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I have a XP Pro System with 1 PVR-250-16 and a PVR-350. I'm seeming to have compatiblity issues with the cards. I can get one card to record fine (don't know which one) but the other seems to give my stuttery video with warbly audio. Once channel recording is fine then all other channels have the playback issues.
I've also experience the initiation issues with the bad picture with the static along the bottom of the screen. Then I do the change the quality down ->close sage->open sage and set setting back to great quality. I've seen posts that others have had problems with these two cards and others haven't. Any advice on getting this stuff to work? I can get the cards to work for a time and then after several hours it all goes bad again. Also had trouble getting them installed and working with SageTV. Many crashes on startup of SageTV and unrecognized cards. 1. Is a fresh clean driver install ala SHS site instructions the right way to go? 2. Also what are the lastest stable and/or correct drivers to use. I've been using the 17a disk that came with both cards and according to device manager i have version: 1.17.390.21283 Setup: Intel D845PEBT2 motherboard Pentium 4 2.4 MHZ XP Pro SP1 512 Mg Ram Radeon 9000 video card SoundBlaster Live sound card Please help...this is very frustrating. |
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I think the mix of the 250 and 350 is a no-no, for now.
I myself am interested in a setup like that. I'd be interested to hear if anyone successfully integrated the two cards. If so, what PCI slots do you have the cards in? I think PCI slot 1, 5 are supposed to be empty. Can anyone confirm this? Also, has anyone been able to combine another capture card with the PVR-350 without any issues, and if so, what card did you use? Last edited by SuperG; 02-03-2004 at 07:22 PM. |
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I may be able to add more data to this situation when Frey adds support for MCE2004(blackbird) style cards. I have a M150, it's basically(I'm oversimplifying) a PVR250(16) made by avermedia. If it works in the same box as my 250(15) and 350(15) then I think we can narrow the issue to Hauppauge. Time will tell. PS:For those that don't know PVR350s all use the 15 chipset. EDIT: Quote:
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I would recommend that for now you just use one of the cards (probably the 350). I have spent much time trying to determine what the problem with mixing the two cards are. I have now built a new system and it also has the same problem. I am now running a network with the 350 in a different computer. My 350 tuner seems to be fried, all images appear to be scrambled, at least the S-video input and component output still works. It may be possible the attempting to mix the 2 cards in a single system may damage a card.
However, if you wish to continue you might want to disable the 350 output to see if the problem goes away. The playing of a video would not use a card at all except for something like a 350 with the 350-output enabled. I have played videos with no cards installed.
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Server : Intel Core i7 2.8 GHz Processor: Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Motherboard: 6 GB Memory : 1 120 GB Intel SSD :3 2 TB WD hard drives:1 Hauppauge PVR 2250: 3 HDHomeRuns:1 HD300 extender;1 HD200 extender;1 HD100 extender 2 MVP Media Extenders: Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium all updates applied, SageTV V7.1.7.254. |
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Yeah, I played around with a buddy's HP with Windows MCE. I decided that I'll probably build my HTPC based on Sage 2.0 because I like their ability to play a show while recording another channel.
Which leads me to wanting to integrate 2 capture cards. I've read over at avsforum that the S-Video out PQ from the PVR-350 even beat DVI out. Maybe it's a issue with the user's video card?? But considering that at the moment we can't mix a 350 with a 250, I'll probably go with just two 250s and hope the PQ is good enough from DVI out from a EVGA GFX 5900SE. |
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SVideo out is better when connecting to standard definition TV's. When connecting to an HDTV you should use DVI or Component and run at either 480p, 720p, or 1080i if possible.
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Well I was able to solve my issue. I think it had to do with the PVR-350(15) not liking the PVR-250(16) card as it's been discribed by others on the boards.
Removed my PVR-350(15) card and replaced it with a PVR-250(16) card and now everything is fine. No picture or audio issues. Thanks... |
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