saa7130 tv tuner card

[matneaves]

got this card, worked using camcorder using the s-video input, now for some reason driver isnt installed its not working, and it wont find the right driver from the cd that came with it?!?!??

says "cant find device"

any ideas, anyone?

[FulciLives]

It could be that the capture card is not "seated" properly into the motherboard's PCI slot.

This can happen from time to time especially when you are switching inputs on the back as that plugging and unplugging puts "stress" on the PCI card which can "knock" it out of "alignment" so that it is not "seated" correctly in the PCI slot.

So turn the computer off and open it up and un-plug the card then plug it back in and make sure it is screwed in tight although even then it could still "pop out" of the slot depending on the motherboard and how well it is "seated" in the case and how well it aligns to the empy PCI card "slots" on the back of the case etc.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[matneaves]

ok tried that and reinstalled, im trying to use the intervideo prog that came with it, when i click on autoscan it does nothing, anyother software that will work?

[FulciLives]

Capture programs that work with your capture card include VirtualVCR, iuVCR and TheFlyDS but you must be sure that the capture card is correctly installed and that the computer is "seeing" it otherwise no software will work correctly.

If you are still having trouble perhaps try a different PCI slot.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

P.S.
The 3 capture programs listed above are the 3 I know the best but for a more complete list of capture programs try this link ---> CLICK HERE

[matneaves]

virtual vcr didnt work
theflyds kept rebooting comp
iuvcr said i didnt have a card

card now in bin

[matneaves]

whats the cheapest card in the uk

[FulciLives]

whats the cheapest card in the uk

Do you really think that is going to get you the results you want?

Depending on what you want to use this for I would take a look at the Canopus ADVC-110 or the Hauppauge WinTV PVR 250

Those are both excellent capture solutions. The Canopus ADVC-110 is an external box that converts analog A/V into Digital Video. Very good quality but a bit more work than the Hauppauge WinTV PVR 250 which is an interal PCI card that captures (using full hardware support) to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 and you can capture directly to VCD, SVCD or DVD formats. There is also an external USB 2 version called the Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB 2

The Hauppauge is better suited for TV capture as well as other sources like VHS or LaserDisc etc. whereas the Canopus ADVC-110 is a bit cumbersome when it comes to TV capture and it is best suited for VHS or LaserDisc etc.

There is a whole section here on capture cards. See the left hand side of the website.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[matneaves]

i suppose i need to look in the £50+ range reallym for a decent one, ill have to save me dosh for a while

[aiw9800proman]

My new pinnacle card has a saa7134 chip and the drivers are either non existent or dont work. Does anyone know where I can download alternative drivers for this tv tuner chip ?

[FulciLives]

My new pinnacle card has a saa7134 chip and the drivers are either non existent or dont work. Does anyone know where I can download alternative drivers for this tv tuner chip ?

Are you sure it isn't the software and not the drivers?

I would think that the software would be at fault rather than the drivers.

Maybe try some other capture programs. I mentioned some in this very thread.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[aiw9800proman]

Fulci,

The drivers for the tv tuner are not present on my system, the tuner shows up as an unrecognised device in xp with an exclamation mark. I have tried installing the drivers from the disk every way possible but xp, pinnacle software, gb pvr, christv etc etc etc etc all say "no tv tuner installed"

Ive just about had it with tv tuners and I dont think im prepared to spend any more of my time on a 3rd card, this card is the last try and then thats it for me

Any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated

[FulciLives]

I did a google search for "SAA7130 driver" and "SAA7134 driver" and I came up with a lot of stuff.

Try it.

I did also find one interesting link that says that some Philips SAA713x cards do not "fit" well in PCI slots and that it is best to NOT screw it in as doing so may make it "pop out" just enough from the PCI slot so as not to be recognized. If the computer can't "see" the card then this is a possible cause (not "seated" firmly). Also if you have more than one free PCI slot try them all!

Aside from the google search and the above suggestion you might want to check the DriverGuide website as it is a free website full of drivers and firmware (free yes but you must register).

Also do not forget to check the website of the company that made your card as they may have updated drivers. I did try searching the Philips website for SAA713x drivers but I couldn't find any ... was hoping for a Philips "reference" driver but no luck. I only looked on the USA website.

I did notice that LifeView (who makes cards using the Philips SAA713x chipsets) is one of the few companies with a WinXP driver so that might be worth trying. Most of the drivers I found were for Win98 or Win95 etc.

I also read in one of the google "hits" that a Windows 2000 driver may work with the WinXP Operating System.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[aiw9800proman]

Thanks fulcil,

I had already tried most of your suggestions (great minds think alike) but hadnt tried diverguide, unfortunately they only had 1 and it didnt help. The pci card is installed fully and the video capture compnent is recognized, but the tv tuner is still unrecognized and unknown.

Ive given up now, my new rule is no more than 2 days testing dodgy hardware / software.

Cheers

[matneaves]

same with me when i had my card installed, i found loads of so called drivers and tried loads of dif software to view a picture but nothing worked