I'm on the same boat as YannisA. I'm using the Gigabyte E8000 which works fine for the few MPEG2 encoded channels we have here in Greece, as well as the analogue channels. But most of the channels here are encoded in MPEG4 format and MC fails to play them.
The channels get detected normally, but no visual or audio gets outputted. Below i list the graph:
Filter Graph Info (TV graph):
Filter 'Default DirectSound Device'
CLSID: {79376820-07D0-11CF-A24D-0020AFD79767}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\quartz.dll
Input Pin 'Audio Input pin (rendered)'
Connected to pin 'XFrom Out' of filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_IEEE_FLOAT, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx
Filter 'Haali Video Renderer'
CLSID: {760A8F35-97E7-479D-AAF5-DA9EFF95D751}
Host: c:\program files (x86)\haali\matroskasplitter\dxr.dll
Input Pin 'Input'
Connected to pin 'Video Output 1' of filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_YUY2, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo2
Input Pin 'Subtitle'
Filter 'MPEG-2 Sections and Tables'
CLSID: {C666E115-BB62-4027-A113-82D643FE2D99}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\mpeg2data.ax
Input Pin 'In'
Connected to pin '002' of filter 'MPEG-2 Demultiplexer'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2DATA, Format type FORMAT_None
Filter 'BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter'
CLSID: {FC772AB0-0C7F-11D3-8FF2-00A0C9224CF4}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\psisrndr.ax
Input Pin 'IB Input'
Connected to pin '001' of filter 'MPEG-2 Demultiplexer'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_DVB_SI, Format type FORMAT_None
Input Pin 'OOB Input'
Output Pin 'iTV Out'
Output Pin 'SBE OUT'
Filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder'
CLSID: {212690FB-83E5-4526-8FD7-74478B7939CD}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\msmpeg2vdec.dll
Input Pin 'Video Input'
Connected to pin '003' of filter 'MPEG-2 Demultiplexer'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_VIDEO, Format type FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO
Input Pin 'Subpicture Input'
Output Pin 'Video Output 1'
Connected to pin 'Input' of filter 'Haali Video Renderer'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_YUY2, Format type FORMAT_VideoInfo2
Output Pin '~Line21 Output'
Filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder'
CLSID: {E1F1A0B8-BEEE-490D-BA7C-066C40B5E2B9}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\msmpeg2adec.dll
Input Pin 'XForm In'
Connected to pin '007' of filter 'MPEG-2 Demultiplexer'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_AUDIO, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx
Output Pin 'XFrom Out'
Connected to pin 'Audio Input pin (rendered)' of filter 'Default DirectSound Device'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_IEEE_FLOAT, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx
Filter 'MPEG-2 Demultiplexer'
CLSID: {AFB6C280-2C41-11D3-8A60-0000F81E0E4A}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\mpg2splt.ax
Input Pin 'MPEG-2 Stream'
Connected to pin 'MPEG2 Transport' of filter '7160 BDA Digital Capture DVBT'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Stream Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {F4AEB342-0329-4FDD-A8FD-4AFF4926C978}, Format type FORMAT_None
Output Pin '001'
Connected to pin 'IB Input' of filter 'BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_DVB_SI, Format type FORMAT_None
Output Pin '002'
Connected to pin 'In' of filter 'MPEG-2 Sections and Tables'
Major type MEDIATYPE_MPEG2_SECTIONS Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2DATA, Format type FORMAT_None
Output Pin '003'
Connected to pin 'Video Input' of filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Video Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_VIDEO, Format type FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO
Output Pin '007'
Connected to pin 'XForm In' of filter 'Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Audio Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_AUDIO, Format type FORMAT_WaveFormatEx
Filter '7160 BDA Digital Capture DVBT'
CLSID: {17CCA71B-ECD7-11D0-B908-00A0C9223196}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\ksproxy.ax
Input Pin 'MPEG2 Transport'
Connected to pin 'MPEG2 Transport' of filter '7160 BDA DVBT Tuner'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Stream Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_TRANSPORT, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {E06D8023-DB46-11CF-B4D1-00805F6CBBEA}
Output Pin 'MPEG2 Transport'
Connected to pin 'MPEG-2 Stream' of filter 'MPEG-2 Demultiplexer'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Stream Sub type Unknown GUID Name: {F4AEB342-0329-4FDD-A8FD-4AFF4926C978}, Format type FORMAT_None
Filter '7160 BDA DVBT Tuner'
CLSID: {17CCA71B-ECD7-11D0-B908-00A0C9223196}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\ksproxy.ax
Input Pin 'Input0'
Connected to pin 'Antenna Out' of filter 'Network Provider'
Major type Unknown GUID Name: {71985F41-1CA1-11D3-9CC8-00C04F7971E0} Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_None, Format type FORMAT_None
Output Pin 'MPEG2 Transport'
Connected to pin 'MPEG2 Transport' of filter '7160 BDA Digital Capture DVBT'
Major type MEDIATYPE_Stream Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_MPEG2_TRANSPORT, Format type Unknown GUID Name: {E06D8023-DB46-11CF-B4D1-00805F6CBBEA}
Filter 'Network Provider'
CLSID: {216C62DF-6D7F-4E9A-8571-05F14EDB766A}
Host: c:\windows\syswow64\msdvbnp.ax
Output Pin 'Antenna Out'
Connected to pin 'Input0' of filter '7160 BDA DVBT Tuner'
Major type Unknown GUID Name: {71985F41-1CA1-11D3-9CC8-00C04F7971E0} Sub type MEDIASUBTYPE_None, Format type FORMAT_None
Some things to note:
-The option to start in time-shifting mode is off
-All the necessary codecs are installed and running
-All digital channels playback fine with the vendor's playback software (PVRPresto!) as well as Windows Media Center
-Analogue and mpeg2 channels seem to playback fine in MC. It's only the mpeg4 channels that fail to playback (which is the majority of channels here)