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[Cyndrax]

When I try to set up Media Center to use my TV Tuner card (ProVideo PV-256T), I am given the choice to set up cable vs antenna and a country.  However, none of the country choices are USA???  How do I go about getting the card set up properly?  I know the card works, because I can use it in the program that came with it.   It has WDM drivers, so I believe it should work with Media Center.

Brian

[Yaobing]

Somehow your driver does not report NTSC format as one being supported. Otherwise you should see "United States of America" in the list.

Try editing the registry under this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JRiver\Media Jukebox\TV Settings

and add/edit the following values

"Country Code" - DWORD value, should be 1.
"Country Name" - String value, should be "United States of America"
"TV Standard" - DWORD value, should be 1.

Then manually add a channel and see if you can play it.

[Cyndrax]

I made those registry changes and attempted to run it again.  All I get is "snow."  If I look at the

Options -> TV Options -> Advanced Properties -> TV Tuner Properties

page, I see that I have Country 1 selected, Tunig Space 0 selected, Tuning Mode TV selected, Status Locked, Video Standards PAL_B (I can't change this to NTSC, no other choices exist in the drop down), Input 1 Cable selected, Video Frequency 193250000, and Audio Frequency 198750000.

What do I need to do to be able to Select NTSC as my Video Standard?  I know the card is capable of this, as I have watched TV with it's built in program.

I am not at all adverse to blowing my system away and re-installing everything if need be.  It is appearing that I will be doing that this weekend.

Thanks for the help!

Brian

[Yaobing]

Video Standards PAL_B (I can't change this to NTSC, no other choices exist in the drop down),

That is what I said before, your driver says that the tuner is not capable of receiving NTSC. How your other program worked is a mystery.

Uninstalling and reinstalling your TV card driver is something you can try. Does the manufacturer of your card have an updated driver for it? I am guessing that the program that the manufacturer provided does not use DirectShow method for its tuning, and the WDM driver is buggie in this respect.