Channel Scan in Windows 7 (HDHomeRun)

[philly_phenom]

Just recently stepped up to Windows 7 (64-bit version). Things went pretty smoothly using mvallevand's NMT installer - although I had to perform an extra reboot before video & music would play on the popcorn hour - but I had everything set up with my PVR-500's

Adding the HDHomeRun tuners was tricky. Don't know if it was a Windows 7 issue or a 64-bit issue, but GB-PVR's scan seemed to be detecting the channels I recieve over the air (kept seeing indicators of a signal), but no channels would be detected.

The HDHomeRun setup app detected the stations fine & i could view them in VLC.

Thanks to a tip from h0tw1r3 on the Silicon Dust forums, i was able to workaround by booting back to my Windows XP disk & running the WizBdaChannelTool, I was able to save my channel mapping & then load it again after booting back to Windows 7. GBPVR worked like a champ after that w/o having to rescan & map everything.

Don't know if this issue is specific to the HDHomeRun or if other BDA devices have the same issue, but the workaround is pretty simple - provided you are able to boot back to your prior installation. I wanted to document this in case anyone else has the same problem.

If you will be over-writing your Windows XP partition when installing windows 7, make sure you run the utility & save off the channel mappings, otherwise you could be SOL when re-installing GBPVR.

IMO, it's probably a good idea to run the utility before upgrading or re-installing anyway - saves the hassle of having to rescan & remap all your ATSC or QAM channels

[steveum]

If you are using the MS video decoder that comes with Windows 7, then try a different one. There is an issue with the scan not working with windows 7. You can go back the windows video decoder after you complete scan.

[whurlston]

(kept seeing indicators of a signal), but no channels would be detected

Code:

<BDAPsiScanStartupSeconds>5</BDAPsiScanStartupSeconds>
  <BDAPsiScanWaitSeconds>30</BDAPsiScanWaitSeconds>