Updating bda.ini has not effect

[joemichaud]

Hi Everyone, I've spent the last several hours stuck on something that has got to be really obvious... but I just can't seem to get it figured out.

I'm trying to get a Hauppauge HVR-2250 working with GBPVR by adding the the appropriate information to the bda.ini file. Unfortunately, it seems to have no effect and I just can't get the "Hauppauge HVR-2250" option to appear in the list of device types (in the config program, of course).

This is in Vista-64, if that makes any difference.

Does anyone have any idea what I might be doing wrong?

[sub]

It might be vista's file protection getting in the way.

Delete the "c:\users\<your account>\appdata\local\virtualstore\program files\devnz" directory, then run notepad with "run as administrator" then edit the bda.ini file and try again.

[joemichaud]

Thanks for getting back so quickly, Sub. Turns out that my initial problem was that the lines for the ini file that I blindly copied were labled "Hauppauge HVR-1250MCE" instead of "2250" - which is why I kept missing it.

That being the case, I still can't seem to get it working. When I press the button to "Map digital channels to EPG channels" I get a message saying "GB-PVR was unable to start the BDA device"...

I will continue to twiddle with it. Thanks again!

[sub]

What exactly did you add to your bda.ini file? If you didnt add a HVR2250 section, then its not going to be able to recognise your card.

[joemichaud]

What exactly did you add to your bda.ini file? If you didnt add a HVR2250 section, then its not going to be able to recognise your card.

I copied and pasted exactly what I found in this thread on the HVR-2250. I didn't read the contents of what I was copying and didn't realize it was labeled as an "HVR-1250".

Now that I have altered the label and selected the QAM version from the "Device Type:" menu I am trying to figure out where to go from here. I just reinstalled the drivers for the tuner card just be be sure I didn't screw them up with all the experimenting I've been doing... Still works in Vista Media Center (analog) so I will assume that's not the problem.

It sounds like several people have been able to make this work with no problems at all. I guess I'll go back to the documentation and try to figure out what I'm missing.

[sub]

You can just use a definition for another card and rename it.

The definition for the 2250 is:

[Hauppauge HVR-2250]
TUNING_TYPE=ATSC
FILTER_TUNER=Hauppauge WinTV-7164 BDA ATSC/QAM Tuner
FILTER_CAPTURE=Hauppauge WinTV-7164 BDA Digital Capture
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport

[Hauppauge HVR-2250 (QAM)]
TUNING_TYPE=ATSC
TUNING_SPECIAL=2
FILTER_TUNER=Hauppauge WinTV-7164 BDA ATSC/QAM Tuner
FILTER_CAPTURE=Hauppauge WinTV-7164 BDA Digital Capture
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport