hvr4000 dvbt+analog

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atisnz

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#28044 16-Nov-2008 14:34

hi all,
I'm using a xp sp3 htpc with hauppauge hvr4000 to receive freeview with mediaportal, which works fine. Just wanted to make prime working as the tv card supports analog too. unfortunately i had no luck at all as the scan couldn't find any available analog station. was looking if the xp sp3 supports dual(quad) tv cards or not but didn't find much. Any ideas what do I need to make analog tv working?

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#178245 16-Nov-2008 15:30

Yes. the HVR4000 supports analog TV, DVB-S, DVB-T and DVB-S and DVB-S2 (DVB-S /2and DVB-T cannot be used at the same time)

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#178272 16-Nov-2008 19:26

Unfortunately the HVR4000 does not have an onboard MPEG2 decoder, so MediaPortal can't work with the analog part of the HVR4000. I've tried but to no avail too... :(

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#178276 16-Nov-2008 19:44

Wasn't there a workaround for this in Media Portal that was in development?

I know GB-PVR now supports the analogue in the HVR3000/4000 with the Hauppauge softmce software installed.

atisnz

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#178320 17-Nov-2008 09:51

but why cannot find any stations during the scan? I tried to set the frequencies manualy too, but no luck either...

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#178323 17-Nov-2008 10:17

atisnz: but why cannot find any stations during the scan? I tried to set the frequencies manualy too, but no luck either...

Are you selecting cable as the signal type? Aerial only does the VHF channels.

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#178327 17-Nov-2008 10:34

bonkiebonks: Unfortunately the HVR4000 does not have an onboard MPEG2 decoder, so MediaPortal can't work with the analog part of the HVR4000. I've tried but to no avail too... :(

Don't you maen mpeg2 encoder rather than decoder?

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#178389 17-Nov-2008 15:23

sbiddle:
atisnz: but why cannot find any stations during the scan? I tried to set the frequencies manualy too, but no luck either...

Are you selecting cable as the signal type? Aerial only does the VHF channels.

Tried both... just noticed that the scan runs very fast, it takes approx 15-20 secs for both cable and antenna too...

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#178395 17-Nov-2008 15:58

Analogue on the HVR3000/4000 does work with RC3 but needs a MPEG2 encoder installed. SoftMCE works fine for the Hauppauge cards under GB-PVR, I'm guessing it'll be the same for Media Portal but I haven't with this in a long time so don't really know.

Try reading the Media Portal forums, there are quite a few threads on the topic over there. You also need to have the card correctly configured as a hybrid card.

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#178571 18-Nov-2008 13:36

I'm on RC2 right now so RC3 seems to be the first thing to try... thanks guys for your effort...