Setting up a 2250

[pcostanza]

Yep....mine's listed as the 2200 (8901). What problems are you having?

[mmatheny]

Well, did a hwclear.exe and reinstalled everything, now when I add the capture cards I can pick Digital Recording Device. Before, somehow, I had an option of BDA Recording Device, which I believe is wrong. See my other thread.

http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=3...ostcount=1

[pcostanza]

Well, did a hwclear.exe and reinstalled everything, now when I add the capture cards I can pick Digital Recording Device. Before, somehow, I had an option of BDA Recording Device, which I believe is wrong. See my other thread.

http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=3...ostcount=1

I'll check mine tonite but I'm pretty sure it switched from BDA to Digital Recording as well but I think that's not a problem. I'm still learning about this stuff too. Analog was so simple!

[mmatheny]

Analog was so simple!

Yes it was!

[feilh]

I still seem to have an config issue with the 2250. I can record two QAM at one. I can record 1 QAM and 1 Analog. But I cannot record two analog at the same time.

All I did was configure two analog devices with exactly the same setting. Was I suppose to do something under the Analog Recording Plug In Board Number feature? I have them both setup as Board Number #1.

[sub]

You need to setup capture sources for both tuners, so these will be device #1 and device #2.

[pcostanza]

Mike, having any luck yet? Still nothing with QAM on my end with this card and GBPVR. Also, I'm not at all pleased with the analog side either. May put my PVR500 back in. The 1600 does a much better job with analog but maybe I just have a bad card.

[pcostanza]

More on the 2250 and analog......seems that it's hit and miss for me. About half my recordings are just partial recordings but only of a blue screen (it is a pretty blue though!). If I schedule back to back recordings, sometimes the first scheduled recording is fine but the second is not and others it's the opposite.
If I ctrl-k while watching live tv then switch to another channel and do the same, both manual recordings are ok. However, if I'm recording 1 channel and trying to watch another, picture and sound are awfully on and off. I've adjusted audio decoders with no luck. The longer they play, the worse it gets. Almost like the system is straining to keep up but that's not the problem. Also did a defrag (do that regularly) with no luck. Maybe it's time for another reinstall but I'm just not happy with this card at the moment.

[feilh]

I got the QAM working solid. I think there may be some channels out there that the 2250 isn't picking up, but they aren't the big channels. I do some tearing on QAM. Not sure if its the broadcast, the demux, or the card. Its hard to diagnose.

I see a lot of blue screens on SD. But I was able to get it to record two SDs at once. Not sure what to do about those blue screens except wait and hope new HVR drivers fix it.

I often get no sound when a play back starts or watching live TV. If I press the skip 10 seconds button the sound comes alive. Using the AC3 filters, don't know why I have that initial issue.

[pcostanza]

Haven't played with it much in WinTV but in Vista MC, it seems ok but I don't use it as much as GBPVR so I can't say for sure.
Yes, it's new and in need of drivers. As good as Hauppauge seems to be with their hardware, their driver support is very slow.

Mike, if you're reading this, did you ever have a chance for sub to connect to your system and sort things out QAM wise? If so and you're running, I'd appreciate any info you have to share on it.