Trying to add Aver Media analog tuner

[JoeNezZ]

currently I have NextPvr 3.48 working with the Hauppauge 500PVR dual analog tuner but I would really like to get my Aver Media A169 tuner working as it has much better picture quality.

I read on how to add it to the device list but I must have done something wrong or it needs something else to get it working, as I added it to the list but I could not find any channels during the scan.

if someone more experienced than me at this could look over the log & let me know if it will work & what I need to add to the analog devices.xml file, it would be much appreciated

Thanks, Roger


07:00:25.062 INFO Log started
07:00:25.062 INFO Filter Check v1.0
07:00:25.062 INFO
07:00:25.062 INFO
07:00:25.062 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_CAPTURE filters
07:00:25.093 INFO found: Realtek HD Audio Input
07:00:25.156 INFO - (output) Recording Control
07:00:25.156 INFO - (input) Input1
07:00:25.156 INFO
07:00:25.156 INFO found: AVerMedia Capture
07:00:25.281 INFO - (output) Transport Out
07:00:25.281 INFO - (output) Capture
07:00:25.281 INFO - (output) Preview
07:00:25.281 INFO - (output) VBI
07:00:25.281 INFO - (output) Audio
07:00:25.281 INFO - (input) Analog Video In
07:00:25.281 INFO - (input) Analog Audio In
07:00:25.281 INFO - (input) Transport In
07:00:25.281 INFO - (output) Virtual Audio Out
07:00:25.281 INFO - (output) Virtual Video Out
07:00:25.281 INFO
07:00:25.281 INFO found: AVerMedia Capture
07:00:25.281 INFO - (output) Transport Out
07:00:25.281 INFO - (output) Capture
07:00:25.281 INFO - (output) Preview
07:00:25.281 INFO - (output) VBI
07:00:25.281 INFO - (output) Audio
07:00:25.281 INFO - (input) Analog Video In
07:00:25.281 INFO - (input) Analog Audio In
07:00:25.281 INFO - (input) Transport In
07:00:25.281 INFO - (output) Virtual Audio Out
07:00:25.281 INFO - (output) Virtual Video Out
07:00:25.281 INFO
07:00:25.296 INFO
07:00:25.296 INFO
07:00:25.296 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_ENCODER filters
07:00:25.296 INFO
07:00:25.296 INFO
07:00:25.296 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_MULTIPLEXER filters
07:00:25.296 INFO found: AVerMedia Encoder
07:00:25.296 INFO - (input) Virtual Audio In
07:00:25.296 INFO - (input) Virtual Video In
07:00:25.296 INFO - (output) Transport Out
07:00:25.296 INFO
07:00:25.296 INFO found: AVerMedia Encoder
07:00:25.296 INFO - (input) Virtual Audio In
07:00:25.296 INFO - (input) Virtual Video In
07:00:25.296 INFO - (output) Transport Out
07:00:25.296 INFO
07:00:25.296 INFO
07:00:25.296 INFO
07:00:25.296 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_CROSSBAR filters
07:00:25.296 INFO found: AVerMedia Crossbar
07:00:25.328 INFO - (input) 0: Video Tuner In
07:00:25.328 INFO - (input) 1: Video Composite In
07:00:25.328 INFO - (input) 2: Video SVideo In
07:00:25.328 INFO - (input) 3: Video Composite In
07:00:25.328 INFO - (input) 4: Video SVideo In
07:00:25.328 INFO - (input) 5: Audio Tuner In
07:00:25.328 INFO - (input) 6: Audio Line In
07:00:25.328 INFO - (input) 7: Audio Line In
07:00:25.328 INFO - (output) 0: Video Decoder Out
07:00:25.328 INFO - (output) 1: Audio Decoder Out
07:00:25.328 INFO
07:00:25.328 INFO found: AVerMedia Crossbar
07:00:25.328 INFO - (input) 0: Video Tuner In
07:00:25.328 INFO - (input) 1: Video Composite In
07:00:25.328 INFO - (input) 2: Video SVideo In
07:00:25.328 INFO - (input) 3: Audio Tuner In
07:00:25.328 INFO - (input) 4: Audio Line In
07:00:25.328 INFO - (input) 5: Audio Tuner In
07:00:25.328 INFO - (output) 0: Video Decoder Out
07:00:25.328 INFO - (output) 1: Audio Decoder Out
07:00:25.328 INFO
07:00:25.328 INFO
07:00:25.328 INFO
07:00:25.328 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_TVTUNER filters
07:00:25.328 INFO found: PhTVTune
07:00:25.375 INFO - (output) Analog Video
07:00:25.375 INFO - (output) Analog Audio
07:00:25.375 INFO
07:00:25.390 INFO found: PhTVTune
07:00:25.390 INFO - (output) Analog Video
07:00:25.390 INFO - (output) Analog Audio
07:00:25.390 INFO
07:00:25.390 INFO
07:00:25.390 INFO
07:00:25.390 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_TVAUDIO filters
07:00:25.390 INFO found: AVerMedia TV Audio
07:00:25.390 INFO - (input) TVAudio In
07:00:25.390 INFO - (output) TVAudio Out
07:00:25.390 INFO
07:00:25.390 INFO found: AVerMedia TV Audio
07:00:25.390 INFO - (input) TVAudio In
07:00:25.390 INFO - (output) TVAudio Out
07:00:25.390 INFO
07:00:25.390 INFO
07:00:25.390 INFO
07:00:25.390 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_VBICODEC filters
07:00:25.390 INFO found: NABTS/FEC VBI Codec
07:00:25.453 INFO - (input) VBI
07:00:25.453 INFO - (output) NABTS
07:00:25.453 INFO - (input) HWNABTS
07:00:25.453 INFO
07:00:25.453 INFO found: CC Decoder
07:00:25.484 INFO - (input) VBI
07:00:25.484 INFO - (output) CC
07:00:25.484 INFO - (input) HWCC
07:00:25.484 INFO
07:00:25.484 INFO found: WST Codec
07:00:25.515 INFO - (input) VBI
07:00:25.515 INFO - (output) Teletext
07:00:25.515 INFO
07:00:25.515 INFO
07:00:25.515 INFO
07:00:25.515 INFO Checking KSCATEGORY_BDA_NETWORK_TUNER filters
07:00:25.515 INFO
07:00:25.515 INFO
07:00:25.515 INFO Checking KSCATEGORY_BDA_RECEIVER_COMPONENT filters
07:00:25.515 INFO found: BDA Slip De-Framer
07:00:25.546 INFO - (input) NABTS
07:00:25.546 INFO - (output) IPv4
07:00:25.546 INFO

[sub]

You could try adding the following to AnalogDevices.xml:

Code:

<Device filter="AVerMedia Crossbar">
        <Name>AVerMedia Crossbar</Name>
        <Type>SOFT_ENCODE</Type>
    </Device>

[johnsonx42]

sub, are you sure? I could swear it should be:

Code:

<Device filter="AVerMedia Capture">
        <Name>AVerMedia Capture</Name>
        <Type>HARD_ENCODE</Type>
                <FilterEncoder>AVerMedia Encoder</FilterEncoder>
    </Device>

or if it doesn't really have a hardware mpeg-2 encoder, then:

Code:

<Device filter="AVerMedia Capture">
        <Name>AVerMedia Capture</Name>
        <Type>SOFT_ENCODE</Type>
    </Device>

(only do one or the other, not both. both makes it go BOOM!)

[sub]

Yep - you're right. It'll be one of those two. Sorry, wasn't thinking straight.

[JoeNezZ]

not able to get it going with either, it shows up but no scanned channels,

the "AVerMedia Capture" has no tuner, where the "AVerMedia Crossbar" / " PhTVTune" have tuner I/O I just dont know if it can work or the correct entry for the analog devices xml.

I am assuming it does have hardware decoders as I use this card fine with 32 bit XP MCE 2005 on amd athlon 64x2 with 3GB ram but I have even ran it on an athlon XP processor which I do not think can do software encoding at full screen.

[sub]

If you can try using it in NextPVR, then zip and attach the logs, I'll check for any errors.