WinTV HVR-950Q no channels

[lelik]

Hauppauge WinTV HVR-950Q ATSC/analog/QAM usb tuner
Windows 7
gbpvr 1.4.7

When I setup Capture Sources -> BDA Recording plugin -> Map Digital channels to EPG channels and scan for channels, it cannot find any channels.
Application that came with the tuner WinTv found bunch of channels. Windows media center found bunch of channels, but not gbpvr.

Things already tried:
1. Plug/unlpug usb tuner
2. Make sure that <BDAUseGenericNPForATSC>true</BDAUseGenericNPForATSC>
set to "true"
3. "Misc 2" tab in config, the very first option, "BDA Multiplexer", select "TS Mux" from the dropdown.
4. Increase values for PSIP tuning:
<BDAPsiScanStartupSeconds>5</BDAPsiScanStartupSeconds>
<BDAPsiScanWaitSeconds>25</BDAPsiScanWaitSeconds>


Logs attached
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2009-12-06 18:08:32.227 ERROR Failed to start BDA Graph
2009-12-06 18:08:32.227 VERBOSE E_UNEXPECTED

Its failing to start the device, so the scan never really happens.

[lelik]

I examined config.exe-native.log and I also found this:

2009-12-07 08:36:03.674 VERBOSE Graph contains the following filters:
2009-12-07 08:36:03.674 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Sections and Tables
2009-12-07 08:36:03.674 VERBOSE - Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder
2009-12-07 08:36:03.674 VERBOSE - BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter
2009-12-07 08:36:03.674 VERBOSE - GB-PVR PSI Parser
2009-12-07 08:36:03.674 VERBOSE - VMR9
2009-12-07 08:36:03.674 VERBOSE - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
2009-12-07 08:36:03.674 VERBOSE - GB-PVR TS Mon
2009-12-07 08:36:03.674 VERBOSE - WinTV HVR-950 BDA Capture
2009-12-07 08:36:03.674 VERBOSE - WinTV HVR-950 BDA Tuner
2009-12-07 08:36:03.674 VERBOSE - Microsoft Network Provider

I don't know if it's irrelevant, but PVRX2 Video Renderer (Playback tab) is set to EVR. Why gbpver is trying to use VMR9?

Also below is a working graph from WinTv (taken from WinTv logs):

2009-12-07 09:17:22.276 [DEBUG] Graph contains the following filters:
2009-12-07 09:17:22.276 [DEBUG] - Hauppauge CC Dump
2009-12-07 09:17:22.276 [DEBUG] - EVR Renderer
2009-12-07 09:17:22.276 [DEBUG] - Hauppauge Transport Teletext
2009-12-07 09:17:22.276 [DEBUG] - Hauppauge Transport Subtitles
2009-12-07 09:17:22.276 [DEBUG] - Default DirectSound Device 0001
2009-12-07 09:17:22.276 [DEBUG] - Default DirectSound Device
2009-12-07 09:17:22.276 [DEBUG] - Line 21 Decoder
2009-12-07 09:17:22.276 [DEBUG] - MainConcept Layer II Audio Decoder
2009-12-07 09:17:22.276 [DEBUG] - MainConcept (HCW) Dolby Digital Audio Decoder
2009-12-07 09:17:22.276 [DEBUG] - Hauppauge CC Inserter
2009-12-07 09:17:22.276 [DEBUG] - MainConcept (HCW) MPEG-2 Video Decoder
2009-12-07 09:17:22.276 [DEBUG] - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
2009-12-07 09:17:22.276 [DEBUG] - Source_0

Ok. I went back to gbpvr config and replaced Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder with MainConcept (HCW) MPEG-2 Video Decoder.
Bingo. Now it scans successfully and all channels are there.

Can I use two different video decoders, one for ATSC, one for movies/videos/DVDs?

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I don't know if it's irrelevant, but PVRX2 Video Renderer (Playback tab) is set to EVR. Why gbpver is trying to use VMR9?

It doesnt use the video renderer setting in the config app's scan preview window. Instead it just lets Windows decide on what renderer to use.

If it was that the default Microsoft decoder didnt like being used in combination with VMR, then you may find that when you're done with scanning you could set it back to the Microsoft decoder (if that's your preference) for use in the main application, which will honour your EVR selection.

Ok. I went back to gbpvr config and replaced Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder with MainConcept (HCW) MPEG-2 Video Decoder.
Bingo. Now it scans successfully and all channels are there.

Great.

Can I use two different video decoders, one for ATSC, one for movies/videos/DVDs?

You can chose a decoder used for tv/recordings/videos, and a seperate one for DVD.

[lelik]

Sub,

Thanks. Could you please, help me make analog portion working as well.
Attached is a working graph for the analog portion I made in graphedit.
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I can "play" the graph in graphedit. Recorded file test.asf could be played in wmp.

I copy/paste HVR-950 [analog] entry in direct.ini and start fixing it according to the graph for the HVR-950Q [analog]. I fixed the filter portion, but then I am not sure what else needs to be fixed.

[Hauppuage HVR-950q (Analog)]
INIT_MODE=ECP
INIT_MSP=0
SUPPORTS_FM_RADIO=0
BLACKBIRD=1
CONEXANT=0
MODEL=72001
ENCODER_DISCONNECT_BUG=1
;FORCE_ENCODER=1
FILTER_CROSSBAR=WinTV HVR-950 Xbar
FILTER_CAPTURE=WinTV HVR-950 Capture
FILTER_TV_TUNER=WinTV HVR-950 Tuner
FILTER_TV_AUDIO=WinTV HVR-950 TV Audio
FILTER_CAPTURE_AUDIO=
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=Video Virtual Out
PIN_CAPTURE_CAPTURE_OUT=Capture
PIN_CAPTURE_I2S_OUT=Audio
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

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Do you have the Hauppauge SoftMCE software installed? It'd need it to have any chance of working.

[lelik]

Yes, it is installed. It was a part of WinTv 7 installation

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I'm fairly sure WinTV 7 uses SoftPVR, not SoftMCE.

[lelik]

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Hmm, I seem to remember WinTV required the other one than GB-PVR was using, so you might need SoftPVR. Either way, its looking for a directshow filter on your machine called "MainConcept (MCE) MPEG Encoder".