Audio Works, Video Doesn't

[dyscalculia]

After installing my Christmas present (ATI TV Wonder 600 PCI card) I found GB-PVR as a replacement for ATI's TotalMedia setup, which didn't even detect my antenna.

I installed the codec package found here in anticipation of needing codecs for GB-PVR. Then I installed GB-PVR.

After detecting several channels in the Config screen, Live TV gave a "system does not support required VMR9 video render" message, which I resolved by switching the video render from "EVR" to "VMR9 Fullscreen Exclusive".

At this point, LiveTV in PVRX2 outputs the correct audio, but black screen for video, for every channel. Looking through the support threads led me to try:

1) Changing my MPEG-2 decoder to ffdshow Video Decoder,
2) Installing a NativeUtilities patch found here,
3) Changing the config.xml file to disable status check.

None of these changed the black screen problem. I ran PVRX2 in debug mode and am attaching the logs to this post. If you need information about my system that's not in my signature, let me know. Thanks for your time.

[sub]

I can see the ffdshow decoder isnt hooking up. You probably dont have PVRX2.exe on the list of applications that can use ffdshow (in the ffdshow settings).

[dyscalculia]

Thanks for the quick response, sub. I accessed the control panel for the codec pack that I installed, and was able to find the ffdshow settings. There was a list of formats that ffdshow is enabled or disabled for, but not a program list.

On the list of formats, I did find a selection called ATI(VCR1), which looked like it could correspond with my video capture card, but enabling it did not change the symptoms of my problem.

I plan on raising this issue with the author of the codec package, but are there any further insights you can offer?

- Luke

[sub]

Thanks for the quick response, sub. I accessed the control panel for the codec pack that I installed, and was able to find the ffdshow settings. There was a list of formats that ffdshow is enabled or disabled for, but not a program list.

Look in the "DirectShow control" page of the ffdshow settings. Its two lists called something like "dont use ffdshow in" and "use ffdshow in"

[dyscalculia]

I found the area that you described in the ffdshow settings and changed them so that pvrx2.exe could access them (see attached picture).

I then ran pvrx2, and got the same problem I have had from the beginning: audio works, no video from Live TV (see attached logs).

I then figured I'd try to view video from a prerecorded source and see if pvrx2 could play it, just to get a better understanding of what was going wrong. Both .wmv and .mpg files play sound, but no video. Hopefully this information helps resolve my issue.

[sub]

I dont know. Its still refusing to hookup. I'd try some other decoder instead.

[imagn]

make sure that in FFDshow (under codecs) that mpeg 2 decoders are enabled sometimes they are disabled with some codec packs that include other mpeg2 decoders.