| Frequently Asked Questions: WARNING! nVidia add macrovision protection start with 41.09 drv and up you should be ok GF4 but older GF2 and GF3 that have S-Video/Composite output you may run in to problem with it if has card as BT868 or CX25870 TV encoder which do not support Macrovision and there one other problem the Xcard and VIP port don't display any video with drv higher then 40.72. So you get no Video try going back to older 40.72. Q: I see white dotted line on top side of the captured video. A: It's probably left over closed caption data sometime there on the rigth side of the video depend on the broadcast channel you are viewing. Since the entire video frame is captured, you see it on the computer, however on output, this region lies in the overscan area, and it's not visible on normal TVs. Some projectors, however, don't overscan so it may be visible. Q: How can I save my TV, Radio channel list so I may do a clean install?.
A: You need export the registry Note 2K/XP user: Change the save type to
"Win9x/NT4 Registration Files {REGEDIT4}" that way you can use it usder
Win9x OS as well
TV channel: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Hauppauge\channels
Radio channel: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Hauppauge\Radio
Q: I'am having trouble getting your Hauppauge WinTV-PVR to coexist with some video editing software. A: If you're having trouble getting your Hauppauge WinTV-PVR to coexist 1. Create a directory called C:\VIDEOCAP 2. Create two batch files with the following contents: VIDEOCAP.BAT ------------------- move c:\videocap\hcwSoloCap.ax c:\winnt\system32 move c:\videocap\Hcwutl32.dll c:\winnt\system32 VIDEOEDIT.BAT -------------------- move c:\winnt\system32\hcwSoloCap.ax c:\videocap move c:\winnt\system32\Hcwutl32.dll c:\videocap Adjust pathnames as necessary. 3. Obviously, run VIDEOCAP.BAT when you want to capture video with the WinTV application, and run VIDEOEDIT.BAT when you want to run your favorite video editing applications that will not function otherwise. Note that you will not be able to use your WinTV PVR under these applications. Moving these two files "out of the way" completely solves the problem. The question of why these two files are not compatible with all video editing sofware is unknown to me, and perhaps Hauppauge needs to take a closer look at how they are implementing their drivers. This fix brought to you by Kevin O'Mara Q: WinTV2000 Freeze up how can I solved this?. A: Make sure you have install the latest motherboard drivers and the latest bios are up date to. ALi VIA AMD SiS Intel One other caused can be ACPI due to IRQ sharing under Win2000 and WinXP I would suggestion asking in the PVR forum before doing anything also post system spec all of it. List of Common sync problem 1: Q: MPEG1 and play back fine before doing any editing but soon I do some edit there are out sync why?. A: Don't worry about audio sync just burn in to CD and it should be in sync after that. 2: Q: My audio is out sync why?. A: Here has been experience with the audio/video sync problems that some of you see if use WinTV2000 or Hollywood Plus (Note: Up to 2GB max files size) it play back just fine how ever if you use let's say the Windows Media Player or WinDVD and some case even PowerDVD it has sync problems, Just so you know WinTV2000 ALWAYS uses the Intervideo DirectShow MPEG2 decoder. Note: Some motherboard can also cuase this problem to like chirpy audio, bad audio sync when playing back your MPEG videos? Do you have a VIA based motherboard? These problems are due to the MPEG file being corrupt before data packets are written to the hard disk. You might need to try download the VIA or VIA latency v019 patch. Q: Why dosen't the WinTV Scheduler start My recording under Win2000/XP. A: Downdown the latest Ver of Scheduler or try one of 3rdparty Scheduler. A few thing you can check on. 1: Are you logged in with administrator rigth with automatic login?. Tweak UI for Win9x/2000 Tweak UI for WinXP Home or Pro Q: How do I get Windows2000/XP WinTV2000 to suport Full Screen Mode. A: That eazy 1: Start WinTV2000 click on the PREF button then go to TV mode and check "Allow Resolution Change" then close it you should now have Full screen Overlay support that all it should now work (Keyboard Tip Ctrl+T). If have with your Video crad try change the Draw support. 1: Click on Start | Programs | Hauppauge WinTV | click on Primary check the box Force Pimery, Allow Overlay, DIB Draw and close it. Q: Do any of drivers work with WinTV-PVR in Win2000/XP. A: Yes but needless to say there are VfW drivers for now. There are some WDM drives check the news page note they have some bug. Q: Dose the WinTV-PVR work in Linux. A: Yes you can get both Video and Audio working sorry no MPEG recording. Check out Mandrake 8.1 very nice. This person nielsdc is work on something but that may be some time before we see anything soild. Note: To get audio you need use the sound card line input if dosen't work. Q: Dose BeOS work with WinTV-PVR. A: Yes & NO you get Video but no Audio sorry no MPEG recording. Note: To get audio you need use the sound card line input. Q: Why dosen't the contrast, bightness & colour work on the recording. A: Adjusting Record contrast, bightness & colour you need hold down on CTRL button on the key board and right click on the video preview window then you see the Diagnostics dialogue menu (Click on the How to Use button it under Using WinTV200-PVR link). Q: Dose it work with Intel Pentium 4. A: Yes. Q: I'am getting colored strips on my PVR what can I do to fix ?, (PAL user only). A: Call loacl hauppauge tech support for a new board. The following revs incorporate the color fixes. Any Rev B must be at least Rev B5xx Any Rev C must be at least Rev C5xx Any Rev D must be at least Rev D3xx Q: I get up-side down MPEG clips in the Windows Media Player. A: It sound like you didn't close WinTV2000 frist or you didn't start a new recording. Rigth after you record you video you are supposed to push on play button to play it back. Anthoer other caused is a VGA related problem. VGA cards that do not correctly support video overlay mode, or have overlay issues can cause this to happen. Playback must have be done in Windows Media player. If the VGA card is supposed to support overlay, then an updated VGA driver would be required. Q: Hollywood+ DVD decoder can't play my split or span the files made by the WinTV-PVR why is this?. A: Each subsequent file does not start with a clean MPEG header. All so like point out the max file size 3.99GB that the Hollywood+ can even read under Win2000/XP even with NTFS due the fact the Hollywood+ dosen't support DirectShow it only support Legacy MCI but you can use the WinTV2000 or Windows Media Player to play them back also note SoftDVD player can't read more 3.99GB as well. 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