2.2.6 & Hauppauge DCR-2650: Required Software

[soccerdad]

I missed your post and did not look at lunch. I will do it tonight. I have messed it up somehow and likely need to reset things up anyway. I disabled all non-cablecard tuners and removed all non-cablecard channels. But now when I select a channel that works in WMC, I get a tuner not available note. I will recreate the database, rescan, map a few and test again. Then I will send in logs. I also noticed something else odd. I was viewing a channel in WMC. I then exited WMC and the lights on the DCM for the tuners both went out. But if I look at the tuner status in the Hauppauge utility, it says that it is still connected to the last channel I viewed in WMC. It might not mean anything, but I just wanted to thow that out there.

Also, I just spoke to Hauppauge about the Tuning Adapter support. He noted that there would be a firmware update posted tomorrow, but it has no effect on the TA situation. That support will be in a driver update in "a week or two".

[BrettB]

I also noticed something else odd. I was viewing a channel in WMC. I then exited WMC and the lights on the DCM for the tuners both went out. But if I look at the tuner status in the Hauppauge utility, it says that it is still connected to the last channel I viewed in WMC. It might not mean anything, but I just wanted to thow that out there.

I've noticed this situation, too. It appears that at least part of time it will stay "tuned" to the last channel. But, it is not longer showing network traffic from that tuner. (i.e. It's tuned to it, but not transmitting the stream from it) So the light on the front would seem to indicate whether or not it is currently transmitting data from a stream by a particular tuner.

[sub]

FYI, yesterday SiliconDust released a new version of their software that is supposed to ignore the DCR-2650's. And presumably, the new software that became available on Hauppauge's site yesterday should manage the DCR but ignore the HDHR's.

I haven't installed either yet as I didn't have time last night but I hope to get to it this evening. Hopefully it won't mean any changes are necessary in NextPVR.

I'm fairly sure this is only cosmetic, with the Hauppauge devices only being filtered out of the GUI setup utilities, and the NextPVR support for the DCR-2650 / Prime should still be functioning.

[BrettB]

With this new update, if you temporarily rename your database (so that it'll create a new one), does the DCR-2650 still show up in the Settings->Devices screen?

Yes, I just tested this, and can confirm that the DCR-2650 does still show up. I also tested using the command listed in the nrecord.log file for doing the tuning, and it still works, too.

[sub]

Yeah, I just checked it remotely myself, and it's still working fine for me with the most recent firmware.