Hauppauge HVR 2250 does not support required parameters

[jnfpbt]

Hello,

I have a WinTV 2250 HVR that I am trying to get working in VLC. I have searched this and other forums, other folks have had similar problems but I have found no resolution. First a few details:

OS: Windows XP SP3
Card Driver: hcw89.sys v7.6.1.27086
VLC Versions:0.8.6i, 0.9.9, 1.0.0-rc1, 1.0.0-rc2 with a couple of nightlies thrown in for good measure.

Apps that work:
WinTV7 (naturally)
BeyondTV
MediaPortal

VLC works neither form the command line nor the GUI.

The latest command line I have tried is:

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vlc --qt-display-mode=0 --verbose=2 dshow:// --dshow-vdev="Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture #1" --dshow-adev="" --dshow-caching=5000 --dshow-fps=29 --dshow-tuner-channel=69

The relevant errors are, log snippet is from v0.9.9:

• dshow debug: found device: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
  dshow debug: found device: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture #1
  dshow debug: using device: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture #1
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: output pin: I2S Audio
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: output pin: Analog ITU Video
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: output pin: VBI
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin: Analog Video In
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin: Analog Audio
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: trying pin I2S Audio
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (unknown ??6?)
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: trying pin Analog ITU Video
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (video ??6?)
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: trying pin VBI
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (unknown ?? ?)
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (unknown ?? ?)
  dshow error: capture device 'Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture #1' does not support required parameters !
  dshow error: can't open video
  qt4 debug: Error while initializing qt-specific localization

At least I think these are the only relevent errors.

I have also looked for documentation on the Capture Device Advanced Options settings but have had no luck. Any help in that area would be appreciated as well.

Is there any way to see which parameters are not supported? Has any one gotten the card to work? If so, would you be so kind as to post the configuration/command line used?

Regards and Thanks
Joe

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Can you paste errors from 1.0?

[jnfpbt]

Thank you for responding, Jean. This log is from vlc-1.0.0-rc2-20090527-0003. I've copied the entire log this time.

I had to use the GUI to generate this, when I used the command line the behavior is very different.

With the command line, I still recieve the initial 'Errors' window with:

"Capture failed: The capture device "Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture #1" does not support the required parameters."

But the Messages log is quite different. I'll post that log if you would like.

In either case (GUI or CL) the video does not display.

Log from GUI:

• qt4 debug: :dshow-caching=5000 :dshow-vdev= :dshow-adev= :dshow-size= :dshow-chroma= :dshow-fps=29 :no-dshow-config :no-dshow-tuner :dshow-tuner-channel=69 :dshow-tuner-country=0 :dshow-tuner-input=0 :dshow-video-input=-1 :dshow-video-output=-1 :dshow-audio-input=-1 :dshow-audio-output=-1 :dshow-amtuner-mode=1 :dshow-audio-channels=0 :dshow-audio-samplerate=0 :dshow-audio-bitspersample=0
  qt4 debug: :dshow-caching=5000 :dshow-vdev=Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture :dshow-adev=none :dshow-size= :dshow-chroma= :dshow-fps=29 :no-dshow-config :no-dshow-tuner :dshow-tuner-channel=69 :dshow-tuner-country=0 :dshow-tuner-input=0 :dshow-video-input=-1 :dshow-video-output=-1 :dshow-audio-input=-1 :dshow-audio-output=-1 :dshow-amtuner-mode=1 :dshow-audio-channels=0 :dshow-audio-samplerate=0 :dshow-audio-bitspersample=0
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-vdev=Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-adev=none:dshow-caching=5000
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-vdev=Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-adev=none
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-size=
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-chroma=
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-fps=29
  qt4 warning: Input option: no-dshow-config
  qt4 warning: Input option: no-dshow-tuner
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-tuner-channel=69
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-tuner-country=0
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-tuner-input=0
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-video-input=-1
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-video-output=-1
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-audio-input=-1
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-audio-output=-1
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-amtuner-mode=1
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-audio-channels=0
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-audio-samplerate=0
  qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-audio-bitspersample=0
  main debug: adding item `dshow://' ( dshow:// )
  main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
  main debug: rebuild done - 2 items, index 0
  main debug: processing request item dshow:// node null skip 0
  main debug: resyncing on dshow://
  main debug: dshow:// is at 1
  main debug: starting new item
  main debug: creating new input thread
  qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: dshow://
  main debug: Creating an input for 'dshow://'
  main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (input/input.c:230)
  main debug: thread started
  main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes
  main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\DOCUME~1\FPAdmin\LOCALS~1\Temp'
  main debug: `dshow://' gives access `dshow' demux `' path `'
  main debug: creating demux: access='dshow' demux='' path=''
  main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate
  dshow debug: dshow-vdev: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
  dshow debug: dshow-adev: none
  qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
  dshow debug: found device: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
  dshow debug: found device: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture #1
  dshow debug: asking for device: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
  qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
  qt4 debug: size: 106 - 349
  qt4 debug: sizeHint: 106 - 349
  qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
  qt4 debug: size: 106 - 349
  qt4 debug: sizeHint: 106 - 349
  dshow debug: asked for Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture, binding to Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
  dshow debug: using device: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: output pin: I2S Audio
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: output pin: Analog ITU Video
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: output pin: VBI
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin: Analog Video In
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin: Analog Audio
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: trying pin I2S Audio
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (unknown ��6�)
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: trying pin Analog ITU Video
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (video ��6�)
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: trying pin VBI
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (unknown �� �)
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (unknown �� �)
  dshow error: capture device 'Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture' does not support required parameters !
  dshow error: can't open video device
  dshow debug: skipping audio device
  dshow error: FATAL: could not open ANY device
  dshow debug: releasing DirectShow
  main warning: no access_demux module matching "dshow" could be loaded
  main debug: TIMER module_need() : 47.000 ms - Total 47.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 47.000 ms)
  main debug: creating access 'dshow' path=''
  main debug: looking for access module: 1 candidate
  dshow debug: dshow-vdev: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
  dshow debug: dshow-adev: none
  dshow debug: found device: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
  dshow debug: found device: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture #1
  dshow debug: asking for device: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
  dshow debug: asked for Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture, binding to Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
  dshow debug: using device: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: output pin: I2S Audio
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: output pin: Analog ITU Video
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: output pin: VBI
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin: Analog Video In
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin: Analog Audio
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: trying pin I2S Audio
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (unknown ��6�)
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: trying pin Analog ITU Video
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (video ��6�)
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: trying pin VBI
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (unknown �� �)
  dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (unknown �� �)
  dshow error: capture device 'Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture' does not support required parameters !
  dshow error: can't open video device
  dshow debug: skipping audio device
  dshow error: FATAL: could not open ANY device
  dshow debug: releasing DirectShow
  main warning: no access module matching "dshow" could be loaded
  main debug: TIMER module_need() : 23.000 ms - Total 23.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 23.000 ms)
  main error: open of `dshow://' failed: (null)
  main debug: finished input
  main debug: thread ended
  main debug: dead input
  main debug: thread times: real 0m0.062500s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s
  main debug: changing item without a request (current 1/2)
  main debug: nothing to play
  qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
  qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
  qt4 debug: size: 106 - 349
  qt4 debug: sizeHint: 106 - 349
  qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
  qt4 debug: size: 106 - 349
  qt4 debug: sizeHint: 106 - 349
  main debug: Destroying the input for 'dshow://'
  main debug: TIMER input launching for 'dshow://' : 86.000 ms - Total 86.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 86.000 ms)

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (unknown ��6�)

Well, I am afraid this is going to be tough, fill a bug.

[jnfpbt]

I''l do that. Thank you for the help.

[bjriffel]

Any news on this bug? WE just got a 2250 and want to stream some live content to a web server. No dice though.

[jnfpbt]

No news. To be honest I haven't reported the bug yet. I've been side-tracked by more important issues at work and am only just returning to this project.

RC4 exhibits the same issue as above so I have changed my plan:

I am going to use WinTV 7 to record the channel I want to broadcast and then use VLC to stream the TS file as it records. I've been fooling with it manually for two days and it seems to work nicely. Next steps are to script it. WinTV 7 includes a scheduler that allows for recurring recordings. Since I only need to stream during business hours I'll set it to record from, say, 5am to 8pm. I'll have a CMD file that watches for the recording to begin by looking for the TS file and start VLC when it finds it. Since the recordings will be quite large I'll have the script clean up old recordings.

[gurucbm]

I need a solution for this urgently. I am also having same problem. Does anybody have any idea how to solve this

My logs are as follows;
qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-vdev=Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
qt4 warning: Input option: dshow-adev=
main debug: adding item `dshow://' ( dshow:// )
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 2 items, index 0
main debug: processing request item dshow:// node null skip 0
main debug: resyncing on dshow://
main debug: dshow:// is at 1
main debug: starting new item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'dshow://'
qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: dshow://
main debug: thread started
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes
main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\DOCUME~1\admin\LOCALS~1\Temp'
main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:230)
main debug: `dshow://' gives access `dshow' demux `' path `'
main debug: creating demux: access='dshow' demux='' path=''
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate
dshow debug: dshow-vdev: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
dshow debug: dshow-adev:
dshow debug: found device: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
dshow debug: found device: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture #1
dshow debug: found device: Phillips DVR (SAA7134) WDM Video Capture
dshow debug: asking for device: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
dshow debug: asked for Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture, binding to Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
dshow debug: using device: Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture
dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: output pin: I2S Audio
dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: output pin: Analog ITU Video
dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: output pin: VBI
dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin: Analog Video In
dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin: Analog Audio
dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: trying pin I2S Audio
dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (unknown ??6?)
dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: trying pin Analog ITU Video
dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (video ??6?)
dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: trying pin VBI
dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (unknown ?? ?)
dshow debug: EnumDeviceCaps: input pin media: unsupported format (unknown ?? ?)
dshow error: capture device 'Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog Capture' does not support required parameters !
dshow error: can't open video device..

Is this a bug in VLC. Ia m using vlc player version 1.0.1.

[smurfen]

I have the same problem with my HVR 2200 (Sweden). Also, I can not get the S-video signal to my card to work. Has anyone had any success in this? Do you know if a ticket is logged for next release?

[VLC_help]

Do you know if a ticket is logged for next release?

I would guess no.