- Re: Which Hauppauge Card - 250MCE or 350?
- Posted by Pharmsrt on October 14th, 2005
When you say you use the pvr-350 with MCE and it works fine, does that
include the TV-out from the pvr-350. I use my pvr-350 and MCE and everything
works fine except for the TV-out. If it does work for you did you have to do
anything to get it working?
THanks,
"Slabster" wrote:
> TomB:
>
>
>
> The Hauppauge drivers for the PVR-350 will not work with MCE. On the
> http://www.shspvr.com/ site they have modified drivers to work with MCE. I
> have found them to be very reliable.
>
>
>
> The SHSPVR.COM was off line a while this morning. It is back up now. Just
> click on "MCE" and grab the latest drivers for the PVR-250/350. I would
> uninstall ALL the Hauppauge drivers first and then install the ones form
> SHSPVR.COM.
>
>
>
> "TomB" <TomB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EA0D4CDC-4868-4F22-BE9C-790DE5F4B0EE@microsoft.com...
> > Slabster... I'm trying to use the 350 and am having problems and wonder if
> > you might have the answer..
> >
> > I have installed the drivers from Hauppague (you mentioned those from
> > www.shspvr.com .. URL does not exist).
> >
> > When I first start MC, I get message "Your video card or drivers are not
> > compatible with Media Center". I'm using an ATI Readon 9800, which is on
> > the
> > list. But, even so, MC comes up. When I try to view live tv, I get the
> > following message: "Video Error: Files needed to display video are not
> > installed or are not working correctly. Please restart, etc, etc.
> >
> > Any ideas where I should be looking?
> >
> > Funny, I used to think that I knew something about computers... But, then
> > entered the Media Center Edition!!
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > "Slabster" wrote:
> >
> >> The Hauppauge PVR-350 has an onboard encoder chip and an onboard decoder
> >> chip with connectors for output to a TV. The PVR-250 is essentially the
> >> same card without the decoder chip features. MCE does not use the
> >> decoder
> >> feature so unless you want the ability to try either Beyond TV or Sage TV
> >> (can't remember which one use the decoder) you would be waisting your
> >> money
> >> on the PVR-350.
> >>
> >> Having said that, I use the PVR-350 with MCE 2005 and it works great.
> >> However, I use the drivers from: http://www.shspvr.com/ If you buy the
> >> Media Center version of the Hauppauge PVR-250 you can use the drivers
> >> from
> >> Hauppauge.
>
>
>
- Posted by Tom Scales on October 14th, 2005
Why not the 150? From what I understand, the 150 and 500 offer the latest
chips. The 350 has a feature (video out) that isn't really supported by
almost anything, so doesn't add anything.
Personally, I'd go with the PVR USB2. No need to crack the case.
Tom
"Pharmsrt" <ledo0013@umn.edu> wrote in message
news:5497AFDD-FC0B-4473-BDFF-4135F1DBEFC4@microsoft.com...
> When you say you use the pvr-350 with MCE and it works fine, does that
> include the TV-out from the pvr-350. I use my pvr-350 and MCE and
> everything
> works fine except for the TV-out. If it does work for you did you have to
> do
> anything to get it working?
> THanks,
>
> "Slabster" wrote:
>
>> TomB:
>>
>>
>>
>> The Hauppauge drivers for the PVR-350 will not work with MCE. On the
>> http://www.shspvr.com/ site they have modified drivers to work with MCE.
>> I
>> have found them to be very reliable.
>>
>>
>>
>> The SHSPVR.COM was off line a while this morning. It is back up now.
>> Just
>> click on "MCE" and grab the latest drivers for the PVR-250/350. I would
>> uninstall ALL the Hauppauge drivers first and then install the ones form
>> SHSPVR.COM.
>>
>>
>>
>> "TomB" <TomB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:EA0D4CDC-4868-4F22-BE9C-790DE5F4B0EE@microsoft.com...
>> > Slabster... I'm trying to use the 350 and am having problems and wonder
>> > if
>> > you might have the answer..
>> >
>> > I have installed the drivers from Hauppague (you mentioned those from
>> > www.shspvr.com .. URL does not exist).
>> >
>> > When I first start MC, I get message "Your video card or drivers are
>> > not
>> > compatible with Media Center". I'm using an ATI Readon 9800, which is
>> > on
>> > the
>> > list. But, even so, MC comes up. When I try to view live tv, I get the
>> > following message: "Video Error: Files needed to display video are not
>> > installed or are not working correctly. Please restart, etc, etc.
>> >
>> > Any ideas where I should be looking?
>> >
>> > Funny, I used to think that I knew something about computers... But,
>> > then
>> > entered the Media Center Edition!!
>> >
>> > Tom
>> >
>> >
>> > "Slabster" wrote:
>> >
>> >> The Hauppauge PVR-350 has an onboard encoder chip and an onboard
>> >> decoder
>> >> chip with connectors for output to a TV. The PVR-250 is essentially
>> >> the
>> >> same card without the decoder chip features. MCE does not use the
>> >> decoder
>> >> feature so unless you want the ability to try either Beyond TV or Sage
>> >> TV
>> >> (can't remember which one use the decoder) you would be waisting your
>> >> money
>> >> on the PVR-350.
>> >>
>> >> Having said that, I use the PVR-350 with MCE 2005 and it works great.
>> >> However, I use the drivers from: http://www.shspvr.com/ If you buy
>> >> the
>> >> Media Center version of the Hauppauge PVR-250 you can use the drivers
>> >> from
>> >> Hauppauge.
>>
>>
>>
- Posted by Nigel Barker on October 15th, 2005
On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:34:02 -0700, "Pharmsrt" <ledo0013@umn.edu> wrote:
>When you say you use the pvr-350 with MCE and it works fine, does that
>include the TV-out from the pvr-350. I use my pvr-350 and MCE and everything
>works fine except for the TV-out. If it does work for you did you have to do
>anything to get it working?
The TV-out of the Hauppauge WinTV PVR350 is not supported by MCE. It is
supported with Hauppauge's own application WinTV2000 & also by the free media
center alternative GB-PVR www.gbpvr.com
--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
- Posted by Pharmsrt on October 15th, 2005
When you say not supported by MCE should the tv-out function still work with
wintv2000. I still use wintv2000 though I no longer can use the tv-out
function when using wintv2000, (the colors are very distorted). I know it
isn't supported by MCE but should I still be able to use the tv-out function
with wintv2000?
thanks,
"Nigel Barker" wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:34:02 -0700, "Pharmsrt" <ledo0013@umn.edu> wrote:
>
> >When you say you use the pvr-350 with MCE and it works fine, does that
> >include the TV-out from the pvr-350. I use my pvr-350 and MCE and everything
> >works fine except for the TV-out. If it does work for you did you have to do
> >anything to get it working?
>
> The TV-out of the Hauppauge WinTV PVR350 is not supported by MCE. It is
> supported with Hauppauge's own application WinTV2000 & also by the free media
> center alternative GB-PVR www.gbpvr.com
>
> --
> Nigel Barker
> Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
>
- Posted by Nigel Barker on October 15th, 2005
On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 06:16:02 -0700, "Pharmsrt" <ledo0013@umn.edu> wrote:
>When you say not supported by MCE should the tv-out function still work with
>wintv2000. I still use wintv2000 though I no longer can use the tv-out
>function when using wintv2000, (the colors are very distorted). I know it
>isn't supported by MCE but should I still be able to use the tv-out function
>with wintv2000?
Yes.
--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
