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Berto:
I followed the instructions to get TV working in MC12 (build 12.0.53).

1. Install a TV tuner card in your computer. Currently Media Center supports ATI and Hauppauge tuner cards.
ATI ALL-IN-WONDER cards
ATI TV Wonder (PCI and USB) and ATI HDTV cards
http://www.ati.com
Hauppauge WinTV PCI or USB and WinTV-PVR 150/250/350
(except for digital TV models)
http://www.hauppauge.com
2. Connect an input feed to the tuner card. This can be an antenna or cable connection. 
3. In Media Center, select the "TV Tuner" item.
4. Set up TV channels by first selecting "Options" then, on the TV Channels tab, choose "Analog" or "Digital" (if you have a digital tuner). Then select "Scan for channels". 
5. When scanning has finished, exit the dialog windows by clicking the "OK" button. Media Center will list the channels available.
6. Select a channel to watch by double clicking it.

I don't come any further than 4.
When I select 'Options' I'm asked to choose an analog device (I have Hauppauge PVR350 and Hauppauge PVR USB2 installed), country, tv-tuner input type, mixer device and audio line.
After providing this information and a final 'OK' a window appears saying 'Starting TV' and then 'Failed to play TV'.
So no TV Channels tab under 'Options', no "Analog' or 'Digital' and no 'Scan for channels'.
In MC11 all works fine.
What am I doing wrong?

benn600:
Almost sounds like a driver issue.  Make sure you have the latest drivers and then try uninstalling and reinstalling.  Failed to start TV happened to me lots many years back when I forgot to install drivers.

Berto:

--- Quote from: benn600 on August 11, 2006, 01:15:46 am ---Almost sounds like a driver issue.  Make sure you have the latest drivers and then try uninstalling and reinstalling.  Failed to start TV happened to me lots many years back when I forgot to install drivers.

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That can't be!! Why is TV working alright then in MC 11?
And why isn't MC 12 reacting then as explained in 'How to watch broadcast or cable TV with MC' when I select the TV tuner item? Ofcourse TV failes to play in MC 12 because (as I explained in my previous post) MC 12 doesn't even come up with the option to scan channels.

Yaobing:

--- Quote from: Berto on August 10, 2006, 08:36:16 pm ---
When I select 'Options' I'm asked to choose an analog device (I have Hauppauge PVR350 and Hauppauge PVR USB2 installed), country, tv-tuner input type, mixer device and audio line.

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Although this is unlikely to be the reason for your trouble, I would just point out that for the two Hauppauge devices you have, you should unckeck the "This device requires a cable to route sound to the sound card" checkbox, and therefore would not choose a mixer device and an audio line.

Both devices work fine on my computer with both MC11 and MC12.

Please send me a log file. yaobing at jriver dot com

Berto:

--- Quote from: Yaobing on August 11, 2006, 09:07:46 am ---Although this is unlikely to be the reason for your trouble, I would just point out that for the two Hauppauge devices you have, you should unckeck the "This device requires a cable to route sound to the sound card" checkbox, and therefore would not choose a mixer device and an audio line.

Both devices work fine on my computer with both MC11 and MC12.

Please send me a log file. yaobing at jriver dot com

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I have unchecked the "This device requires a cable to route sound to the sound card".
Please can you tell me how to make a log file.

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