PVR150 without sound

[kandersen]

If your deinterlacing is set to 'encoder pass-through' then it should use the same components as when you play an MPEG-2 recording.

hmm, i think i tried that option, but i'll give it a shot

[pieter]

Sometimes, after a hibernate, there is no sound in Live TV. At this point I start the WinTV2000 application and close it. Now there Live TV has actually have sound.

(Hauppauge 150 with latest drivers), VIA EPIA-13000

[Hanno]

I Had similar problems with the pvr150. Driver updates didn't help, but I found out that after I started and stopped winTV2K that there was sound in live TV.
My workaround:
I created a batch file which starts up at boot, to start a 1 sec recording, exit the WinTV and delete the recording. After that I have sound on Live TV.

Here's how:

C:\PROGRA~1\WinTV\WinTV2K.EXE -c41 -nss -nc -ntod -startr -limit:1 -exitr -mute
del c:\MYVIDEOS\ /Q

note: first line is path to wintv2k, del line is line to default recorder path for hauppauge tv recordings.

Hope this helps

[kandersen]

i've tried a couple of things now, among them removing the drivers with the hauppauge tool, and then reinstalling the newest ones. current status is that i still have no sound when watching live tv. but if i activate timeshift mode by pausing live tv and then push play, i get sound! i can change channels by using the number keys since that leaves timeshift mode active, but as soon as i deactivate timeshift i loose sound again...

it's strange, but i don't think i'll put to much energy into it at the moment. i hardly ever watch tv thru gbpvr anyways, i mostly use it to record with and that works fine.

anyways, thanks for trying guys!

[wgore]

I had roughly the same thing happen. My setup had taken to going to black & white with no audio at random times.

So I blew everything away and reinstalled (including windows). I did upgrade the CPU, but all other hardware was the same.

Now most drivers give me no sound. The Hauppage beta drivers work. More or less. After a channel change the image takes a while to settle down, the colors are distorted for maybe five to ten seconds. And the audio is far from perfect; it's far too soft. There's a vast difference between the captured audio level and the windows audio level.

To be able to listen to the tv I have to turn it up such that there is an audible hiss.

The older drivers give either no sound or loud noise.

[nikolajb]

Having the same problems here. Video seems to run ok, but there's no sound. I tried it on several different programs, and the problem's still there. Same problem with recordings. At first, I used the latest beta drivers. Then I uninstalled and went with the latest official drivers - same problem.

DVDs and mpgs playback nicely. I've fooled around with the audio settings, but to no avail. I'm running XP 64, BTW

[FitzGerald]

Son of a Gun! I'm having a similar problem. I haven't been able to get any sound coming out of my PVR150.

Using straight cable (RF) directly into the Tuner Card. I've uninstalled and re-installed various drivers (and re-boot) to no avail. Most of the time my video has been decent, although GB-PVR is having some rendering problems.

PIII 866 MHz, 512 MB Ram, Geforce 5500 FX, I don't remember exactly the motherboard. Running on Windows XP SP 2.

I'm kind've bummed out as I had heard a lot of good things about this TV card and installed it into my computer to see how this PC-PVR thing works.

Installed the latest drivers (but didn't run hwclear.exe)... so maybe I need to remove everything, install the base drivers, and install the beta drivers.

[nikolajb]

I did some googling, and it looks like we're not alone with this problem. I mailed Hauppauge Support yesterday about the problem. Let's see what they reply

[GoodGuys]

Well, I'm having a very similar (probably related) problem.
I am seeing the same long settling time for channels, and I get no audio if I try to view LiveTV from analog channels on the 150. Recording a channel doesn't help either - no sound. The MPG file has no sound either.
After fiddling a bit with channel changes, the tuner dies on me and starts giving things that look like out-of-tuning, but close to the channel, and then I might get a sharp screeching sound for audio.
If I try to view LiveTV or record off the Satellite box, I get good audio! the picture takes time to settle, still, and if I fiddle with it - I also get to the screechy point and then even the recording from the composite input looks like the out-of-tune of analog!

I used to have a working setup with latest HAU drivers (latest official), and the problems started for me when I tried to install the timestamp issue fixer.

GGF

[GoodGuys]

Having checked past days recordings I conclude that I was mistaken - I did not have a working setup.

About 9 hours ago I decided to quiet down my PVR machine, by putting a ZALMAN heat sink instead of the miniature fan on the nForce4. After the installation (took about a hour) I checked recordings and they seemed to be problematic (that's when I realized they were never really OK - see above).

I have spent the next 8 hours until now trying to reconfigure something that I now know never did work. Frustrated, I decided to put back my ATI550 card, and return the 150 to the store early next week.

Sorry people if I misled anyone.

One thing I must add is the fact that GB 09612 never really recognized my 150. It always said there is only 250/250 with FM/350 in the box. I had to set up the 350 as Capture Device #2 nevertheless! The 150 I simply said 150 and used it as Capture Device #1.

GGF