Working with hauupage 950 usb tuner

[kh6gmp]

I have been working for 3 weeks, trying to get this NEXTPVR to work and still same problem. It might be that I dont understand how to edit the xml file after I do the filter check. Apparently it says I have to have software endocder and multiplex rather than hardware but I cannot figure out what I need to put in to the .xml file from reading the directions. Pasting below is my filter check log.

22:36:48.416 INFO Log started
22:36:48.416 INFO Filter Check v1.0
22:36:48.416 INFO
22:36:48.416 INFO
22:36:48.417 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_CAPTURE filters
22:36:48.508 INFO found: SoundMAX Digital Audio
22:36:48.536 INFO - (input) DAC
22:36:48.536 INFO - (output) DAC
22:36:48.536 INFO - (output) Recording Control
22:36:48.536 INFO - (input) ADC
22:36:48.536 INFO
22:36:48.538 INFO found: WinTV HVR-980 Capture
22:36:48.930 INFO - (output) Capture
22:36:48.930 INFO - (input) Analog Video In
22:36:48.930 INFO - (output) VBI
22:36:48.930 INFO - (output) Audio
22:36:48.930 INFO - (input) Analog Audio In
22:36:48.931 INFO
22:36:48.932 INFO found: WinTV HVR-980 Audio
22:36:48.935 INFO - (output) Capture
22:36:48.935 INFO - (input) Line
22:36:48.935 INFO
22:36:48.935 INFO
22:36:48.935 INFO
22:36:48.936 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_ENCODER filters
22:36:48.937 INFO
22:36:48.937 INFO
22:36:48.937 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_MULTIPLEXER filters
22:36:48.938 INFO
22:36:48.938 INFO
22:36:48.938 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_CROSSBAR filters
22:36:48.942 INFO found: WinTV HVR-980 Crossbar
22:36:48.956 INFO - (input) 0: Video Tuner In
22:36:48.956 INFO - (input) 1: Video Composite In
22:36:48.956 INFO - (input) 2: Video SVideo In
22:36:48.956 INFO - (input) 3: Audio Tuner In
22:36:48.956 INFO - (input) 4: Audio Line In
22:36:48.956 INFO - (input) 5: Video YRYBY In
22:36:48.956 INFO - (input) 6: Video SerialDigital In
22:36:48.956 INFO - (output) 0: Video Decoder Out
22:36:48.956 INFO - (output) 1: Audio Decoder Out
22:36:48.956 INFO
22:36:48.956 INFO
22:36:48.956 INFO
22:36:48.956 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_TVTUNER filters
22:36:48.963 INFO found: WinTV HVR-980 TVTuner
22:36:48.979 INFO - (output) Analog Video
22:36:48.979 INFO - (output) Analog Audio
22:36:48.979 INFO
22:36:48.979 INFO
22:36:48.979 INFO
22:36:48.980 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_TVAUDIO filters
22:36:48.983 INFO found: WinTV HVR-980 TVAudio
22:36:48.985 INFO - (input) TVAudio In
22:36:48.985 INFO - (output) TVAudio Out
22:36:48.985 INFO
22:36:48.985 INFO
22:36:48.985 INFO
22:36:48.985 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_VBICODEC filters
22:36:48.987 INFO
22:36:48.987 INFO
22:36:48.987 INFO Checking KSCATEGORY_BDA_NETWORK_TUNER filters
22:36:48.992 INFO found: WinTV HVR-980 BDA Tuner
22:36:48.997 INFO - (input) Input0
22:36:48.997 INFO - (output) MPEG2 Transport
22:36:48.997 INFO
22:36:48.998 INFO
22:36:48.998 INFO
22:36:48.998 INFO Checking KSCATEGORY_BDA_RECEIVER_COMPONENT filters
22:36:49.004 INFO found: WinTV HVR-980 BDA Capture
22:36:49.007 INFO - (input) MPEG2 Transport
22:36:49.007 INFO - (output) MPEG2 Transport
22:36:49.007 INFO

Thanks for any help

[mvallevand]

Did you install WinTV 7? That is the best way to install SoftPVR when you own Hauppauge devices.

Martin

[Zeb]

What version of Windows are you running? Hauppauge Support does not list Windows 8 as supported for the 950, and Win8 typically lacks an MPEG2 video decoder that NextPVR can use (although a decoder can be obtained easily enough).

What type of channels do you expect to tune? If your cable provider still delivers basic channels in analog, or if you plan to capture from an STB using S-video or Composite inputs, then you will need the SoftPVR components mentioned by Martin and described on this Wiki page: http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...ugeSoftPVR

However the 950 can also tune over-the-air ATSC channels, and SoftPVR analog support isn't needed for that. If the tuner is actually a 950Q, then it can also receive Clear QAM digital cable channels.

[johnsonx42]

You don't need to add anything to the AnalogDevices.xml for the HVR-950, it's already there. All you need to do is get SoftPVR installed, and the best way to do that for a Hauppauge device is to install WinTV7. See http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...ugeSoftPVR

In looking at the wiki analog devices walkthrough, I can certainly see why you were fighting so hard to make changes in AnalogDevices.xml and banging your head against the wall... it barely mentions the need for SoftPVR, which is actually the #1 most important thing without which none of the rest of it means anything, and the tone of the page suggests that all the mess with FilterCheck and AnalogDevices.xml is something you're likely to need to do. The truth is almost no one needs to worry about any of that, unless they have an obscure tuner device that hasn't been seen much before.... all the common devices are in there already, and some rather uncommon ones are there too.

Finally, I should just verify that you are trying to tune Analog channels, correct? This is all irrelevant if you're trying to tune digital channels; digital devices are detected automatically, nothing extra needed.

[kh6gmp]

I am using windows 7. Previously I had a 950Q and installed WINTV and was getting same results I am now with the 950 so I returned it for refund and then bought this 950 that came with no software, installed WINTV and went through installing drivers and then did SOFTPVR as in the instructions. Im trying to get the local analog channels, plugging into the cable connection on the wall. All the channels show up correct in the TVGUIDE and in the channel list when right click on main window and select channels. Yes I have installed SOFTPVR as the instructions. As I say, I think it involves editing the xml file but I cannot figure out what Im supposed to edit into it. I have decided if I cant get it working from someone's help on this forum Im going to sell it on Ebay and give up.
Thanks

[thisheat]

You don't need to do anything to the AnalogDevice.xml file, since NPVR saw the tuner and allowed you to create a channel list.

Many cablecos require you to use a STB to connect to an analog device. You can try calling your cableco and asking if they still provide analog cable. Most don't.

[mikeh49]

After installing soft-pvr/WinTV, does the 950 show up in Settings>Devices? If not, soft-pvr did not install correctly. If you installed winTV7, then soft-pvr was already installed with it, and you did not need to do the instructions for running the batch file or registering the filter. Doing both may have hosed things. You might try uninstalling WinTV, running HCW Clear if they still provide it to clean up, then reinstalling from scratch, including the drivers. Check back with us for more clear advice before you do this, because my experience with Hauppauge is very dated, and only with a PVR150.

If the 950 shows up in Devices as an analog device, then you need to go to Setup for it and import the channels from your TV guide source, an TV XML file or schedules direct. Sounds like you already have the channels available for the TV guide, so you should just need to import them to the tuner.

[mikeh49]

Do you have an old analog TV that you could plug into the wall to see what's there? Probably faster and more reliable than calling the cableco.

[johnsonx42]

@kh6gmp -
no, you really don't need to add anything to the AnalogDevices.xml, unless you've already fouled something up in there. The stock AnalogDevices.xml contains this section:

Code:

    <Device filter="WinTV HVR-980 Capture">
        <Name>Hauppauge HVR-950</Name>
        <Type>SOFT_ENCODE</Type>
    </Device>

This is the correct entry for the HVR-950 (non-Q); yes, the driver for the HVR-950 calls it an HVR-980... it's just marketed as the HVR-950; there is also an entry for the HVR-950Q (which is also correct for the HVR-850, because it uses the same chip and driver).

You really haven't told us what problem you're actually having. All you've said is that it isn't working.... what isn't working? Also it really would be helpful if you .zip up your NPVR\logs folder and post it.

[Zeb]

All the channels show up correct in the TVGUIDE and in the channel list when right click on main window and select channels.

So is the problem that you only get a black screen and no sound when you try to watch live TV? If you right-click and select Settings, then click on Decoders, are Microsoft decoders selected for MPEG2 Video and MPEG1 Audio? Is Video Renderer set to EVR and Audio Render to Default?

If you tried to edit AnalogDevices with Notepad, it's possible that you might have saved it as .txt rather than .xml. In that case, open with Notepad, select File->Save As, put .xml after the file name and change "Save as type" to All Files, then click Save. [Edit] You should then restart NPVR Service. I could post a clean copy of AnalogDevices if you think you need it.

The logs johnsonx42 mentioned are in C:\Users\Public\NPVR. You can attach the zipped Logs folder to a post by clicking "Go Advanced" and then the paperclip button.