2009-01-03, 08:17 PM
Anybody have suggestions on how to get GB-PVR to successfully use cable HRC freqeuncies in analog mode with an HVR-1250 card???
This card works fine with QAM now. I had trouble getting QAM to use the alternate cable HRC frequencies required by Comcast cable north of Boston, but thanks to whurlston's QAM.ini writer I could fix that.
I know that this card does NOT have hardware MPEG for the analog section, but a number of people have reported success in GBPVR ranging from live TV only to full functionality using the Soft MCE application from the Hauppauge driver disc. Nothing I have done gives me analog cable reception in Live TV or via the TV Guide. I highly suspect that somehow I am still not getting HRC tuning engaged in GB-PVR but I might be doing something else wrong.
I tried the following to get things working:
1. Added the below code to the .\DENZ\GBPVR\direct.ini file just before the first existing device (Hauppauge PVR150) in the file.
[Hauppauge HVR-1250 (Analog)]
INIT_MODE=ECP
INIT_MSP=0
SUPPORTS_FM_RADIO=1
BLACKBIRD=1
CONEXANT=1
FILTER_CROSSBAR=Hauppauge WinTV 885 Crossbar
FILTER_CAPTURE=Hauppauge WinTV 885 Video Capture
FILTER_TV_TUNER=Hauppauge WinTV 885 Tuner
FILTER_TV_AUDIO=Hauppauge WinTV 885 TvAudio
FILTER_ENCODER=MainConcept (MCE) MPEG Encoder
PIN_CROSSBAR_VIDEO_TUNER_IN=Video Tuner In
PIN_CROSSBAR_AUDIO_TUNER_IN=Audio Tuner In
PIN_CROSSBAR_VIDEO_DECODER_OUT=Video Decoder Out
PIN_CROSSBAR_AUDIO_DECODER_OUT=Audio Decoder Out
PIN_TVTUNER_ANALOG_VIDEO_OUT=Analog Video
PIN_TVTUNER_ANALOG_AUDIO_OUT=Analog Audio
PIN_TVAUDIO_TV_AUDIO_IN=TVAudio In
PIN_TVAUDIO_TV_AUDIO_OUT=TVAudio Out
PIN_CAPTURE_ANALOG_VIDEO_IN=Analog Video In
PIN_CAPTURE_ANALOG_AUDIO_IN=Analog Audio In
;PIN_CAPTURE_PREVIEW_AUDIO_OUT=Audio Out
;PIN_CAPTURE_CAPTURE_OUT=Capture
PIN_CAPTURE_I2S_OUT=Audio Out
PIN_CAPTURE_656_OUT=Capture
PIN_ENCODER_I2S_IN=Input Audio
PIN_ENCODER_656_IN=Input Video
PIN_ENCODER_OUT=Output
PIN_WRITER_INPUT_IN=Input
2. Did the forum recommended registry patch to make analog tuning use HRC frequencies:
"For my setup, I also had to import HRC frequency overrides into my registry. You can find the registry file I used here:
http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/ENG/Support/...&SCATID=44"
For reference, this registry patch did NOT fix QAM tuning. I had to modify QAM.ini via whurlston's utility to get that to work. Hence, I suspect that just importing this registry entry is NOT enough by itself to get HRC tuning to work.
3. In GB-PVR Config on the Capture Tab I added the following:
Analog Recording Plugin
Capture Card Type: Hauppauge HVR-1250 (Analog)
Country: USA
Tuning: Cable
My results so far:
1. In Live TV if I channel change from QAM to an analog channel I get a still image of the last QAM image and no sound. Moving the mouse does not bring up the menu like normal and right click does not exit TV like normal. I have to hit PageUp to get back to a QAM channel to work.
2. If I select an analog channel to watch now from the TV Guide I get a blank/black window and not sound. As soon as I move the mouse it goes back to the TV Guide.
3. If I select an analog channel in TV Guide and do Quick Rec I do get the appropriate diretory created but no file. Doing the same thing on a QAM channel gives a directory and a .TS file as expected.
When I select Cable HRC in WinTV I get all the channels fine. In the GB-PVR Tuning assistance selecting Hauppauge "HVR-1250 (Analog)", US, Cable finds the channels fine and clearly shows the tuned value is the alternate HRC freuqencies.
I ran GB-PVR's MuxChecker and it reported
"NO MULTIPLEXER FILTERS WHERE FOUND ON YOUR MACHINE."
Can this really be true? I get full functionality with QAM on recording and so if a third party MPEG multiplexor is required I would assume there is one. Any ideas??
Anybody got any suggestions on how to get GB-PVR to successfully use cable HRC frequencies in analog mode??? If that is not my problem anybody got an idea what I am doing wrong???
Thanks in advance for any help.
gby
For reference:
GB-PVR ver 1.3.7 with sub's 12/17/08 improved GBPVRTSReader.ax file
(fixed the lack of audio when playing back over the air ATSC recordings)
Hauppauge ver 4.6+ drivers dated 10/24/08
(Did clean install via hcwclear.exe)
Vista32 SP1 Home Premium
Q6600 quad processor
4 Gig RAM
This card works fine with QAM now. I had trouble getting QAM to use the alternate cable HRC frequencies required by Comcast cable north of Boston, but thanks to whurlston's QAM.ini writer I could fix that.
I know that this card does NOT have hardware MPEG for the analog section, but a number of people have reported success in GBPVR ranging from live TV only to full functionality using the Soft MCE application from the Hauppauge driver disc. Nothing I have done gives me analog cable reception in Live TV or via the TV Guide. I highly suspect that somehow I am still not getting HRC tuning engaged in GB-PVR but I might be doing something else wrong.
I tried the following to get things working:
1. Added the below code to the .\DENZ\GBPVR\direct.ini file just before the first existing device (Hauppauge PVR150) in the file.
[Hauppauge HVR-1250 (Analog)]
INIT_MODE=ECP
INIT_MSP=0
SUPPORTS_FM_RADIO=1
BLACKBIRD=1
CONEXANT=1
FILTER_CROSSBAR=Hauppauge WinTV 885 Crossbar
FILTER_CAPTURE=Hauppauge WinTV 885 Video Capture
FILTER_TV_TUNER=Hauppauge WinTV 885 Tuner
FILTER_TV_AUDIO=Hauppauge WinTV 885 TvAudio
FILTER_ENCODER=MainConcept (MCE) MPEG Encoder
PIN_CROSSBAR_VIDEO_TUNER_IN=Video Tuner In
PIN_CROSSBAR_AUDIO_TUNER_IN=Audio Tuner In
PIN_CROSSBAR_VIDEO_DECODER_OUT=Video Decoder Out
PIN_CROSSBAR_AUDIO_DECODER_OUT=Audio Decoder Out
PIN_TVTUNER_ANALOG_VIDEO_OUT=Analog Video
PIN_TVTUNER_ANALOG_AUDIO_OUT=Analog Audio
PIN_TVAUDIO_TV_AUDIO_IN=TVAudio In
PIN_TVAUDIO_TV_AUDIO_OUT=TVAudio Out
PIN_CAPTURE_ANALOG_VIDEO_IN=Analog Video In
PIN_CAPTURE_ANALOG_AUDIO_IN=Analog Audio In
;PIN_CAPTURE_PREVIEW_AUDIO_OUT=Audio Out
;PIN_CAPTURE_CAPTURE_OUT=Capture
PIN_CAPTURE_I2S_OUT=Audio Out
PIN_CAPTURE_656_OUT=Capture
PIN_ENCODER_I2S_IN=Input Audio
PIN_ENCODER_656_IN=Input Video
PIN_ENCODER_OUT=Output
PIN_WRITER_INPUT_IN=Input
2. Did the forum recommended registry patch to make analog tuning use HRC frequencies:
"For my setup, I also had to import HRC frequency overrides into my registry. You can find the registry file I used here:
http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/ENG/Support/...&SCATID=44"
For reference, this registry patch did NOT fix QAM tuning. I had to modify QAM.ini via whurlston's utility to get that to work. Hence, I suspect that just importing this registry entry is NOT enough by itself to get HRC tuning to work.
3. In GB-PVR Config on the Capture Tab I added the following:
Analog Recording Plugin
Capture Card Type: Hauppauge HVR-1250 (Analog)
Country: USA
Tuning: Cable
My results so far:
1. In Live TV if I channel change from QAM to an analog channel I get a still image of the last QAM image and no sound. Moving the mouse does not bring up the menu like normal and right click does not exit TV like normal. I have to hit PageUp to get back to a QAM channel to work.
2. If I select an analog channel to watch now from the TV Guide I get a blank/black window and not sound. As soon as I move the mouse it goes back to the TV Guide.
3. If I select an analog channel in TV Guide and do Quick Rec I do get the appropriate diretory created but no file. Doing the same thing on a QAM channel gives a directory and a .TS file as expected.
When I select Cable HRC in WinTV I get all the channels fine. In the GB-PVR Tuning assistance selecting Hauppauge "HVR-1250 (Analog)", US, Cable finds the channels fine and clearly shows the tuned value is the alternate HRC freuqencies.
I ran GB-PVR's MuxChecker and it reported
"NO MULTIPLEXER FILTERS WHERE FOUND ON YOUR MACHINE."
Can this really be true? I get full functionality with QAM on recording and so if a third party MPEG multiplexor is required I would assume there is one. Any ideas??
Anybody got any suggestions on how to get GB-PVR to successfully use cable HRC frequencies in analog mode??? If that is not my problem anybody got an idea what I am doing wrong???
Thanks in advance for any help.
gby
For reference:
GB-PVR ver 1.3.7 with sub's 12/17/08 improved GBPVRTSReader.ax file
(fixed the lack of audio when playing back over the air ATSC recordings)
Hauppauge ver 4.6+ drivers dated 10/24/08
(Did clean install via hcwclear.exe)
Vista32 SP1 Home Premium
Q6600 quad processor
4 Gig RAM