Can't find tuner filter in NPVR 4.05 on old XP machine (eee 701) with RTL2832U

[iamanotheruser]

I have an old eee 701 that I've got windows XP on with a realtek 2832 usb SDR tuner, using the 8664.001.0613.2011 drivers. I want to use the machine to send TV over my local network. Since no decoding of the video signal is required the low power nature of the machine should not matter. The machine has only 4GB built in drive space, but its got 2GB RAM. I have just enough space for NPVR and its requirements. I can install things to USB drives but would prefer not to. The last version of NPVR to run on XP was 4.05 so that is what I am using. Everything seems to be installed correctly but when I go to scan for channels NPVR says it can't find the filter for the tuner. I ran filter check and got the logs. See attached. 

I doubt that anyone can help but it would be amazing if you could. Thanks for reading.

[mvallevand]

I would try to repurpose the PC by installing LibreElec is easy and then install NextPVR V5.  You could even do this with USB boot and not touch the hard disk

The Realtek 2832 drivers for Windows are not reliable

Martin

[iamanotheruser]

Thanks heaps for your reply.So the drivers are the problem. Hmm. Is there any workaround? Maybe I got the wrong driver version?Unfortunately, libreelec is a no go because the machine only has a 32bit processor. Maybe lubuntu could do the job. What is the minimum linux required by nextpvr and is a 32bit version of the npvr deb available?

I would try to repurpose the PC by installing LibreElec is easy and then install NextPVR V5.  You could even do this with USB boot and not touch the hard disk

The Realtek 2832 drivers for Windows are not reliable

Martin

[mvallevand]

V5 doesn't support 32 bit x86 Linux. As you suspected you probably are on you own trying to get this old laptop going and would be better off with a cheap refurb or even a Raspberry Pi if money is important.

Martin.