2011-04-24, 09:59 AM
This may seem an ancient story for some of you, but a part of the world, even if there's already some form of DVB broadcast, still uses an analog system. (As for me, it's analog cable service with some 50 channels.)
A major portion of the channels are widescreen now, but lazily developed drivers and/or factory software are simply ingnorant, so I just get black bars watching widescreen (16:9) programs on a widescreen monitor.
I've been looking for some PVR application, and found NPVR. I was able to set up the analog reception with SoftPVR on my hardware, which is Leadtek Winfast PxDTV 2300 H, so far so good. (It has configurable aspect ratio and letterbox handling, yay)
It's very inconvenient that there isn't any possibility for scanning. In my case setting up 50 channels manually, well, it takes quite some work and determination. But it's okay, I would do that - if I have to do it only once in a lifetime.
But how could I make a backup of the tuned channels? If the OS (WinXP) is reinstalled or changed, I will just lose the settings... I can't find it in any files, so I'm clueless now.
Is there any way to backup the analog channels?
A major portion of the channels are widescreen now, but lazily developed drivers and/or factory software are simply ingnorant, so I just get black bars watching widescreen (16:9) programs on a widescreen monitor.
I've been looking for some PVR application, and found NPVR. I was able to set up the analog reception with SoftPVR on my hardware, which is Leadtek Winfast PxDTV 2300 H, so far so good. (It has configurable aspect ratio and letterbox handling, yay)
It's very inconvenient that there isn't any possibility for scanning. In my case setting up 50 channels manually, well, it takes quite some work and determination. But it's okay, I would do that - if I have to do it only once in a lifetime.
But how could I make a backup of the tuned channels? If the OS (WinXP) is reinstalled or changed, I will just lose the settings... I can't find it in any files, so I'm clueless now.
Is there any way to backup the analog channels?