FM Radio

[guppyman]

Is there FM Radio support for the ATI Theater 550 cards?

[sub]

i tried that. got "loadlibrary("lame.ax") failed - The specified module could not be found.

You get that error if you type file name wrong, or you dont include the path. You should be using:

regsvr32 c:\path\to\where\I\saved\lame.ax

If you using software encoding (ie, not a MVP/XCard/PVR350 tv out), then it doesnt require lame.ax at all. If you're not using the software encoding, then the 'scan' button will not be shown and lame.ax will be required.

this brought up the "scan function" but didn't pick up any station except in the 107+ range. the lower range didn't pick up anything and after 107 it picked up fuzz. i got the fm wires hooked up on the pvr350 correctly and it just doesn't work. living in lexington ky we have some very hot radio signals i can't see why it wouldn't work.

Sound like you're out of luck then.

is this function tested with the PVR350?

Yes.

[sub]

Is there FM Radio support for the ATI Theater 550 cards?

I dont know, I havent tried it.

Give it a go. If you get audio, then its supported. If you dont, then its not supported.

[postaldave]

You get that error if you type file name wrong, or you dont include the path. You should be using:

regsvr32 c:\path\to\where\I\saved\lame.ax

If you using software encoding (ie, not a MVP/XCard/PVR350 tv out), then it doesnt require lame.ax at all. If you're not using the software encoding, then the 'scan' button will not be shown and lame.ax will be required.

thanks, that help get the lame.ex installed but i got a new problem
now and i have a theory what is going wrong.

there is not scan button when using hardware so i added
the channels in my area by hand. after that i hit
play and i got sound.

the problem is i'm hearing the audio from that last TV channel
that i was watching.


theory1.
something in config is not set correctly. is there something i
need to do there to add the "radio" tuner. right now the capture source
is set up to work with my "wall cable".

theory2.
i need a driver or something else to get the radio punction of
the PVR350 up and running.

somehow i got to get GB-PVR to wake up or connect to the FM tunner side of the PVR350.

[sub]

Post you gbpvrrecordingservice.exe-native.log and I'll see if I can see anything obvious. If you get sound, even if it is tv, then everything is hooked up correctly. TV and RADIO are treated pretty much the same, but with different frequencies.

[postaldave]

22:30:25.343 INFO Log started
22:30:25.343 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::StartRecording(1, 0, 100100000, 0)
22:30:25.343 VERBOSE Loading filter names
22:30:25.343 VERBOSE Found names:
22:30:25.343 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Crossbar
22:30:25.343 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
22:30:25.343 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II TvTuner
22:30:25.343 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II TvAudio
22:30:25.390 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Analog Audio' to 'TVAudio In'
22:30:25.453 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Audio Decoder Out' to 'Analog Audio In'
22:30:25.453 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: LAME MPEG Layer III Audio Encoder
22:30:25.453 VERBOSE Trying 'LAME Audio Encoder' as backup
22:30:25.453 VERBOSE Using 'LAME Audio Encoder'
22:30:25.453 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Preview Audio' to 'XForm In'
22:30:25.468 VERBOSE put_Mode(AMTUNER_MODE_FM_RADIO)
22:30:25.468 VERBOSE put_Channel(100100000, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT)
22:30:25.468 VERBOSE put_Channel Failed
22:30:25.609 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters)
22:30:25.609 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
22:30:25.609 VERBOSE - GB-PVR Writer
22:30:25.609 VERBOSE - LAME Audio Encoder
22:30:25.609 VERBOSE - Capture
22:30:25.609 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Crossbar
22:30:25.609 VERBOSE - TV Audio
22:30:25.609 VERBOSE - TV Tuner
22:30:25.609 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles)
22:30:25.609 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::StartRecording() done
22:30:27.765 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::StopRecording()
22:30:28.265 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::StartRecording(1, 0, 100100000, 0)
22:30:28.265 VERBOSE Loading filter names
22:30:28.265 VERBOSE Found names:
22:30:28.265 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Crossbar
22:30:28.265 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
22:30:28.265 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II TvTuner
22:30:28.265 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II TvAudio
22:30:28.281 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Analog Audio' to 'TVAudio In'
22:30:28.312 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Audio Decoder Out' to 'Analog Audio In'
22:30:28.312 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: LAME MPEG Layer III Audio Encoder
22:30:28.312 VERBOSE Trying 'LAME Audio Encoder' as backup
22:30:28.312 VERBOSE Using 'LAME Audio Encoder'
22:30:28.312 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Preview Audio' to 'XForm In'
22:30:28.312 VERBOSE put_Mode(AMTUNER_MODE_FM_RADIO)
22:30:28.312 VERBOSE put_Channel(100100000, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT)
22:30:28.312 VERBOSE put_Channel Failed
22:30:28.453 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters)
22:30:28.453 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
22:30:28.453 VERBOSE - GB-PVR Writer
22:30:28.453 VERBOSE - LAME Audio Encoder
22:30:28.453 VERBOSE - Capture
22:30:28.453 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Crossbar
22:30:28.453 VERBOSE - TV Audio
22:30:28.453 VERBOSE - TV Tuner
22:30:28.453 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles)
22:30:28.453 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::StartRecording() done
22:37:03.531 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::StopRecording()
22:37:35.359 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::StartRecording(1, 0, 100100000, 0)
22:37:35.359 VERBOSE Loading filter names
22:37:35.359 VERBOSE Found names:
22:37:35.359 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Crossbar
22:37:35.359 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture
22:37:35.359 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II TvTuner
22:37:35.359 VERBOSE Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II TvAudio
22:37:35.375 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Analog Audio' to 'TVAudio In'
22:37:35.406 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Audio Decoder Out' to 'Analog Audio In'
22:37:35.406 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: LAME MPEG Layer III Audio Encoder
22:37:35.406 VERBOSE Trying 'LAME Audio Encoder' as backup
22:37:35.406 VERBOSE Using 'LAME Audio Encoder'
22:37:35.406 VERBOSE ConnectPins: 'Preview Audio' to 'XForm In'
22:37:35.421 VERBOSE put_Mode(AMTUNER_MODE_FM_RADIO)
22:37:35.421 VERBOSE put_Channel(100100000, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT)
22:37:35.421 VERBOSE put_Channel Failed
22:37:35.546 VERBOSE getSetting(ListGraphFilters)
22:37:35.546 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
22:37:35.546 VERBOSE - GB-PVR Writer
22:37:35.546 VERBOSE - LAME Audio Encoder
22:37:35.546 VERBOSE - Capture
22:37:35.546 VERBOSE - Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Crossbar
22:37:35.546 VERBOSE - TV Audio
22:37:35.546 VERBOSE - TV Tuner
22:37:35.546 VERBOSE getSetting(SaveGraphFiles)
22:37:35.546 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::StartRecording() done
22:37:39.343 VERBOSE ConexantRecorder::StopRecording()

[sub]

Sorry, I dont know. The two most significant things seem correct, and there is no errors shown.

22:37:35.421 VERBOSE put_Mode(AMTUNER_MODE_FM_RADIO)
22:37:35.421 VERBOSE put_Channel(100100000, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT, AMTUNER_SUBCHAN_DEFAULT)

This shows it telling the capture device to be in radio mode, and tune to frequency 100.1Mhz

[postaldave]

it looks like a hardware problem then. i installed the winradio ap that came with the card and it's dead in the water too. stupid hauppauge card. i went with the pvr350 due it's good reviews. that didn't work out so well.

thanks for all the help. atleast i still have a kick ass PVR for the tv.

[DRL]

Anyone have any luck with this - I have the same failed to load for lame.ex

[DRL]

Anyone have any luck with this - I have the same failed to load for lame.ex

I had the same issues.

It worked for me when I ran the batch file as administrator (vista) The lame.ex is expected to be in system32 but take a peek inside the install batch file to see what the path is coded as. The correct version comes with a windows batch file install for loading it up.