Tv Cards Compatible with Vista Media Centre?

mcwildcard · 23 May 2007 at 11:30

Installed Vista Home Premium OEM (64bit), all working fine and dandy, but Media Centre doesn't pick up my WinFast TV2000 XP Expert PCI card

It works fine on it's own Winfast PVR software, but I'd rather use the Media Centre, as it's far more aesthetically pleasing.
Any ideas what I might be able to do to get it working?
If not then anybody know of a card that is compatible?

(I've installed the latest Vista 64 drivers btw)

gareth170 · 23 May 2007 at 12:07

its only for vista 32bit Media Center

i use Terratec Cinergy 2400i DT Dual DVB-T TV Tuner (PCI-Express) it works with vista 64bit..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-000-TT&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=169

mcwildcard · 23 May 2007 at 12:16

Mine is in that list and does work in Vista 64 as stated, but Media Centre simply won't pick it up, so I have to use the Winfast PVR software, which is ugly as hell.

gareth170 · 23 May 2007 at 12:20

mcwildcard said:
Mine is in that list and does work in Vista 64 as stated, but Media Centre simply won't pick it up, so I have to use the Winfast PVR software, which is ugly as hell.

yes your's is in that list but as vista 32bit not 64bit.. if u had vista 32bit i think Media Center would pick it up... its the drivers thats tells Media Center to see it or not...

Mud · 23 May 2007 at 12:27

If you do have to change, I'm glad to say the Hauppage Nova T-500 is working nicely for me in Vista (Ultimate) x64, and the remote even works nicely in Media Centre. It lacks a couple of the buttons I've come to rely on with the MS remote (the live TV button mainly), but it's a nice chunky remote with good buttons.

mcwildcard · 23 May 2007 at 12:57

gareth170 said:
yes your's is in that list but as vista 32bit not 64bit.. if u had vista 32bit i think Media Center would pick it up... its the drivers thats tells Media Center to see it or not...

Maybe you misread my original post, I've got WinFast TV2000 XP Expert, which that table does say works with Vista 64bit.
Odd that MC won't pick it up though, might just get rid on the MM and invest in one of the one's suggested.

gareth170 · 23 May 2007 at 13:47

mcwildcard said:
Maybe you misread my original post, I've got WinFast TV2000 XP Expert, which that table does say works with Vista 64bit.
Odd that MC won't pick it up though, might just get rid on the MM and invest in one of the one's suggested.

sorry i did misread it ..

CaDLoN · 20 Jan 2008 at 22:24

Mud said:
If you do have to change, I'm glad to say the Hauppage Nova T-500 is working nicely for me in Vista (Ultimate) x64, and the remote even works nicely in Media Centre. It lacks a couple of the buttons I've come to rely on with the MS remote (the live TV button mainly), but it's a nice chunky remote with good buttons.

i too have a Nova-T 500, but my path to 64bit Media Center goodly goodness was a tad more fraught, which involved reg chopping & BIOS tweeks :eek:

can't be ar$ed to detail all again, so... take a look here
http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=14332

Tiss all workin now... but that poxy card nearly ended up being used for target pratise :rolleyes:

...and it brought back all the bad memories of why i stopped using Hauppauge card many years ago :confused:

Golden Ape · 21 Jan 2008 at 10:17

Just thought I'd add my 2p. I'm currently in the process of RMAing a Hauppauge 500 T, have given up trying to get it to work satisfactorily with Vista 64 (I'm getting the 'no tuner' problem after resuming from sleep). Will probably replace it with the terratec.

HEADRAT · 21 Jan 2008 at 10:44

I have a Terratec and I get the 'no tuner' problem after resuming from sleep on X64

Golden Ape · 21 Jan 2008 at 13:35

mcwildcard: sorry for the hijack! HEADRAT: do you know if the 'no tuner' problem is common with the terratec, and are there any fixes out there? TV cards with sleep problems are really ruining my life at the moment - OK so that's a bit of an overstatement but they are ruining by HTPC...