wintv7 problem with windows 7 RC

Griff7520 · 29 May 2009 at 18:15

hI

I am running the latest windows 7 and it is pretty good and stable...the only issue i have is running my wintv novat tv card with latest version of wintv from hauppauge.

The software installs ok and tv runs fine to start with...but when you close the prog and go back later...the prog wont run properly...you get the screen up and for a second it says buffering channels but then it stops with no picture.....and no buttons visible to change channels ....any idea what causes this....i have tried google and seen similar things but cant see any answers to the problem

any one have a theory for this

thx

Pho · 29 May 2009 at 19:19

Have you tried the Hauppauge forums? They're actually pretty good.
http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/board/index.php

CaptainCrash · 29 May 2009 at 23:08

Out of interest, I wonder why you'd want to use WinTV anyway, which I seem to remember being a complete steaming pile of horse manure (unless the latest version is radically improved).

Does Windows 7's own built-in media centre not work with your card?

Pho · 29 May 2009 at 23:26

To be fair to Hauppauge, WinTV 7 seems to be drastically better than the older versions.

However yes, Windows Media Centre or gbpvr are good alternatives if not.

sWiZzLe · 30 May 2009 at 01:05

Griff7520 said:
hI

I am running the latest windows 7 and it is pretty good and stable...the only issue i have is running my wintv novat tv card with latest version of wintv from hauppauge.

The software installs ok and tv runs fine to start with...but when you close the prog and go back later...the prog wont run properly...you get the screen up and for a second it says buffering channels but then it stops with no picture.....and no buttons visible to change channels ....any idea what causes this....i have tried google and seen similar things but cant see any answers to the problem

any one have a theory for this

thx

I have this problem using media centre while watching and media recently, i have to move the slider back or forward a bit to get the picture to return and carry on :confused:

Pho said:
To be fair to Hauppauge, WinTV 7 seems to be drastically better than the older versions.

Its still pretty pants though :/

Griff7520 · 30 May 2009 at 01:18

wintv7 worked great with vista 64 bit.....and no...media centre doesnt work with it either ....at the moment i cant get any picture on it........i have googled it a bit and i have sent a log file to hauppage support because it shows an error saying no tuner was available...see below

2009-05-30 01:15:19.776 [DEBUG] Installed ADO.NET Provider: System.Data.Odbc.OdbcFactory
2009-05-30 01:15:19.776 [DEBUG] Installed ADO.NET Provider: System.Data.OleDb.OleDbFactory
2009-05-30 01:15:19.776 [DEBUG] ...using System.Data.OleDb.OleDbFactory
2009-05-30 01:15:19.782 [DEBUG] Translation file doesnt exist: C:\Users\Public\WinTV\languages\English.xml
2009-05-30 01:15:20.757 [DEBUG] About to check system integrity...
2009-05-30 01:15:20.757 [DEBUG] Found: C:\Program Files (x86)\WinTV\WinTV7\WinTV7.exe
2009-05-30 01:15:20.757 [DEBUG] Found: C:\Program Files (x86)\WinTV\WinTV7\DataModel.dll
2009-05-30 01:15:20.757 [DEBUG] Found: C:\Program Files (x86)\WinTV\WinTV7\MultiMediaServices.dll
2009-05-30 01:15:20.757 [DEBUG] Found: C:\Program Files (x86)\WinTV\WinTV7\NativeMMS.dll
2009-05-30 01:15:20.758 [DEBUG] Found: C:\Users\Public\WinTV\Settings.xml
2009-05-30 01:15:20.758 [DEBUG] Found: C:\Users\Public\WinTV\KeyCommands.xml
2009-05-30 01:15:20.758 [DEBUG] Found: C:\Users\Public\WinTV\Logs
2009-05-30 01:15:20.758 [DEBUG] Found: C:\Users\Public\WinTV\Skin
2009-05-30 01:15:20.758 [DEBUG] Found: C:\Users\Public\WinTV\Languages
2009-05-30 01:15:20.758 [DEBUG] Found: C:\Users\Public\WinTV\PlayGraphs
2009-05-30 01:15:20.758 [DEBUG] Found: C:\Users\Public\Videos\Pause Buffer
2009-05-30 01:15:20.759 [DEBUG] Directory Missing: C:\Users\Public\VideosPlayGraphs
2009-05-30 01:15:24.157 [INFO] ShowModeNormal()
2009-05-30 01:15:24.158 [DEBUG] window size: 298,169,1234,755
2009-05-30 01:15:24.163 [INFO] ShowModeNormal() complete
2009-05-30 01:15:24.163 [DEBUG] About to look for new devices
2009-05-30 01:15:24.163 [DEBUG] About to initialise TV Server connection
2009-05-30 01:15:24.163 [DEBUG] About to ask TV Server for board list
2009-05-30 01:15:24.164 [DEBUG] CheckAvailableBoards()@1
2009-05-30 01:15:24.166 [INFO] MaxWorkingSetSize(51413120) returns 1

2009-05-30 01:15:24.167 [DEBUG] TVServicesHelper::Initialise()@1
2009-05-30 01:15:24.180 [DEBUG] TVServicesHelper::Initialise()@2
2009-05-30 01:15:24.184 [DEBUG] TVServicesHelper::Initialise()@3
2009-05-30 01:15:24.185 [DEBUG] TVServicesHelper::Initialise()@4
2009-05-30 01:15:24.186 [DEBUG] TVServicesHelper::Initialise() complete
2009-05-30 01:15:24.186 [DEBUG] CheckAvailableBoards()@2
2009-05-30 01:15:24.197 [DEBUG] CheckAvailableBoards()@3
2009-05-30 01:15:24.199 [DEBUG] CheckAvailableBoards()@4
2009-05-30 01:15:25.296 [DEBUG] Loading image from file: C:\Users\Public\WinTV\skin\Default\audio-only.jpg
2009-05-30 01:15:25.305 [DEBUG] Loading image from file: C:\Users\Public\WinTV\skin\Default\not-airing.jpg
2009-05-30 01:15:25.313 [DEBUG] Loading image from file: C:\Users\Public\WinTV\skin\Default\no-signal.jpg
2009-05-30 01:15:25.346 [DEBUG] Auto starting live tv: 1 BBC ONE
2009-05-30 01:15:25.352 [DEBUG] SetOSD(image)
2009-05-30 01:15:25.352 [DEBUG] StartLiveTV(BBC ONE)
2009-05-30 01:15:25.515 [DEBUG] total EPG events loaded from DB: 9501
2009-05-30 01:15:25.517 [INFO] StartLiveTV() id=1
2009-05-30 01:15:25.521 [DEBUG] StartSlipStream@1
2009-05-30 01:15:25.524 [DEBUG] StartSlipStream@2
2009-05-30 01:15:25.776 [DEBUG] StartSlipStream failed
2009-05-30 01:15:25.777 [DEBUG] No tuner was available
2009-05-30 01:15:29.883 [DEBUG] About to initialise TV Server connection
2009-05-30 01:15:29.883 [DEBUG] About to ask TV Server for board list
2009-05-30 01:15:29.883 [DEBUG] CheckAvailableBoards()@1
2009-05-30 01:15:29.883 [DEBUG] CheckAvailableBoards()@2
2009-05-30 01:15:29.893 [DEBUG] CheckAvailableBoards()@3
2009-05-30 01:15:29.894 [DEBUG] CheckAvailableBoards()@4

any idea what it is...i see also that i have hauppauge drivers and also microsoft drivers installed which came through an update...maybe its a conflict between the 2 different drivers