:36.753: registering Cryptoworks smartcard (id 4372576f)
23:59:36.753: systems: registering CA system SC-Nagra, pri -10, ident 1006
23:59:36.753: registering Nagra smartcard (id 4e616772)
23:59:36.753: systems: registering CA system SC-NDS, pri -10, ident 1007
23:59:36.753: registering NDS smartcard (id 56694732)
23:59:36.763: Monitor listen on port 58880
23:59:36.808: B:Betatunnel, CAID:1833 with Provider:00000000 to CAID:1702 with Provider:00000000
23:59:36.808: Engine [MD-API]
23:59:36.808: loading smartcard data from C:\Users\Public\NPVR\MDPlugins\TechniSat Mantis DVBC BDA Receiver #1-1\smartcard.conf
23:59:36.808: loaded 9 smartcard data from C:\Users\Public\NPVR\MDPlugins\TechniSat Mantis DVBC BDA Receiver #1-1\smartcard.conf
23:59:36.808: loading cardclient config from C:\Users\Public\NPVR\MDPlugins\TechniSat Mantis DVBC BDA Receiver #1-1\cardclient.conf
23:59:36.808: now using protocol version 525 (cdLen=8)
23:59:36.808: hostname=127.0.0.1 port=15050 emm=1 emmCaids 0604/ffff
23:59:36.808: Newcamd: username=gebruiker1 password=wachtwoord1 key=0102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E providers=none
23:59:36.808: client 'Newcamd' ready
23:59:36.808: ** registered systems:
23:59:36.808: ** SC-NDS (pri -10)
23:59:36.808: ** SC-Nagra (pri -10)
23:59:36.808: ** SC-Cryptoworks (pri -10)
23:59:36.808: ** SC-Conax (pri -10)
23:59:36.808: ** SC-Viaccess (pri -10)
23:59:36.808: ** SC-Seca (pri -10)
23:59:36.808: ** SC-Irdeto (pri -10)
23:59:36.808: ** Cardclient (pri -15)
23:59:36.808: no smartcard interface defined!
23:59:36.810:


Things I did:
First, I physically removed the (other) analogue tv-card before reinstalling.

The only thing in cardclient.config is:
newcamd:127.0.0.1:15050:1/0604/ffff:gebruiker1:wachtwoord1:0102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E

I added a file acamd.ini:
MonLog=1
(but I don't know where the log is going)
Don't I have to add here "technisat=1" or something?

I copied the acamd files in directory: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\MDPlugins\TechniSat Mantis DVBC BDA Receiver #1-1

I copied and pasted FFDecsa.dll in C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR, but NPVR still couldn't find it. Not until after I copied it in C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\Other, NPVR didn't say it was missing.

I changed <readers name="Phoenix"> and <node>COM9</node> in newcs.xml and started newcs.exe


Wim

WKleeven Wrote:I installed a technisat dvb-c card with softcam. I had it almost working but in trying to getting complete I must have broken something because NPVR started crashing all the time. So I put an old windows image back and made a clean install.

Now, I got so far that I can HEAR a non-encrypted channel, but I can't see it in NPVR. I can see the video in windows media player so I thought it might be a decoder problem, but both available video decoders don't seem to do the trick.

What decoders were they?

Reproduce the problem then post the npvr.log/nrecord.log and I'll take a look.

Quote:The other problem is that acamd keeps saying that there's no smartcard defined, which explains why I can't see encrypted channels

Thats internal to acamd, so no something I can really help you with, but given you said you can hear it, and see video in WMP, then it sounds like it is decrypting, so probably not a problem.

sub Wrote:What decoders were they?

Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder and MainConcept MPEG-2 Video decoder (this last one was installed with the dvb-c card)

sub Wrote:Thats internal to acamd, so no something I can really help you with, but given you said you can hear it, and see video in WMP, then it sounds like it is decrypting, so probably not a problem.

I can hear only the non-encrypted channel. And to make things worse, at the moment I'm having a problem with the smargo. In newcs I get "[Loader] Reset failed" and I am not getting [Keyman], etc. I uninstalled the smargo and installed again, but no luck.

Does your DVB-C system definitely use MPEG2? I remember one user having H.264 misreported as MPEG2, causing the wrong type of decoder to be loaded and no video.

Can you try doing a recording, then play it, then post the npvr.log again?

sub Wrote:Does your DVB-C system definitely use MPEG2? I remember one user having H.264 misreported as MPEG2, causing the wrong type of decoder to be loaded and no video.

Can you try doing a recording, then play it, then post the npvr.log again?

Well, at the moment I got news working normally, but NPVR freezes totally when I try to watch tv or make a recording.
I am using this card: http://www.technisat.com/indexa326.html?...849658-211
forgive me if I am not sure it's mpeg-2. But what if it isn't? Do I just have to make a change in the settings?

It's getting real late over here (2:40AM), so I'll check for new posts tomorrow. Thanks for now.
I did add the logs, but I didn't see anything about the freeze.

WKleeven Wrote:Well, at the moment I got news working normally, but NPVR freezes totally when I try to watch tv or make a recording.

You might need to try making a one minute recording and put it somewhere I can download it from.

Quote:I am using this card: http://www.technisat.com/indexa326.html?...849658-211
forgive me if I am not sure it's mpeg-2. But what if it isn't? Do I just have to make a change in the settings?

All DVB devices support both MPEG2 and H264 - its more of a software.

sub Wrote:You might need to try making a one minute recording and put it somewhere I can download it from.

I did start a recording and after a minute or so I canceled it. Then NPVR totally freezed again. Result is a 0 bytes video, so I added it here.
Before I could zip the file, I had to stop the recording service. Is that normal?

sub Wrote:All DVB devices support both MPEG2 and H264 - its more of a software.

Sure hope the card wasn't a wrong choice.

I saw another strange this that might explain some more (at least for you, not for me). There's a crashlog something to do with .net . I added that file too.

Hope you can make something of it. Thanks for the support.

I just reinstalled visual c++ 64 bit. The recording I made is still going on. When I tried to cancel it, I got an exception window. I added a file so you can see and the logs.

I haven't added anything in the hosts file. Do I have to?

WKleeven Wrote:I did start a recording and after a minute or so I canceled it. Then NPVR totally freezed again. Result is a 0 bytes video, so I added it here.

That file would be no use. I wanted to see on of the files you said give video in WMP, but not in NextPVR.

WKleeven Wrote:I just reinstalled visual c++ 64 bit. The recording I made is still going on. When I tried to cancel it, I got an exception window. I added a file so you can see and the logs.

What did the error say? It wasnt shown in the logs.

Quote:I haven't added anything in the hosts file. Do I have to?

No, you shouldnt have to do anything like that.