2006-08-25, 11:56 AM
I have had a GBPVR installation for about 6 months on a test basis and have been working towards having a server in the study with an MVP in the living/TV room. I wanted two tuners but have been testing with one, until four days ago when a second Hauppauge DVBT arrived. (Could have gone for a twin tuner but already had one, so..). At first I was plagued with zero length recordings and now I have eliminated them. Thought you might like to know how.
Firstly the set-up is:
Athlon 2700, 1.5GB mem, 200+400GB disk, XP SP2
Hauppauge DVBT (one 90002, one 90003) this proved a bit confusing
MVP
GBPVR 97.13 plus the patch from v0.97.13 survival guide
Cyberlink mux VERSION: 5.0.2022 (from Twinhan site)
I went round the houses trying to eliminate the zero length recording problem. It seemed random. About 50% of the recordings suffered the problem. I tried to see which tuner it was â not consistent. I read tons on the forums and tried loads of changes.
The fact that I have a 90002 and a 90003 added to the confusion. Do I call them both 90002, do I add a section to bda.ini for the 90003 and call it that, do I call them devices 1 or 1&2â¦â¦????? In the end I called them both 90002 and devices 1&2. This appears to work on my system.
The latest Cyberlink mux helped a bit, but it was not a fix. In the end the problem was hardware. The 90002 model comes with a pass through aerial â that is the aerial feeds in to it and then daisy chains over to the next receiver via an external cable. The 90003 doesnât have this. It only has an input and so has to be the end of the line. What I discovered was that the output of the 90002 is pathetic and so the 90003 was not able to tune to lots of channels. I replaced the daisy chain arrangement with a splitter. The splitter is not one of those cheap plastic jobs but a model that a helpful cable company engineer happened to leave when he visisted last year. This worked a treat and now everything works.
I canât explain why the daisy chain arrangement resulted in some failed recordings on the 90002. Perhaps there was more than one problem and I fixed that along the way.
So my advice for any one in the UK trying to get multiple Hauppauge DVBT tuners to work is:
Get the latest mux.
Get 97.13 plus patch.
Set up any 90003 as though it were a 90002
Make sure your signals in to the cards are strong. Use a splitter and donât daisy chain.
Firstly the set-up is:
Athlon 2700, 1.5GB mem, 200+400GB disk, XP SP2
Hauppauge DVBT (one 90002, one 90003) this proved a bit confusing
MVP
GBPVR 97.13 plus the patch from v0.97.13 survival guide
Cyberlink mux VERSION: 5.0.2022 (from Twinhan site)
I went round the houses trying to eliminate the zero length recording problem. It seemed random. About 50% of the recordings suffered the problem. I tried to see which tuner it was â not consistent. I read tons on the forums and tried loads of changes.
The fact that I have a 90002 and a 90003 added to the confusion. Do I call them both 90002, do I add a section to bda.ini for the 90003 and call it that, do I call them devices 1 or 1&2â¦â¦????? In the end I called them both 90002 and devices 1&2. This appears to work on my system.
The latest Cyberlink mux helped a bit, but it was not a fix. In the end the problem was hardware. The 90002 model comes with a pass through aerial â that is the aerial feeds in to it and then daisy chains over to the next receiver via an external cable. The 90003 doesnât have this. It only has an input and so has to be the end of the line. What I discovered was that the output of the 90002 is pathetic and so the 90003 was not able to tune to lots of channels. I replaced the daisy chain arrangement with a splitter. The splitter is not one of those cheap plastic jobs but a model that a helpful cable company engineer happened to leave when he visisted last year. This worked a treat and now everything works.
I canât explain why the daisy chain arrangement resulted in some failed recordings on the 90002. Perhaps there was more than one problem and I fixed that along the way.
So my advice for any one in the UK trying to get multiple Hauppauge DVBT tuners to work is:
Get the latest mux.
Get 97.13 plus patch.
Set up any 90003 as though it were a 90002
Make sure your signals in to the cards are strong. Use a splitter and donât daisy chain.
