Recommended Tv Tuner for Vista 64 bit?

[p.lo]

I'm looking to change/upgrade my older TV tuner from WinXP MCE 2005 to
something that is supported by Vista 64 bit Media Center.

Any suggestions from users out there who have managed to install a TV tuner
in 64 bit would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Paul

 

[Carlos]

Hi:
Here http://www.kozumi-usa.com/soporte.htm you will find a TV tuner that
allegedly supports Windows Vista.
The page is in Spanish and the tuner you are looking for is the first one,
namely, TV Tuner 878 TV Card.
Best of luck.
Carlos

"p.lo" wrote:

> I'm looking to change/upgrade my older TV tuner from WinXP MCE 2005 to
> something that is supported by Vista 64 bit Media Center.
>
> Any suggestions from users out there who have managed to install a TV tuner
> in 64 bit would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul

 

[Flatus Ohlfahrt]

On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:10:03 GMT, =?Utf-8?B?cC5sbw==?= wrote
in news:3914CEDE-B180-451E-9008-EBD06F7CE2BF@microsoft.com:

> I'm looking to change/upgrade my older TV tuner from WinXP
> MCE 2005 to something that is supported by Vista 64 bit
> Media Center.
>
> Any suggestions from users out there who have managed to
> install a TV tuner in 64 bit would be greatly appreciated.

I've been experimenting with doing that. I've gotten my
Hauppauge HVR-1600 to work (somewhat) by using the Hauppauge
drivers with the SnapStream recording software. To do this, I've
had to disable the MCE TV-related services in Ultimate x64. Not
elegant but better than nothing.

That said, it's not so good as operating that hardware/software
combination on an XP Pro platform.

Hauppauge also has a variant of the 1600 that is supposed to
operate using Vista's MCE. I don't know if it's been out long
enough for people to have had significant experience with it.

Me? At this point I'm leery on investing any money on new TV
stuff until some other slob tries it first.

Flatua

 

[Dominic Payer]

Are you looking for a DVB or an analogue card?

If you want an analogue card, it must have hardware mpeg to work with Vista
Media Center. In practice this means one of the PVR cards.



"p.lo" <plo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3914CEDE-B180-451E-9008-EBD06F7CE2BF@microsoft.com...
> I'm looking to change/upgrade my older TV tuner from WinXP MCE 2005 to
> something that is supported by Vista 64 bit Media Center.
>
> Any suggestions from users out there who have managed to install a TV
> tuner
> in 64 bit would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul

 

[TJD]

Well, I did not have good luck with a Hauppauge PVR card. First had to send
it back for hardware fix because it wouldn't work with PCI-x slots. Then, it
came back with damage, so resent. But, now every time I have tried it in
Vista 64 Media Center it completely freezes my system. Hauppauge comments
that they have never had anyone test their driver with Vista 64 and a PCI-x
and then they blamed Microsoft saying that Vista 64 does not handle more
than 4 GBs of RAM correctly (I have 8 GBs) and that Microsoft is aware of
this. I would really like some way to capture analog and other types of
video.

"Dominic Payer" <dcp@fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
news:466DF043-87AC-4520-9596-59D05B3CFD55@microsoft.com...
> Are you looking for a DVB or an analogue card?
>
> If you want an analogue card, it must have hardware mpeg to work with
> Vista Media Center. In practice this means one of the PVR cards.
>
>
>
> "p.lo" <plo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3914CEDE-B180-451E-9008-EBD06F7CE2BF@microsoft.com...
>> I'm looking to change/upgrade my older TV tuner from WinXP MCE 2005 to
>> something that is supported by Vista 64 bit Media Center.
>>
>> Any suggestions from users out there who have managed to install a TV
>> tuner
>> in 64 bit would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Paul
>

 

[Dominic Payer]

There are suggestions that other non-WHQL drivers - USB hubs are often
mentioned - are conflicting with the Hauppauge drivers. Changing the memory
remapping in the BIOS is said to have solved the problem for some.

Have you tried the card with the Hauppauge WinTV software? I have a Leadtek
DVB-T card and found Vista Media Center abysmally slow and cumbersome
compared with the Leadtek software. I have seen reports that a major update
to Vista Media Center is in preparation.




"TJD" <TJDanon@cox.net> wrote in message
news:%23gKLCOk2HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Well, I did not have good luck with a Hauppauge PVR card. First had to
> send it back for hardware fix because it wouldn't work with PCI-x slots.
> Then, it came back with damage, so resent. But, now every time I have
> tried it in Vista 64 Media Center it completely freezes my system.
> Hauppauge comments that they have never had anyone test their driver with
> Vista 64 and a PCI-x and then they blamed Microsoft saying that Vista 64
> does not handle more than 4 GBs of RAM correctly (I have 8 GBs) and that
> Microsoft is aware of this. I would really like some way to capture analog
> and other types of video.
>
> "Dominic Payer" <dcp@fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:466DF043-87AC-4520-9596-59D05B3CFD55@microsoft.com...
>> Are you looking for a DVB or an analogue card?
>>
>> If you want an analogue card, it must have hardware mpeg to work with
>> Vista Media Center. In practice this means one of the PVR cards.
>>
>>
>>
>> "p.lo" <plo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3914CEDE-B180-451E-9008-EBD06F7CE2BF@microsoft.com...
>>> I'm looking to change/upgrade my older TV tuner from WinXP MCE 2005 to
>>> something that is supported by Vista 64 bit Media Center.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions from users out there who have managed to install a TV
>>> tuner
>>> in 64 bit would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Paul
>>
>

 

[TJD]

The Hauppauge WinTV software is not compatible with Vista 64-bit. This TV
Tuner/Media Center problem is actually the only problem with my entire Vista
64 setup (all else is running fine). I keep hoping for some company to
develop something that works.

"Dominic Payer" <dcp@fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
news:15FD0817-A88B-471D-AED6-546CB15F6656@microsoft.com...
> There are suggestions that other non-WHQL drivers - USB hubs are often
> mentioned - are conflicting with the Hauppauge drivers. Changing the
> memory remapping in the BIOS is said to have solved the problem for some.
>
> Have you tried the card with the Hauppauge WinTV software? I have a
> Leadtek DVB-T card and found Vista Media Center abysmally slow and
> cumbersome compared with the Leadtek software. I have seen reports that a
> major update to Vista Media Center is in preparation.
>
>
>
>
> "TJD" <TJDanon@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:%23gKLCOk2HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Well, I did not have good luck with a Hauppauge PVR card. First had to
>> send it back for hardware fix because it wouldn't work with PCI-x slots.
>> Then, it came back with damage, so resent. But, now every time I have
>> tried it in Vista 64 Media Center it completely freezes my system.
>> Hauppauge comments that they have never had anyone test their driver with
>> Vista 64 and a PCI-x and then they blamed Microsoft saying that Vista 64
>> does not handle more than 4 GBs of RAM correctly (I have 8 GBs) and that
>> Microsoft is aware of this. I would really like some way to capture
>> analog and other types of video.
>>
>> "Dominic Payer" <dcp@fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:466DF043-87AC-4520-9596-59D05B3CFD55@microsoft.com...
>>> Are you looking for a DVB or an analogue card?
>>>
>>> If you want an analogue card, it must have hardware mpeg to work with
>>> Vista Media Center. In practice this means one of the PVR cards.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "p.lo" <plo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:3914CEDE-B180-451E-9008-EBD06F7CE2BF@microsoft.com...
>>>> I'm looking to change/upgrade my older TV tuner from WinXP MCE 2005 to
>>>> something that is supported by Vista 64 bit Media Center.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions from users out there who have managed to install a TV
>>>> tuner
>>>> in 64 bit would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Paul
>>>
>>
>

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Paul.

Recommendations? No. Suggestions? No. Experiences? Read on...

For a few years, I watched TV on my computer with WinXP and ATI's AIW cards,
up through the AIW 9600 about 3 years ago. Then WinXP x64 arrived - and
I've not been happy with TV on my computer since. :>(

First, ATI never produced 64-bit drivers for the AIW - or for either 32-bit
or 64-bit Vista. Well, their DRIVERS work, but not the "capture drivers" or
whatever is the proper name for the TV portion of the cards. (I'm an
accountant, not a techie.) In other words, all the graphics functions
worked fine with all 4 versions: WinXP x86, WinXP x64, Vista x86 and Vista
x64. But the TV portion worked ONLY on WinXP x86.

After rebuilding my system for Vista Ultimate x64 RTM last December, I had
to replace the AIW 9600 because my new mobo had only PCI and PCI-express
slots, no AGP. I got another ATI graphics card, the Radeon X1600 Pro
PCI-Express. It works well with both x86 and x64 versions of Vista - but no
TV, of course.

I live between Austin (30 miles) and San Antonio (50 miles), Texas, and do
not subscribe to cable TV. My omnidirectional TV antenna picks up about a
dozen analog channels well enough for us to watch them regularly. I've
connected the cables that the house builder intended for cable TV to that
antenna, and the AIW cards received the same signals about as well as our TV
sets.

Early this year, I went looking for TV Tuners for my Vista x64 - and found
nothing that seemed "right". I bought two: the Hauppauge HVR-1600 and the
Pinnacle PCTV-HD pro stick. Each was on sale for $100 at the time I bought
them. The HVR-1600 plugs into a PCI slot the Pinnacle plugs into USB and
comes with its own small external antenna (like a car radio antenna). I've
tried them both with that small antenna, but now have them both connect to
that antenna in the attic. They both work - but not as well as I would
like. I've gotten bogged down in all the abbreviations and terms (NTSC,
ATSC, digital, analog, etc.), but no matter what combination of antenna,
card, software, etc., my experience boils down to this...

I can use either or both of these tuners with Vista's Media Center (MCE).
Both come with software to do things that MCE won't do - such as the remote
control on the Pinnacle - but NEITHER works with its own software in Vista
x64. A few weeks ago, while I was booted into Vista x86 for some other
reason, I tried to use the tuners with their own software - and they worked!
But neither works yet in x64.

In Vista x64 and MCE, I've not yet figured out how to watch those analog
channels, which still come in strong on my TV sets. Both tuners insist that
they can see about 18 digital channels, but can get only about 6 well enough
for me to watch (4 bars or better) - and half of those channels have
programming that don't interest me at all. Even the strongest channels,
though, are inconsistent. I can usually watch NBC and CBS from Austin, but
ABC, FOX and PBS are a sometime thing. The digital pictures are beautiful,
of course, except when they are missing altogether - or skipping like a bad
cell-phone connection.

So I can't recommend either of these tuners for Vista x64, at least until
Hauppauge and Pinnacle get their 64-bit drivers and application software
working. (Of course, if you have cable TV, your experience may be much
better than mine.) Suggestions: Keep looking - and waiting. And please
post here when you find something.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)

"p.lo" <plo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3914CEDE-B180-451E-9008-EBD06F7CE2BF@microsoft.com...
> I'm looking to change/upgrade my older TV tuner from WinXP MCE 2005 to
> something that is supported by Vista 64 bit Media Center.
>
> Any suggestions from users out there who have managed to install a TV
> tuner
> in 64 bit would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul

 

[Dominic Payer]

Which card and software/driver version are you using? If you have a 64-bit
Vista driver the WinTV software should work.

If you have updated the software or drivers you should have run hcwclear to
remove the older version before installing the new version.




"TJD" <TJDanon@cox.net> wrote in message
news:eE5FGrq2HHA.728@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> The Hauppauge WinTV software is not compatible with Vista 64-bit. This TV
> Tuner/Media Center problem is actually the only problem with my entire
> Vista 64 setup (all else is running fine). I keep hoping for some company
> to develop something that works.
>
> "Dominic Payer" <dcp@fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:15FD0817-A88B-471D-AED6-546CB15F6656@microsoft.com...
>> There are suggestions that other non-WHQL drivers - USB hubs are often
>> mentioned - are conflicting with the Hauppauge drivers. Changing the
>> memory remapping in the BIOS is said to have solved the problem for some.
>>
>> Have you tried the card with the Hauppauge WinTV software? I have a
>> Leadtek DVB-T card and found Vista Media Center abysmally slow and
>> cumbersome compared with the Leadtek software. I have seen reports that a
>> major update to Vista Media Center is in preparation.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "TJD" <TJDanon@cox.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23gKLCOk2HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Well, I did not have good luck with a Hauppauge PVR card. First had to
>>> send it back for hardware fix because it wouldn't work with PCI-x slots.
>>> Then, it came back with damage, so resent. But, now every time I have
>>> tried it in Vista 64 Media Center it completely freezes my system.
>>> Hauppauge comments that they have never had anyone test their driver
>>> with Vista 64 and a PCI-x and then they blamed Microsoft saying that
>>> Vista 64 does not handle more than 4 GBs of RAM correctly (I have 8 GBs)
>>> and that Microsoft is aware of this. I would really like some way to
>>> capture analog and other types of video.
>>>
>>> "Dominic Payer" <dcp@fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:466DF043-87AC-4520-9596-59D05B3CFD55@microsoft.com...
>>>> Are you looking for a DVB or an analogue card?
>>>>
>>>> If you want an analogue card, it must have hardware mpeg to work with
>>>> Vista Media Center. In practice this means one of the PVR cards.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "p.lo" <plo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:3914CEDE-B180-451E-9008-EBD06F7CE2BF@microsoft.com...
>>>>> I'm looking to change/upgrade my older TV tuner from WinXP MCE 2005 to
>>>>> something that is supported by Vista 64 bit Media Center.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions from users out there who have managed to install a TV
>>>>> tuner
>>>>> in 64 bit would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

 

[TJD]

I used the latest driver and it installed fine in Vista 64. But, I really
wanted to capture video (from an old VCR and from DVD) and I thought WinTV
only allowed you to watch TV not capture it. I also thought the Hauppauge
web site said that you had to use 3rd party apps for Vista 64 (I will have
to recheck).

"Dominic Payer" <dcp@fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ugdkWQt2HHA.4720@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Which card and software/driver version are you using? If you have a 64-bit
> Vista driver the WinTV software should work.
>
> If you have updated the software or drivers you should have run hcwclear
> to remove the older version before installing the new version.
>
>
>
>
> "TJD" <TJDanon@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:eE5FGrq2HHA.728@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> The Hauppauge WinTV software is not compatible with Vista 64-bit. This TV
>> Tuner/Media Center problem is actually the only problem with my entire
>> Vista 64 setup (all else is running fine). I keep hoping for some company
>> to develop something that works.
>>
>> "Dominic Payer" <dcp@fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:15FD0817-A88B-471D-AED6-546CB15F6656@microsoft.com...
>>> There are suggestions that other non-WHQL drivers - USB hubs are often
>>> mentioned - are conflicting with the Hauppauge drivers. Changing the
>>> memory remapping in the BIOS is said to have solved the problem for
>>> some.
>>>
>>> Have you tried the card with the Hauppauge WinTV software? I have a
>>> Leadtek DVB-T card and found Vista Media Center abysmally slow and
>>> cumbersome compared with the Leadtek software. I have seen reports that
>>> a major update to Vista Media Center is in preparation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "TJD" <TJDanon@cox.net> wrote in message
>>> news:%23gKLCOk2HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> Well, I did not have good luck with a Hauppauge PVR card. First had to
>>>> send it back for hardware fix because it wouldn't work with PCI-x
>>>> slots. Then, it came back with damage, so resent. But, now every time I
>>>> have tried it in Vista 64 Media Center it completely freezes my system.
>>>> Hauppauge comments that they have never had anyone test their driver
>>>> with Vista 64 and a PCI-x and then they blamed Microsoft saying that
>>>> Vista 64 does not handle more than 4 GBs of RAM correctly (I have 8
>>>> GBs) and that Microsoft is aware of this. I would really like some way
>>>> to capture analog and other types of video.
>>>>
>>>> "Dominic Payer" <dcp@fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>> news:466DF043-87AC-4520-9596-59D05B3CFD55@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Are you looking for a DVB or an analogue card?
>>>>>
>>>>> If you want an analogue card, it must have hardware mpeg to work with
>>>>> Vista Media Center. In practice this means one of the PVR cards.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "p.lo" <plo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:3914CEDE-B180-451E-9008-EBD06F7CE2BF@microsoft.com...
>>>>>> I'm looking to change/upgrade my older TV tuner from WinXP MCE 2005
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> something that is supported by Vista 64 bit Media Center.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any suggestions from users out there who have managed to install a TV
>>>>>> tuner
>>>>>> in 64 bit would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

 

[Dominic Payer]

The usual Hauppauge message is that you can use 3rd party apps - not that
you must.

If you select the input source correctly I think you can record an input
stream from a VCR or DVD.




"TJD" <TJDanon@cox.net> wrote in message
news:OlhXXow2HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I used the latest driver and it installed fine in Vista 64. But, I really
>wanted to capture video (from an old VCR and from DVD) and I thought WinTV
>only allowed you to watch TV not capture it. I also thought the Hauppauge
>web site said that you had to use 3rd party apps for Vista 64 (I will have
>to recheck).
>
> "Dominic Payer" <dcp@fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:ugdkWQt2HHA.4720@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Which card and software/driver version are you using? If you have a
>> 64-bit Vista driver the WinTV software should work.
>>
>> If you have updated the software or drivers you should have run hcwclear
>> to remove the older version before installing the new version.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "TJD" <TJDanon@cox.net> wrote in message
>> news:eE5FGrq2HHA.728@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> The Hauppauge WinTV software is not compatible with Vista 64-bit. This
>>> TV Tuner/Media Center problem is actually the only problem with my
>>> entire Vista 64 setup (all else is running fine). I keep hoping for some
>>> company to develop something that works.
>>>
>>> "Dominic Payer" <dcp@fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:15FD0817-A88B-471D-AED6-546CB15F6656@microsoft.com...
>>>> There are suggestions that other non-WHQL drivers - USB hubs are often
>>>> mentioned - are conflicting with the Hauppauge drivers. Changing the
>>>> memory remapping in the BIOS is said to have solved the problem for
>>>> some.
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried the card with the Hauppauge WinTV software? I have a
>>>> Leadtek DVB-T card and found Vista Media Center abysmally slow and
>>>> cumbersome compared with the Leadtek software. I have seen reports that
>>>> a major update to Vista Media Center is in preparation.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "TJD" <TJDanon@cox.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23gKLCOk2HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Well, I did not have good luck with a Hauppauge PVR card. First had to
>>>>> send it back for hardware fix because it wouldn't work with PCI-x
>>>>> slots. Then, it came back with damage, so resent. But, now every time
>>>>> I have tried it in Vista 64 Media Center it completely freezes my
>>>>> system. Hauppauge comments that they have never had anyone test their
>>>>> driver with Vista 64 and a PCI-x and then they blamed Microsoft saying
>>>>> that Vista 64 does not handle more than 4 GBs of RAM correctly (I have
>>>>> 8 GBs) and that Microsoft is aware of this. I would really like some
>>>>> way to capture analog and other types of video.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Dominic Payer" <dcp@fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:466DF043-87AC-4520-9596-59D05B3CFD55@microsoft.com...
>>>>>> Are you looking for a DVB or an analogue card?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you want an analogue card, it must have hardware mpeg to work with
>>>>>> Vista Media Center. In practice this means one of the PVR cards.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "p.lo" <plo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:3914CEDE-B180-451E-9008-EBD06F7CE2BF@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>> I'm looking to change/upgrade my older TV tuner from WinXP MCE 2005
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> something that is supported by Vista 64 bit Media Center.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any suggestions from users out there who have managed to install a
>>>>>>> TV tuner
>>>>>>> in 64 bit would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

 

[Bryan]

I have Vista 64-bit and used a DViCO FusionHDTV5 Express card. When I built
my computer in February, it was the only TV tuner card on the market that
would support hi-def digital cable* in Vista 64-bit. It also just happened to
be twice as expensive as any other card on the market ($200).
Windows Media Center requires an alternative component called a CableCard
(which is just now starting to hit the consumer market) to support a digital
signal. So for this reason, my DViCO TV tuner card wasn't recognized by
WIndows Media Center. DViCO did, however, provide their own proprietary
program which worked quite nicely and provided standard DVR features such as
recording to hard drive and pausing live TV.
I've since cancelled my cable subscription entirely in favor of watching
web-based content, but it was a good card while I had it.
*Little Known Fact:
Most TV Tuner cards only support hi-def through an analog antenna, not
through digital cable. My DViCO card was a rare exception.

"p.lo" wrote:

> I'm looking to change/upgrade my older TV tuner from WinXP MCE 2005 to
> something that is supported by Vista 64 bit Media Center.
>
> Any suggestions from users out there who have managed to install a TV tuner
> in 64 bit would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul

 

[Mike]

p.lo wrote:
> I'm looking to change/upgrade my older TV tuner from WinXP MCE 2005 to
> something that is supported by Vista 64 bit Media Center.
>
> Any suggestions from users out there who have managed to install a TV tuner
> in 64 bit would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
Hi,
I don't know if they support 64 bit, but you could also look at this
firm in the UK, their site and technical support looks good.

www.nebula-electronics.com/index.asp

Regards
Mike

 

[XS11E]

Re: Recommended Tv Tuner for Vista 64 bit?

p.lo <plo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I'm looking to change/upgrade my older TV tuner from WinXP MCE
> 2005 to something that is supported by Vista 64 bit Media Center.
>
> Any suggestions from users out there who have managed to install a
> TV tuner in 64 bit would be greatly appreciated.

My soon to be delivered (I hope!) HP Media Center PC comes with a
Hauppauge WinTV HVR TV Tuner card and HP shows a Vista 64 driver for
it on their website:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2100&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3339301&lang=en

Don't know if that'll work on any other PC but at least you know
there's a Vista 64 driver for at least one card.



--
XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html

 

[Steve Foster [SBS MVP]]

Re: Recommended Tv Tuner for Vista 64 bit?

Dominic Payer wrote:

>If you want an analogue card, it must have hardware mpeg to work with
>Vista Media Center. In practice this means one of the PVR cards.

According to Black Gold, that's not the case. They told me to get Main
Concept's MCE Encoder software to enable analogue support in Vista MCE for
their dual hybrid tuner card.

I've only got the demo version for now (since Main Concept say "try it
first before buying"), and I'll see how it goes.

--
Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
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