Problem with 2nd tuner card

[bruce9x]

I have been using GBPVR for over a year now, and I think it' great!

I am using version 0.98.3b

Since I started using GBPVR, I started with a Hauppauge PVR-150. I have my cable coming into my STB, then into my PVR-150. I'm using a IR Blaster to change the channels on my STB using the Hauppauge remote.

Here's my problem.

I just added a second tuner card (a Hauppauge PVR-500) and now I can't seem to be able to control the STB in Live TV. If I change channels, I can only access the analog channels that the PVR-500 has access to. If I try to access a digital channel (say 300), GBPVR says it has changed the channel, but the STB has not had its channel changed.

I am able to record from the STB (if I try to record a digital channel, the IR blaster changes the channel on the STB to the appropriate channel).

Also, when I added the PVR-500, I ran DeviceTypeCheck.exe, and it only says that PVR-500 with FM is Device #2, and PVr-500 is Device #3. It doesn't show Device #1 at all.

Thanks for any help.

[sub]

Do you know if the Hauppauge IR Blaster is still in a functional state? ie, can it change channels using the Hauppauge BlastCFG app?

[bruce9x]

The IR Blaster still works because as I said, it gets accessed when I record something. If I record something from a digital channel, the IR Blaster lights up, and the channel changes on the STB.

[bruce9x]

I'm not really sure what the Hauppauge BlastCFG app is though.

[sub]

The Hauppauge BlastCFG app is the utility you originally used to set you set top box type. (unless maybe you're running an MCE IR Blaster, then you might have used HIP or something else)

[prouton]

Is the IR Blaster defined for one of the PVR-500 capture devices, or for the PVR-150 device? Which capture device is listed last in the config/capture devices tab list? Which capture device is the STB connected to?

In case you don't already know, GB-PVR assigns tuners for recording starting with the first available capture device in the list (top down). Live TV, however, starts at the bottom of the list.

[bruce9x]

Prouton,

I believe that may be the problem. The IR Blaster is set to use the PVR-150, which is Capture Device #1. The PVR-500 is using the Internal Tuner, and is Capture Devices #2 and #3.

If that's the case, then how can I change the order of the Capture Devices? Would I have to start from scratch and define Capture Source 1 and 2 as the PVR-500, and Capture Source 3 as the PVR-150?

[Koenie]

The enumeration windows gives to the cards is OK, no need to try to change anything here.

The order of the tuners in GBPVR is what matters. GBPVR will always try to use the first tuner in its list for recordigs and the last for life TV. When thus starting live TV on a channel available on all tuners GBPVR uses the last. then when switching to a channel only present on the first tuner GBPVR will switch to this one. However when GBPVR is already recording this one is not available. So in order to have the highest chance of availablility define the tuner with the digital source as the second so it does not get blocked by a single recording or life TV (maybe you can set the digital box one as the last one and a recording will kick you off - SUB correct me on this one please - ).

As of a certain version of GBPVR you can simply change the order of the capture cards, not sure which version though, so maybe you should upgrade.

[prouton]

The ability to change the order of the capture sources didn't start working reliably until somewhere around 0.99.12. I've only tried it in version 1.0.16, and it does work...you just have to know which buttons do what (the up and down arrows disappeared - known bug).

The board numbers in Capture Source configuration do not control the listing sequence. There are determined by how Windows picks up the boards and their tuners, and can only be set one way. I just installed a second PVR-500 and had the board numbers change for the existing PVR-500 (get pushed up by two).

So you'll either have to delete and redefine the capture sources (losing any scheduled recordings that currently exist), or upgrade to the latest version of GB-PVR. Me, I would upgrade. If your hardware isn't up to snuff for PVRX2 (if the video card isn't truly DirectX9 capable), then you can still run GBPVR in its final version.