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    need help getting WinTV NovaT usb 2 to work with MediaPortal!

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by _radditz_, Jul 1, 2006.

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    Hi everyone

    I am having a lot of trouble getting my newly purchased Hauppauge WinTV Nova T USB 2 to work with a progam called MediaPortal. The program is supposed to work with BDA compatible drivers and my USB2 card is on the list of supported hardware but it wont work!

    I started by installing the latest drivers from the Hauppauge site (v 25c) and the WinTV application. It scanned for channels and worked fine if a bit stuttery. I then installed Mediaportal v 0.2 RC4 and it detected the TV card, successfully scanned for channels and found the same cahannels as the WinTV application. The problem is, when i go into the MyTV section there is no picture - just a black box where it should be. The EPG works because i can see whats on now and next and can bring up the Tv Guide.

    There are lots of Video decoders and i have tried all of them but none of them work, i have:
    -Mpeg2Dec filter
    -DScaler Mpeg 2 Video Decoder
    -Moonlight-Elecard MPEG2 Video Decoder
    -Nero Video Decoder
    -Cyberlink Video/SP Decoder
    -InterVideo NonCSS Video Decoder for Hauppauge
    -CyberLink MPEG Muxer

    I even went to the Hauppauge site and downloaded the MCE compatible drivers (v 31D) to make sure they were BDA. I removed all the drivers and installed the newer ones. The WinTV application from the new driver set wount run saying a library file like "hcwp2p32" could not be found. Accordind to windows though, the hardware had been properly installed. I ran the Setup program for the WinTV application included with the other drivers - it installed and worked fine as before.

    I then tried using MediaPortal with the new drivers and tried all the video decoders in turn but nothing worked!!!! The EPG still worked but i was getting a black box with nothing in it instead of a TV picture.

    I downloaded and installed a program called GBPVR which also detected the USB tuner but wouldnt run because it said i need to update the EPG but when i tried to do that and scan for channels it would find nothing!

    I am really in need of some help here! im going mad! Has anyone got these to work and if so what are your settings?

    Any help would be welcome. Thanks in advance.
     
    _radditz_, Jul 1, 2006
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