Live TV Errors -- Fishing for Help!!

From: Dondi (Dondi_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/04/04 

Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 21:45:01 -0800

Ive seen similar threads with no ultimate resolution to the problem and I
think Ive got a weird one here, so I'm looking for some lateral thinking here.

I had upgraded to 2005 from 2004 with a complete reinstall of OS from
OEM-supplied CDs. I added a second tuner to the Hauppauge 250-PVR with an
eHome Wonder and added an ATI HDTV wonder. This is on ASUS K8V Deluxe MB,
Radeon 9800XT 256 Pro. Had problems, lock-ups and sent machine to the OEM.
They replaced MB, CPU, both Tuners with two newer Hauppauge tuners (believe
it was called a Roslyn card -- supposed to be the replacement to the 250s)
and replaced the Radeon 9800XT with nVidia 5950 Ultra. Using latest eVGA's
nvidia dvd decoder 1.00.58. The OEM tested using coax connection onsite. I
got it home and connected 2 settop boxes via s-video.

I go thru the tuner set-up and all is recognized etc. When I viewed live TV
it would stop after a few minutes (most I could view was about 5 mins worth),
the screen would freeze and then an MCE-generated blue screen would come up
with text : LOSS OF SIGNAL Media Center has stopped capturing data due to low
data rate in the TV signal. This may be a temporary situation. If this
persists, make sure the cable for the TV signal is connected properly,
restart the computer, and then try tuning to a channel. I changed & replaced
s-video cables numerous times, physically flipped the inputs between the
settop boxes and the tuner cards, reinstalled the drivers & codecs & vid
drivers etc. Couldnt get it to work. Because, I also use the s-vid out from
the video card to other TVs in my house and I couldnt get the nVidia 5950 to
properly send a signal out in clone mode, I yanked the 3 cards and sent them
back to the OEM.

I replaced with two Hauppauge MCE250-PVR IIs and the video card with an ATI
X800 256. Same results but a little different and very odd -- I go thru the
MCE tuner setup wizard and all is OK. But, I can watch TV on channels that
are not "premium" channels. I can watch live TV all I want until I tune to
the movie channels. My settop boxes have channels 300-800 that have blocks of
HBOs, STRZs etc. I get a few of those and if I tune into the 300-range, the
screen freezes, and I get that same pretty dark blue MCE-generated dialog box
from the paragraph above. This is where Im at right now.

Current setup:

ASUS K8V Deluxe, Athlon 64+ 3200, 1GB RAM, ATI X800 256 (ATI CATALYST 4.11,
11/11/04 drivers), eVGA NVIDIA DVD Decoder 1.00.58, Two Hauppauge 250 PVRs
(listed in device manager as Hauppauge WinTV-PVR PCI II??), ATI HDTV Wonder
(latest drivers from ATI and also M$ update for 2005 & HDTV capability).
Cable provider is cablevision on two Scientific atlanta 4200s.

I am open to any suggestions after pulling my hair out for about 2 weeks. Im
going to try WinDVD codecs I suppose....??? Help!!

-- Dondi

http://www.dondi.net/MCE/

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