Freecom DVB-T TV USB Stick

[sub]

Yes, thats an option to, but he'll also need to remember to update bda.ini each time he installs a GB-PVR release.

[MartinG]

Always the one for the easy option I took Chris's advice and bingo!!

Thanks for your help guys.

[Phwed]

Has anyone got scan channels to work? I always get "no channels found" from Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) but ScanChannelsBDA seems to work OK.

Any ideas?

[sub]

Has anyone got scan channels to work? I always get "no channels found" from Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) but ScanChannelsBDA seems to work OK.

Any ideas?

This is because MediaPortal is getting in the way. Uninstall it and you should be fine:

14:26:50.750 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
14:26:50.750 VERBOSE - Default DirectSound Device
14:26:50.750 VERBOSE - MediaPortal Stream Analyzer
14:26:50.750 VERBOSE - GB-PVR PSI Parser
14:26:50.750 VERBOSE - VMR9
14:26:50.750 VERBOSE - ffdshow Audio Decoder
14:26:50.750 VERBOSE - Mpeg2Dec Filter
14:26:50.750 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
14:26:50.750 VERBOSE - Digital-TV Device Capture
14:26:50.750 VERBOSE - Digital-TV Receiver
14:26:50.750 VERBOSE - Microsoft DVBT Network Provider

[Phwed]

This is because MediaPortal is getting in the way. Uninstall it and you should be fine:

Doh

That's all it was!

Thanks

[Greg]

Freecom finally released the BDA drivers: http://www.freecom.com/objects/00008584.zip

Before installing the BDA drivers, remove all other drivers you have tried and re-install GBPVR. Install the freecom bda drivers and GBPVR will detect it straight away.

[MindStar]

Hi Guys - have been a longtime lurker, but have now registered to post :o

I'm blessed with a v1 Freecom USB T-Stick, have been reluctantly using the Freecom drivers whilst waiting for them to release BDA Drivers...

Have downloaded the new BDA drivers (uninstalled the previous drivers, rebooted, installed new drivers, rebooted, etc, etc), but GB-PVR can't find any channels.

Tried using the ScanChannelBDA utility, but that can't find any channels either. Looks like something goes wrong when it tries to load TIF - whatever that is :confused:

Code:

-----------------------
ScanChannelBDA starting
Build - v2.0.0.6
Checking for new BDA DVB-T Cards
  Tuner - Digital TV Receiver
    @device:pnp:\\?\usb#vid_14aa&pid_0221&mi_00#6&24fc549&2&0000#{71985f48-1ca1-11d3-9cc8-00c04f7971e0}\{9878bb92-0ad3-4d5c-8d73-d703fb30fb46}
      Finding Demod and Capture filters
        Trying - BDA Slip De-Framer
          @device:pnp:\\?\root#system#0000#{fd0a5af4-b41d-11d2-9c95-00c04f7971e0}\{03884cb6-e89a-4deb-b69e-8dc621686e6a}&global
        Trying - BDA MPE Filter
          @device:pnp:\\?\root#system#0000#{fd0a5af4-b41d-11d2-9c95-00c04f7971e0}\{8e60217d-a2ee-47f8-b0c5-0f44c55f66dc}&global
        Trying - Digital TV Device Capture
          @device:pnp:\\?\usb#vid_14aa&pid_0221&mi_00#6&24fc549&2&0000#{fd0a5af4-b41d-11d2-9c95-00c04f7971e0}\{4efdbe46-e7f5-4bf5-b935-eae8e0c96540}
            SUCCESS
        Checking for Capture filter
          Trying - BDA Slip De-Framer
            @device:pnp:\\?\root#system#0000#{fd0a5af4-b41d-11d2-9c95-00c04f7971e0}\{03884cb6-e89a-4deb-b69e-8dc621686e6a}&global
          Trying - BDA MPE Filter
            @device:pnp:\\?\root#system#0000#{fd0a5af4-b41d-11d2-9c95-00c04f7971e0}\{8e60217d-a2ee-47f8-b0c5-0f44c55f66dc}&global
      Finished Finding Demod and Capture filters
      Capture - Digital TV Device Capture
        @device:pnp:\\?\usb#vid_14aa&pid_0221&mi_00#6&24fc549&2&0000#{fd0a5af4-b41d-11d2-9c95-00c04f7971e0}\{4efdbe46-e7f5-4bf5-b935-eae8e0c96540}
Finished Checking for new BDA DVB-T Cards
Found BDA device: Digital TV Receiver

Cannot load TIF
Failed to add filters to graph.

[ArtificialIntel2]

Hi Guys - have been a longtime lurker, but have now registered to post :o

Me too

I'm blessed with a v1 Freecom USB T-Stick, have been reluctantly using the Freecom drivers whilst waiting for them to release BDA Drivers...

Have downloaded the new BDA drivers (uninstalled the previous drivers, rebooted, installed new drivers, rebooted, etc, etc), but GB-PVR can't find any channels.

When you say you uninstalled the drivers - did you use the instructions and utility included in the new drivers? I tried both the BDA and proprietory drivers and found that the BDA uninstall utility was the only one capable of removing the old drivers (and new BDA drivers) thoroughly.

Tried using the ScanChannelBDA utility, but that can't find any channels either. Looks like something goes wrong when it tries to load TIF - whatever that is :confused:

Can't suggest anything here. my v2 stick works well with the new drivers. Don't forget to edit BDA.ini in the gbpvr folder to correct the capitalisation of DVB-T in the Freecom 2 section.

The only thing I'm stuck on is how to get the remote to work. :confused:

Regards

John

[MindStar]

Aye, I used the BDA/WDM uninstall app that came with the new drivers and double-checked the %WINDOWS%/inf and %WINDOWS%/system32 folders.

GB-PVR does recognise that I have a Freecom DVB-T USB Stick, but it fails to find any channels -I'm guessing that the "Cannot load TIF" error may be related.

Given that one-size-fits-all driver bundle and the hassles getting Third Party Drivers to work with v1 and v2 Freecom DVB-T USB sticks, I suspect that the portion of Freecom's BDA driver that supports the v1 DVB-T USB Stick is broken

Am now using the Freecom WDM drivers and the HAMA DVB-T viewer, that supports DirectX Video Acceleration which makes a HUGE difference over the Freecom DVB-T software. It's not GB-PVR, but it's better than a kick in the teeth (just)

Cheers,

MindStar.

[ArtificialIntel2]

Given that one-size-fits-all driver bundle and the hassles getting Third Party Drivers to work with v1 and v2 Freecom DVB-T USB sticks, I suspect that the portion of Freecom's BDA driver that supports the v1 DVB-T USB Stick is broken

I suspect you're right.

However, did you try running the ScanChannelsBDA_2-3a.exe software when you had the BDA drivers loaded? This would have confirmed the scan and capture device names. Checking these against the names in BDA.INI, you may find you need a new definition specifically for this combination of stick and driver.

HTH

Regards
AI2