HELP! Firewire not working after reinstall

[killervette]

I made a new windows home server today. reinstalled sage, added the exemultitunerplugin.dll, added 1.ir file for the stb. I can change channels at the command prompt, but sage wont do it.

i also added the registry key. i have to use the -f or channels dont change. i used the successfully in the last server. it seems the sage is not calling the channel.exe. I have my hd pvr set to use multitunerexe tuner 1, as my ir file is 1.ir

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Frey Technologies\Common\EXEMultiTunerPlugin]
"command"="c:\\stb\\channel.exe -f %DEVICE% %CHANNEL%"

please help! WAF is definitely not good right now!

[mistergq]

are you sure that its device 1 that changes the channels. I know with my two stb setup, its device 3 and 4 that changes the channels.

can you post the output for the channel command?

[killervette]

it was 3 and 4 on the old setup. now i can type channel.exe -f 1 45 and it changes to channel 45

[mistergq]

not trying to be a jerk, but what directory is the EXEMultiTuner in?

what directory is the .ir file in?

did you change in the properties file device_name=StubDevice todevice_name=1?

[killervette]

no problem...i am probably missing somethign stupid. the EXEMultiTunerPlugin.dll is in common, and the ,ir files are in RemoteCodes\EXEMultiTunerPlugin. i selected 1 in the tuner control in the source setup in sage. here is my properties

mmc/encoders/-431556906/2/0/available_channels=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/2/0/brightness=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/2/0/contrast=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/2/0/device_name=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/2/0/hue=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/2/0/last_channel=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/2/0/provider_id=0
mmc/encoders/-431556906/2/0/saturation=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/2/0/sharpness=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/2/0/tuning_mode=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/2/0/tuning_plugin=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/2/0/tuning_plugin_port=0
mmc/encoders/-431556906/2/0/video_crossbar_index=0
mmc/encoders/-431556906/2/0/video_crossbar_type=2
mmc/encoders/-431556906/3/0/available_channels=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/3/0/brightness=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/3/0/contrast=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/3/0/device_name=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/3/0/hue=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/3/0/last_channel=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/3/0/provider_id=0
mmc/encoders/-431556906/3/0/saturation=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/3/0/sharpness=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/3/0/tuning_mode=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/3/0/tuning_plugin=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/3/0/tuning_plugin_port=0
mmc/encoders/-431556906/3/0/video_crossbar_index=0
mmc/encoders/-431556906/3/0/video_crossbar_type=3
mmc/encoders/-431556906/5/0/available_channels=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/5/0/brightness=134
mmc/encoders/-431556906/5/0/contrast=128
mmc/encoders/-431556906/5/0/device_name=1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/5/0/hue=128
mmc/encoders/-431556906/5/0/last_channel=7
mmc/encoders/-431556906/5/0/provider_id=1981065414777
mmc/encoders/-431556906/5/0/saturation=128
mmc/encoders/-431556906/5/0/sharpness=128
mmc/encoders/-431556906/5/0/tuning_mode=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/5/0/tuning_plugin=C\:\\Program Files\\SageTV\\Common\\EXEMultiTunerPlugin.dll
mmc/encoders/-431556906/5/0/tuning_plugin_port=0
mmc/encoders/-431556906/5/0/video_crossbar_index=0
mmc/encoders/-431556906/5/0/video_crossbar_type=5
mmc/encoders/-431556906/90/0/available_channels=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/90/0/brightness=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/90/0/contrast=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/90/0/device_name=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/90/0/hue=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/90/0/last_channel=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/90/0/provider_id=0
mmc/encoders/-431556906/90/0/saturation=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/90/0/sharpness=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/90/0/tuning_mode=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/90/0/tuning_plugin=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/90/0/tuning_plugin_port=0
mmc/encoders/-431556906/90/0/video_crossbar_index=0
mmc/encoders/-431556906/90/0/video_crossbar_type=90
mmc/encoders/-431556906/audio_capture_device_index=-1
mmc/encoders/-431556906/audio_capture_device_name=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/audio_capture_device_num=0
mmc/encoders/-431556906/audio_processor=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/broadcast_standard=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/capture_config=1050624
mmc/encoders/-431556906/default_device_quality=Great-H.264
mmc/encoders/-431556906/device_class=DirectShow
mmc/encoders/-431556906/dshow_tv_type=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/encoder_merit=0
mmc/encoders/-431556906/encoding_host=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/forced_video_storage_path_prefix=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/last_cross_index=0
mmc/encoders/-431556906/last_cross_type=5
mmc/encoders/-431556906/live_audio_input=
mmc/encoders/-431556906/never_stop_encoding=false
mmc/encoders/-431556906/video_capture_device_name=Hauppauge HD PVR Capture Device
mmc/encoders/-431556906/video_capture_device_num=0
mmc/encoders/-431556906/video_encoding_params=Great-H.264
mmc/encoders/-431556906/video_processor=

[killervette]

also, i am searching like a banshee. i see references that i may need to change the service to interact with the desktop or try it in non-service mode. how do i do that and is it necessary?

[killervette]

Originally Posted by killervette

also, i am searching like a banshee. i see references that i may need to change the service to interact with the desktop or try it in non-service mode. how do i do that and is it necessary?

figured it out and it didnt work.

[killervette]

while viewing this in regedit, should the path be in quotes

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Frey Technologies\Common\EXEMultiTunerPlugin]
"command"="c:\\stb\\channel.exe -f %DEVICE% %CHANNEL%"

im conviced the problem is that sage is not calling the registry entry for the command. everything looks in order.

[mistergq]

my registry is channelw.exe, not channel.exe. And page 3 of Meinmaui's STB Firewire Channel PDF is channelw.exe.

Why don't you edit the registry to add w to channel. I have a feeling that is the problem.

[killervette]

actually, i got it. it was related to the service allowing interaction with the desktop. a restart was needed, not just restarting the service. im back up and running. channel works fine for me, i had that on the last setup too. thanks for assisting!

[mistergq]

glad you figured it out. I meant to ask you if you restarted the computer. I was probably hesitant because I always hate when tech support says that.

I know how valuable the WAF is!!! Actually, I find it funny that people prefer BTV over STV because my WAF went up when I switched from BTV to STV from a UI stand point.