Hauppauge PCTV 801e SE tuner problem

[snagglewest]

I just picked up a Hauppauge PCTV HD Stick 801e SE USB tuner to replace a HVR-980 analog tuner that's on it's last legs. I pulled the 980 and stuck the 801 in, but it's giving me fits and a search of the archives didn't turn up an answer, so here goes:

The 801 tuner does both digital & analog and it works fine in the OEM "TVCenter" software picking up all my digital and analog channels. NPVR sees it too, but only as a digital device and lists it as:

ATSC "DiBcom BDA Digital Tuner (Dev1 Path0)"
QAM "DiBcom BDA Digital Tuner (Dev1 Path0)"
DVB-C "DiBcom BDA Digital Tuner (Dev1 Path1)"

It scanned QAM fine and found all my digital channels. The problem is it doesn’t see the analog side which I suspect means I need to add it to the AnalogDevices.xml. I played around with the AnalogDevices.xml file, but I didn't have a clue what I was doing, so I can't get it working. Can someone point me in the right direction?

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[johnsonx42]

Code:

    <Device filter="DiBcom BDA Analog Capture (Dev1 Path2)">
        <Name>PCTV HD Stick 801e</Name>
        <Type>SOFT_ENCODE</Type>
    </Device>

ought to work... I'm assuming this thing doesn't have a hardware encoder, right?

[johnsonx42]

@sub - since almost all analog tuner filters have the word "Capture" or "Tuner" in them, and most now do not have hardware encoders, why not add code to simply enable any otherwise unknown (i.e. not listed in AnalogDevices.xml) analog "Capture" or "Tuner" device with soft encoding? This would save much user frustration and support requests, where all we do is tell NPVR what it already knows (that is to say, I used nothing other than the NPVR.log to create the entry I gave snagglewest).

[snagglewest]

Wow, 9 minutes and I'm fixed! That's what makes NPVR so great, the instant support and the community that works so hard to make it the best program out there.

Ok, so just for future eduction, were exactly did you find the "PCTV HD Stick 801e" and the "DiBcom BDA Analog Capture (Dev1 Path2)"? I poked around in the logs, but I didn't find it.

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[johnsonx42]

npvr.log:

Code:

2012-06-27 20:38:53.689    [DEBUG][1]     skipping 'DiBcom BDA Analog Capture (Dev1 Path2)' (not in AnalogDevices.xml)

The <Name> parameter is just a friendly name for the device, I made it up based on what you said the device was called. It can be anything.

[snagglewest]

OK, I see were you found <Device filter="DiBcom BDA Analog Capture (Dev1 Path2)"> in the NPVR.log. So my next question is what does NPVR do with the <Name>? I see that the The devices list only shows whatever <Device filter= is.

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[sub]

So my next question is what does NPVR do with the <Name>? I see that the The devices list only shows whatever <Device filter= is.

Nothing. I original intended it for some other purpose, but didn't end up using it.

[johnsonx42]

I always assumed the Name parameter was just for humans to identify which real-world device a given entry was for... How else would one know a PCTV HD Stick 810e is supported if the analogdevices.xml only contains the DiBcom filter name?