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mark1234 · 18-10-2006, 11:33

Hi,

I can't find much info on that TV card you've mentioned, and most I can find seems related to Australia, where they are blessed with over the air HDTV. But it looks like this card is a hybrid HDTV/SDTV card. Am I right?

Assuming it does capture normal SDTV signals then you need to ensure that it is doing the MPEG2 encoding in hardware, rather than expecting software on your PC to do it. MCE is only compatible with devices that provide hardware MPEG2 encoding. You also need to ensure the driver you've got is MCE compatible.

If that's all in place then when you go through the TV Signal set up in MCE choose the option to say you have a set top box and it should scan and find an analogue signal.

You'll get better picture quality if you use the Scart output rather than coax. I have scart from my ntl Pace box out to a Hauppauge PVR150 and it's fine.

From what I've read you're going to have issues with the IR blaster and the Samsung. Problems with it not seeing double digits - so channel 110 would come out as 10, and lets hope you don't want to watch Film4 on channel 444.

Mark

18-10-2006, 11:33	#5
mark1234 Inactive Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Nottingham Services: Virgin TV XL, Broadband XL (60), Phone XL, Windows 7 Media Centre Posts: 284	Re: MCE and My ntl samsung box HELP Please Hi, I can't find much info on that TV card you've mentioned, and most I can find seems related to Australia, where they are blessed with over the air HDTV. But it looks like this card is a hybrid HDTV/SDTV card. Am I right? Assuming it does capture normal SDTV signals then you need to ensure that it is doing the MPEG2 encoding in hardware, rather than expecting software on your PC to do it. MCE is only compatible with devices that provide hardware MPEG2 encoding. You also need to ensure the driver you've got is MCE compatible. If that's all in place then when you go through the TV Signal set up in MCE choose the option to say you have a set top box and it should scan and find an analogue signal. You'll get better picture quality if you use the Scart output rather than coax. I have scart from my ntl Pace box out to a Hauppauge PVR150 and it's fine. From what I've read you're going to have issues with the IR blaster and the Samsung. Problems with it not seeing double digits - so channel 110 would come out as 10, and lets hope you don't want to watch Film4 on channel 444. Mark