2008-07-31, 08:25 PM
OK, so I'm new here. In fact, I just created this account because I have a problem and I'm really hoping someone can help me.
First off, I'm totaly new to this whole TV-on-PC thing. I just bought myself a Hauppauge HVR-2250 card. And from everything I have been able to learn about this in the past 4 or 5 days since I got my card, it's a very nice one.
Now my problem, is that I can't find any decent damned software apparently anywhere on earth, which will allow me to use my new card, to watch and record the ClearQAM channels which I get from my cable company.
I DO already know that my cable provider (Comcast) is sending me about a dozen ClearQAM channels, including a few that I'd really like (PBS, Discovery, & History Channels). The reason I know that, is because there exactly ONE piece of software which DOES let me view them. It's the WinTV software which came with my card. But WinTV is basicly a total waste of my time because apparently it was written by some aliens or robots who have absolutely no concept of interface design or usefull features. And other than that one piece of software, so far EVERY other thing I've tried either doesn't work with my card, or doesn't support recieveing clearQAM channels.
I have already tried using the modual software from Hauppage which is supposed to add ClearQAM support to windows media center, but that is beta software, and I couldn't even get it to work correctly. Besides the fact that it works as a jurry-rig kind of deal which disables media center's ability to use ATSC and also turns up with a bunch of incorectly numbered channels so that I can't get the channels setup with the channel guide.
I've tried a number of other television software packages, but all of them either suck, or don't work with my card, or cost at least $80 to $120. (or any combination of those problems)
So basicly, this GB-PVR software here, is my last chance before I just give the hell up on the whole idea of ever watching a really clear TV channel on my computer.
Now the problem with GB-PVR, is that apparently it also does not support my card. At least, it doesn't have my card listed in it's setup options. Although it DOES have lots of other Hauppauge cards, including a couple which are almost identical to my card, hardware-wise.
So what I'm wondering, is if there is any way to GET GB-PVR to work with my card? And if so, exactly how would one go about doing that? From what I was reading in some other forum posts, I get the idea that I might be able to edit something in a file to get it working. So could someone please give me some info about that?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. And I'm sorry for the long winded post here, but I like to be very clear when posting. I can provide any furthor information which might be needed.
First off, I'm totaly new to this whole TV-on-PC thing. I just bought myself a Hauppauge HVR-2250 card. And from everything I have been able to learn about this in the past 4 or 5 days since I got my card, it's a very nice one.
Now my problem, is that I can't find any decent damned software apparently anywhere on earth, which will allow me to use my new card, to watch and record the ClearQAM channels which I get from my cable company.
I DO already know that my cable provider (Comcast) is sending me about a dozen ClearQAM channels, including a few that I'd really like (PBS, Discovery, & History Channels). The reason I know that, is because there exactly ONE piece of software which DOES let me view them. It's the WinTV software which came with my card. But WinTV is basicly a total waste of my time because apparently it was written by some aliens or robots who have absolutely no concept of interface design or usefull features. And other than that one piece of software, so far EVERY other thing I've tried either doesn't work with my card, or doesn't support recieveing clearQAM channels.
I have already tried using the modual software from Hauppage which is supposed to add ClearQAM support to windows media center, but that is beta software, and I couldn't even get it to work correctly. Besides the fact that it works as a jurry-rig kind of deal which disables media center's ability to use ATSC and also turns up with a bunch of incorectly numbered channels so that I can't get the channels setup with the channel guide.
I've tried a number of other television software packages, but all of them either suck, or don't work with my card, or cost at least $80 to $120. (or any combination of those problems)
So basicly, this GB-PVR software here, is my last chance before I just give the hell up on the whole idea of ever watching a really clear TV channel on my computer.
Now the problem with GB-PVR, is that apparently it also does not support my card. At least, it doesn't have my card listed in it's setup options. Although it DOES have lots of other Hauppauge cards, including a couple which are almost identical to my card, hardware-wise.
So what I'm wondering, is if there is any way to GET GB-PVR to work with my card? And if so, exactly how would one go about doing that? From what I was reading in some other forum posts, I get the idea that I might be able to edit something in a file to get it working. So could someone please give me some info about that?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. And I'm sorry for the long winded post here, but I like to be very clear when posting. I can provide any furthor information which might be needed.
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