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James Harris

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Feb 8, 2006, 3:45:57 PM2/8/06
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Can someone recommend a DVB-T card that preferably has drivers certified
for Windows Media Center Edition? I would really like to get a dual
digital tuner card but I can't find any but the Terratec offering.
Unfortunately I bought that one but it has driver problems and won't
work on my PC. (It reports a resource conflict/absence - but doesn't say
what resource it is looking for.)

So, a dual tuner would be ideal as I only have one PCI slot free, but
failing that something else (or a USB one) would do. Hope you can help.

TIA,
Jason


old jon

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Feb 8, 2006, 3:52:20 PM2/8/06
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"James Harris" <no.email.please> wrote in message
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You could try running Depends.exe:
www.dependencywalker.com/
It might help you through your problem.

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bw..OJ


James Harris

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Feb 8, 2006, 4:17:31 PM2/8/06
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> "James Harris" <no.email.please> wrote in message
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>> Can someone recommend a DVB-T card that preferably has drivers
>> certified for Windows Media Center Edition? I would really like to
>> get a dual digital tuner card but I can't find any but the Terratec
>> offering. Unfortunately I bought that one but it has driver problems
>> and won't work on my PC. (It reports a resource conflict/absence -
>> but doesn't say what resource it is looking for.)
snip

> You could try running Depends.exe:
> www.dependencywalker.com/
> It might help you through your problem.

That's a useful package. Unfortunately it seems to only tell me about
file dependencies. I think the Terratec driver is looking for a DMA
channel, an I/O port or a specific memory range - i.e. the resource
types listed in device manager. Thanks, though, for letting me know
about the utility.

old jon

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Feb 8, 2006, 4:24:40 PM2/8/06
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Try the Terratec site for updated drivers James.

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look@worldnet.att.net dawg

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Feb 8, 2006, 5:49:49 PM2/8/06
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Since you only have one PCI slot available,the terratec card can't find a
good address to instal itself.
You could try removing your other PCI cards and getiing the terratec card
working first,then adding back your other PCI cards.

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Rob Hemmings

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Feb 9, 2006, 8:06:51 AM2/9/06
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"James Harris" <no.email.please> wrote in message
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Have a look at the Nebula uDigiTV master PCI card. You can
add more slave USB2 tuners as needed. It works great for me,
but I use their own software. I believe their BDA drivers are now
MCE compliant. Not cheap, but excellent kit:
http://www.nebula-electronics.com/
BDA drivers:
http://www.nebula-electronics.com/Downloads/BDA_Drivers.asp
HTH
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Rob


Rob Hemmings

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Feb 9, 2006, 8:13:07 AM2/9/06
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Sorry, just noticed the BDA drivers are OK for the pci version, but
not yet ready for the USB slaves.
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Rob


if

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Feb 9, 2006, 2:26:55 PM2/9/06
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"Rob Hemmings" <r...@NOSPAM.le.ac.uk> wrote in
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> Have a look at the Nebula uDigiTV master PCI card.

Are there any TV cards similar to the Nebula that work under Win98?

James Harris

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Feb 10, 2006, 5:11:11 PM2/10/06
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"old jon" <jonbr...@nospamntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Try the Terratec site for updated drivers James.

No good, I'm afraid. They even pointed me at a non certified beta driver
but it did no better.


James Harris

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Feb 10, 2006, 5:13:12 PM2/10/06
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"dawg" <don't lo...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> Since you only have one PCI slot available,the terratec card can't
> find a
> good address to instal itself.
> You could try removing your other PCI cards and getiing the terratec
> card
> working first,then adding back your other PCI cards.

No good, I'm afraid. The Terratec fits in a PCI-express slot. And I did
try removing all other cards - but same effect.


James Harris

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Feb 10, 2006, 5:16:13 PM2/10/06
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"Rob Hemmings" <r...@NOSPAM.le.ac.uk> wrote in message
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>> Have a look at the Nebula uDigiTV master PCI card. You can
>> add more slave USB2 tuners as needed. It works great for me,
>> but I use their own software. I believe their BDA drivers are now
>> MCE compliant. Not cheap, but excellent kit:
>> http://www.nebula-electronics.com/
>> BDA drivers:
>> http://www.nebula-electronics.com/Downloads/BDA_Drivers.asp
>
> Sorry, just noticed the BDA drivers are OK for the pci version, but
> not yet ready for the USB slaves.

Good suggestion, though. I have Nebula's USB device. Marvellous little
box. It works fine with their own software but, as you state, not with
MCE. MCE has a keyword-based recording option which I want.

I may go for the PCI card version, which allegedly works with MCE. Pity
it has only one tuner onboard but I'll give it some thought.


Chris

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Feb 10, 2006, 6:39:17 PM2/10/06
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For more information about using the Neb with MCE, have a look at:

http://www.digitv-forum.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=16

If you haven't already.

HTH,

Chris

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