Windows XP Freezes using YUAN MPC788 TV Tuner

I'm using the computer in my sig. I'm running Windows XP SP2 and when Cyberlink PowerCinema begins recording on a schedule, there is a good chance that it will cause the system to freeze completely. It is more likely to freeze on the second recording since the computer has started up than on the first time. I'm inclined to think that it is a driver issue, but I'm hoping for suggestions.

 

Having lots of experience with computer TV Tuners, its seems that you are experiencing a software problem.... Is the TV Tuner you have hardware MPEG2 decoding... I need to know this so I can tell you which other software you can use because Cyberlink PowerCinema is an extremely unstable piece of software...

 

It is a frame capture card :-/

Suggestions for other software are welcome. Preferably software with a free trial. I'd rather not buy and find the same problem.

 

You can try Cyberlink WinDVR. Its made by the same company, but its much more stable than PowerCinema. Its a very light program, but it has many features. When in Live mode, it won't use more than 6 percent of CPU usage...

 

Er, unless InterVideo and Cyberlink are the same company, you are incorrect on one point. Still, there is a free trial and I'll give it a try. Not one of the three settings I had set for tonight recorded

Thanks for the suggestion. Best.

 

oh sorry, its InterVideo WinDVR....

 

You can try BeyondTv from SnapStream.
http://www.snapstream.com
There is a free trial version.

If the MPC788 has a hardware encoder it should work fine with BeyondTv.
I did not find the MPC788 on the supported or unsupported list.

System requirements page
http://www.snapstream.com/products/beyondtv/sysreq.asp

Good luck

 

The MPC788 does not have a hardware encoder. It is a frame grabber only. Still, it not listed on the "definitely does not support" section. If WinDVR doesn't work well for me over the course of the next week, I'll try BeyondTV.

One odd issue I've noticed with WinDVR so far is that I get no sound output from the program when it is showing real-time television. If I pause it for a few seconds and hit play (causing it to play from the buffer) I get sound. Also, recordings are fine. I read that WinDVR might be expecting sound to be fed directly from the tv-tuner to the sound card via line-out, which would be somewhat strange. Anyway, I'll let you know if the recordings are successful.

Thanks, both of you.

 

I could help you out, I'll you on MSN... and I'll show how we can fix the problem....

 

I can't even get the drivers to install in Windows XP, caused repeated crashes on first attempt.

 

Archane, don't resurrect old threads :-/

Anyway, make sure you don't have any conflicting drivers installed, disable the nvidia display driver service, run a thorough chkdsk on all partitions, and then let us know how you're doing.

 

I guess I missed the OTHER one. Anyway, it's a new problem to me, I just got my computer Tuesday, just happened across this thread. The only drivers I know of that are in conflict are the tv card drivers, they crash XP when I install them. I ran chkdsk, but that doesn't fix driver problems. Finally got an XP installation half-stable, and disabled the bad drivers. Haven't got started looking for a solution yet.

 

Hey bazald, got a link to that "old thread"? Found one hidden conflicting driver, a serial port, and disabled. Disabled the nvidia display driver service, ran a thorough chkdsk on all partitions, no change. One time I actually got the tv card driver installed by using the reinstall driver function in properties, but the other two are still not cooperating. Am getting an "access denied" mssg when try to reinstall those.

 

Well, I am beginning to think the tv card is bad. I had some time to fool with it this evening. Basically gave-up trying to get the tv card working in XP, so I figured I would give Vista a try. All the drivers in Vista installed fine, tried using the antenna, no broadcast channels were detected. Figured it's a crummy antenna, so I unplugged the cable from a working tv, plugged it in to the laptop, scanned for the signal in Media Center, signal not found. Set it up manually, went through all the channels, and there were only about two channels I could barely see a picture on through the snow. Put a splitter on the cable, hooked the other side back-up to the tv, crystal clear cable. I got no tv in Vista or XP, no drivers will install in XP, crashes the operating system when I install and reboot. Uninstalled/reinstalled I don't know how many times. No conflicts are apparent, nothing. It looks like it's going to be hardware, great! A $3000 laptop that doesn't even work right... Now I guess I'll be on the phone forever while somebody else troubleshoots it clean through until they decide it's a hardware issue or just send it back in, probably at my cost, and wait until somebody gets back to me. Just wonderful... 8(