This all seems a bit akward, so I wanted to get some clarification.

I'm running VMC with TVPack. I have 3 Hybrid Volar Max tuners. Within VMC setup, I can successfully scan for all the analog cable channels (comcast-Sacramento - Digital) -OR- I can successfully scan the QAM channels. My understanding was that these tuners can tune both the analog *AND* the ClearQAM. I've tried every combination of ideas on this thread, but still can't get both analog AND clearQAM to show up in the guide. If I have to do it via QAMtool or editing the prefs.xml, or whatever, I will do it.

Has anyone gotten this to work?????

I have gotten it to work, however I get major frameloss on everything buy ABC-HD as far as HD programing goes. It is cable so no antenna issue and I have moved cabling around to ensure I was getting the best signal possible. I don't have the same issue using the QAM tuner built into the LCD.

If you are going to try this when going through tv setup it'll scan your devices and suggest your 3 analog tuners, choose manual setup or whatever it is first do the 3 analo tuners then it'll ask if you want to add more... chose digital then select the 3 qam tuners. Just remember you can only record 3 sources at once. MC thinks you have 6 tuners so you'll get error messages if you try to record more than 3 sources at once

I understand that this is software based encoder for analog.  What is the software that does this?  Is it AverMedia's software?  That being said, do I HAVE to use their software to watch analog cable TV or can I use Vista Media Center?.

ANALOG works fine with media center. Thats all I use it for since I have problems with HD signal and judder stutter mcbutter

I just purchased this Tuner today.   I wanted to ask if i install the beta, do i still need to install the Vista TV pack??   

johnlo:

... I wanted to ask if i install the beta, do i still need to install the Vista TV pack??   

No. 

IMnsHO Beta MC is -much- [much much much much much...] improved over the TVp [... although there are some issues with non-US support and with no-yet implemented previous features where the experience is tainted, none of these serious issues have impacted me (using USA Comcast)].

OTOH, I am frustrated to the point of gnashing my teeth at some of the quixotic stylistic changes of Beta.  Little seems truly broken in Beta, just changed from long-standing arbitrary standards to new arbitrary standards, with only a few recurring glitches.  G'luck!

Basilisk:

johnlo:

... I wanted to ask if i install the beta, do i still need to install the Vista TV pack??   

No. 

IMnsHO Beta MC is -much- [much much much much much...] improved over the TVp [... although there are some issues with non-US support and with no-yet implemented previous features where the experience is tainted, none of these serious issues have impacted me (using USA Comcast)].

OTOH, I am frustrated to the point of gnashing my teeth at some of the quixotic stylistic changes of Beta.  Little seems truly broken in Beta, just changed from long-standing arbitrary standards to new arbitrary standards, with only a few recurring glitches.  G'luck!

thanks. i got it to work in QAM. took a few try before getting it to work.  sweet.  very smooth.

I got all the Local HD channels played in VMC.   But oOnly two channels have TV Guide available (NBC and FOX)..  all others have not available.    How can I go about getting them all avaialble??  or at the least for CBS and ABC..  I like to program some shows to be recorded.  thanks.   and does the guide download on its own or I have to do them manually?

btw, I am from New York Brooklyn.  and I didnt install the Vista TV Pack.

thanks.

john

 

johnlo:

and does the guide download on its own or I have to do them manually?

Download is automatic.

I'm puzzled/surprised that: (a) I haven't found the option to manually download (which was an obvious option in TVp), and (b) it seems to only be loading one week -- it was two weeks when I suffered with TVp under VHP.  One week is too short: I'm leaving on a drive from NJ to FL [perfect timing with 12" of fresh snow expected by afternoon!] and can't program the beast for some things beyond 6 days.  Or, perhaps I'm just slow to discover the answer to programming outside the guide -- which was part of your other questions.

Anyone else has this QAM channel limit issue (only see up to channel 158) I have in XP MCE w/ rollup2 besides me?  It seems other folks can see HD channels in VMC ok. 

Do AverMedia folks have an answer for this?

So I am running Home Premium x64 and VMC with the TV Pack.

OK I figured out how to map it. The Silicondust channel guide is a life saver.

I hate that it won't stretch SD content though. Is there any way to force it in media center?

With Comcast QAM you will only get basic cable channels 1-75 or so and then your local network HD qam (abc, cbs, nbc, fox, pbs).

They just implemented the unecrypted QAM digital basic channels in my area.

Analog is now limited to channels 1-32.

I am not sure how they are numbering the channels in your area, but what are you getting (that is working) after channel 75?  Mostly what I am finding is temporary use pipes for VOD.

Use the AverTool scan for channels; choose the ones you want, export; link your digital channels to guide data. walla.

 

I know you said you are using XP, but for other users, on Vista be sure to disable opportunistic scanning or you might lose your guide to channel associations.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938927

 

 

 

 

I could actually see all the unencrypted HD QAM channels in AverMedia's QAM scan tool.  These unencrypted HD channels appeared as channels #70x's in Comcast Digital (I'm in CA).

After I exported all the QAM channels to XP Media Center from AverMedia's QAM tool, XP MC simply would not allow me to tune to those HD QAM channels (#70x's) altogether.  I suppose XP MC should have done the right job mapping those HD channels using the EPG data for Comcast Digital to the correct channel numbers.

Or did I do something wrong during XP Media Center tuner configuration so it only recognized Volar Max as analog tuner only?  Perhaps XP MC would not allow a hybrid (analog+diigital) tuner configuration?

If AverMedia folks have a resolution to this issue with XP MC, then I'll definitely purchase a Volar Max.    This is blocking me from the purchase @ the moment since I don't want to upgrade to Vista/Windows 7. I believe there are still many who have XP and if Volar Max works w/ XP MC it will attract a lot of XP-based customers who don't want to upgrade.