Well, I gave up (tearing my hair out and) trying to figure out how to make the WinTV HVR-1800 work. So, I went and bought a
WinTV HVR 850…and now, i’m having problems getting it to work. I can get audio, but no video. I’ved tried TV-Viewer, VLC, MoTV, and XawTV. None of which have given me any good results, with the exception of the last, which has given me the best results trying to figure it out. VLC was working there for a while, but somehow things got messed up, and it doesn’t work anymore. Anyone have any experience with this?
On 08/29/2012 07:36 AM, ezdagor wrote:
> I gave up (tearing my hair out and) trying to figure out how to
> make the WinTV HVR-1800 work. So, I went and bought a
> WinTV HVR 850…and now, i’m having problems getting it to work.
hmmmm…i’ve never tried either of those (or any other TV card/USB
device), but i wonder if the documentation provided by Hauppage is
helpful…
“What Operating Systems are supported by the WinTV-HVR-850?
Microsoft Windows 7 -32 and 64 bit
Windows Vista (all versions), 32-bit and 64-bit
Windows XP, XP Pro
Windows XP Media Center Edition, with Service Pack 2 (or greater.)”
which i note lists none of Apple Mac, Atari, PlayStation nor any flavor
of Linux!
Are you trying to view analog or digital TV? Are you Gnome, KDE or other?
Digital is easiier to set up. I had trouble with analog originally but we don’t have it anymore in most parts of UK.
=hmmmm…i’ve never tried either of those (or any other TV card/USB
device), but i wonder if the documentation provided by Hauppage is
helpful…
which i note lists none of Apple Mac, Atari, PlayStation nor any flavor
of Linux!
Well, I did have it working at one point, with VLC. Sound and audio. I don’t know what I did to mess it all up, but hopefully i’ll figure that out soon.
Well, I got VLC working again. Sad to say that it is the only TV app that works. As it’s a real b*tch to have to change channels in.
Also, the video isn’t all that great. When something moves too fast on the screen, it blurs really badly, distorting the image.
Anyway, I guess I accomplished what I meant to – get VLC working again.
I can get audio, but no video. I’ved tried TV-Viewer, VLC, MoTV, and XawTV. None of which have given me any good results, with the exception of the last, which has given me the best results trying to figure it out. VLC was working there for a while, but somehow things got messed up, and it doesn’t work anymore. Anyone have any experience with this?