Vista x64 64-bit IR Receivers and Blasters problems

[80063r]

Hi, I'm new blah blah blah

I have a Hauppauge 1600 with composite input from a motorola set top box from Comcast Digital in Chambersburg, PA, Vista x64, Media center remote and Hauppauge remote (both work), and the IR Blasters from the Hauppauge Card and the USB IR Receiver are set up to the motorola STB and I use the s-video output from one of my 8800 GTS's to go to my TV.

Everything work fine in Vista x64's Window Media Center with the exception that while watching a live recording (i.e. I used pause and resume) I sometimes get an error that a file can't be found or stopped working and I have to close Media Center and start it again.

I have everything set up in GBPVR except changing the channels. The other buttons on the remote work by using the Hauppauge IR Service and the MCE receiver device.

I have tried IR Server Suite (the latest RC1 and stable versions) and it crashed on launch of the setup configurantion:

Microsoft Windows - Input Service Configuration has stopped working ... <Debug> <Close Program>

The same thing happens with HIP (Microsoft Windows - Human Interface Programmer has stopped working <Close Program>)
edit: I clicked cancel when HIP crashed and got "runtime error 216 at 00404866"

Started looking into WinLIRC but not sure yet, I mean I already have two IR Receivers (MC Remote and receiver, and Hauppauge Remote and receiver.) I think I should be able to make it work without adding a third one. I don't think they're confilicting because they work fine in Windows Media Center.

Any and all advice will be appreciated (unless you tell me it just can't be done in Vista x64 - jk)

This is a new and clean installation of Vista x64.

edit: Also I occaisionally get a frozen picture and then sound stops on live TV. Here are the logs: I think the driver is locking up due to an application running on my computer because when I restart the computer with a frozen picture on the TV, the video and audio temporarily resumes before shutting down but it wasn't repeatable so I don't know.

...just found out that exiting Live TV mode and clicking it again resumes proper Live TV operation.

[80063r]

My Hauppauge Blaster needed to be moved about a millimeter closer to the receiver on the Motorola STB from Comcast. Now channel changing works. ...strange because power on/off worked from the millimeter away position; oh well.

I used HuapBlast.exe in the GBPVR folder and {channel} as the parameter.

Note: The Hauppauge IR Blaster isn't actually an IR LED but a visible red LED so you can see it blinking but is less likely to be passed through the IR filter on the receiver.