Pinnacle PCTV 310i PAL with DVB-T decoder

[wiz]

Hi to everyone,

I've installed GBPVR 0.96.12, but it doesn't find my Pinnacle PCTV 310i PAL with DVB-T decoder :mad: . Anyone can help me ?
On the homepage I found that GBPVR supports Pinnacle PCTV 300i ... :confused:

Thanks in advance for your help
WiZ (from Italy)

[sub]

You may need to add a new section to the BDA.ini file with names that match those used by your 310i. You can find the correct names using GraphEdit.exe (google for it). There was a past post that had some screenshots showing exactly where to get the info in GraphEdit.

[superor]

I have one of those cards, and you can use it with no problem in GBPVR... though, you must indeed change the .ini files!
Since this card is dual analog and digital, you should make two changes (additions) in the bda.ini and direct.ini files.

For the digital part (BDA.ini):
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[Pinnacle PCTV 310i PAL]
TUNING_TYPE=DVB-T
FILTER_TUNER=Pinnacle PCTV 310i BDA DVBT Tuner
FILTER_CAPTURE=Pinnacle PCTV 310i Digital Capture
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport

For the analog part (direct.ini):
---------------------------------
[Pinnacle PCTV 310i PAL]
INIT_MODE=DEFAULT
INIT_MSP=0
SUPPORTS_FM_RADIO=1
FILTER_CROSSBAR=Pinnacle PCTV 310i BDA Analog Xbar
FILTER_CAPTURE=Pinnacle PCTV 310i BDA Analog Capture
FILTER_TV_TUNER=Pinnacle PCTV 310i BDA Analog TV Tuner
FILTER_TV_AUDIO=Pinnacle PCTV 310i BDA Analog TV Audio
PIN_CROSSBAR_VIDEO_TUNER_IN=Video Tuner In
PIN_TVTUNER_ANALOG_VIDEO_OUT=Analog Video
PIN_TVTUNER_ANALOG_AUDIO_OUT=Analog Audio
PIN_TVAUDIO_TV_AUDIO_IN=TVAudio In
PIN_TVAUDIO_TV_AUDIO_OUT=TVAudio Out
PIN_CROSSBAR_AUDIO_TUNER_IN=Audio Tuner In
PIN_CROSSBAR_VIDEO_DECODER_OUT=Video Decoder Out
PIN_CAPTURE_ANALOG_VIDEO_IN=Analog Video In
PIN_CROSSBAR_AUDIO_DECODER_OUT=Audio Decoder Out
PIN_CAPTURE_ANALOG_AUDIO_IN=Analog Audioinput
PIN_CAPTURE_CAPTURE_OUT=Capture
PIN_WRITER_INPUT_IN=Input

Note that in order to watch analog channels you must use the software recorder plugin, since the card is not equipped with an analog hardware decoder...

[Zirco]

I've just bought this card and I've had to change some lines in BDA.INI file to scan DVB-T channels. (Sorry, I'm not using analog TV). The new card reference is as follows:

DVB-T (bda.ini):
-----------------------------------------------------

[Pinnacle PCTV 310i PAL]
TUNING_TYPE=DVB-T
FILTER_TUNER=Pinnacle PCTV 310i BDA DVBT Tuner
FILTER_CAPTURE=Pinnacle PCTV 310i BDA Digital Capture
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport

You can try using the same card name in the direct.ini file.