Live TV with new WinTV HVR-1950

[Paul D. Bellamy]

For the past 5 years or so, I have been using the Hauppauge PVR-250 and GBPVR, v0.99.5, with good success. However, Comcast, which supplies my video over a cable, had some failure which (I suppose) put a glitch on the cable and damaged the PVR-250 card in my machine. Since the card was past the warranty date, I felt it best to buy a new video device. The HVR-1950 appeared to have what I needed, plus some new capabilities. The device attaches to the computer with a USB cable, which makes it usable on my laptop as well.

However, when I open GBPRV and click on Live TV, I get the following message:
"Failed to Locate Configured Capture Device".

Can anyone suggest how to use the new HVR-1950 with GBPVR? Thanks for any help.

[imagn]

You will need to run filtercheck, look in GBPVR folder (i believe it comes with the new versions, not sure about the old) but look for it in the forums if you dont have it, then run the pogram and post the filter log file. This will contain the needed info

This is needed as your device is fairly new and i dont think it exists in the config file yet. once you have posted the info someone will let you know what to add to your bda file (the list of available and supported tuners) I know this device is analog and digital so it will have 3 entrys to add one for analog, one for OTA atsc and one fom clear QAM cable.

[Paul D. Bellamy]

Attached is the log file which resulted from running Filter Check. Please let me know what I must add to the BDA file so that the WinTV HVR-1950 is recognized.

Thanks

[johnsonx42]

I would think the entries from the current versions' ini files would suffice:

bda.ini (for digital):

Code:

[Hauppauge HVR-1950 (ATSC)]
TUNING_TYPE=ATSC
FILTER_TUNER=Hauppauge HVR USB2 BDA Tuner/Demod
FILTER_CAPTURE=Hauppauge HVR USB2 TS Capture
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport

[Hauppauge HVR-1950 (QAM)]
TUNING_TYPE=ATSC
TUNING_SPECIAL=2
FILTER_TUNER=Hauppauge HVR USB2 BDA Tuner/Demod
FILTER_CAPTURE=Hauppauge HVR USB2 TS Capture
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport

direct.ini (for analog):

Code:

[Hauppauge HVR-1950]
INIT_MODE=ECP
INIT_MSP=0
SUPPORTS_FM_RADIO=0
BLACKBIRD=1
CONEXANT=1
FILTER_CROSSBAR=Hauppauge HVR USB2 Crossbar
FILTER_CAPTURE=Hauppauge HVR USB2 Video Capture
FILTER_TV_TUNER=Hauppauge HVR USB2 Tuner
FILTER_TV_AUDIO=Hauppauge HVR USB2 TvAudio
FILTER_ENCODER=Hauppauge HVR USB2 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_I2S_OUT=I2S
PIN_CAPTURE_656_OUT=656
PIN_ENCODER_I2S_IN=I2S
PIN_ENCODER_656_IN=656
PIN_ENCODER_OUT=MPEG
PIN_WRITER_INPUT_IN=Input

[imagn]

Silly me never even thought to look there

did remember he was using an older version and somehow thought that translated over to the new version

[Paul D. Bellamy]

I dumped the old version of GBPVR and installed v1.3.11. This permitted me to set up Config with the HVR-1950, and now I have Live TV working.

However, other problems exist, so I started a new thread.

Thanks for your help.