FusionHDTV 5

[wbarber69]

I'm thinking of buying a couple of hd tuner cards for my sagetv since version 4 just came out and I just want to make sure that the FusionHDTV 5 Lite card was supported since I can get them for about 100 a piece this will make having sagetv worth while

[paulbeers]

I haven't tried my Fusion5 Lite with Version 4 (since it just came out)...but I have used it quite extensively with Version 3.0.7. It seemed to work just fine. I did have a few issues, but it was due to the software not tuning OTA channels correctly (choosing the wrong sub channel) and one of my channels not showing up on the channel line up from Zap2it. Neither of these tho were due to the card, as any card would have had the same problem with sage. I am probably going to download 4.0 tonight and try it out. WOOHOO!!

[bradsjm]

So far so great. In my brief tests this morning in version 4 the Fusion 5 Lite is working like a champion. Channel changes are faster (fastest I've seen yet actually in any front-end) and it is stable VERY impressed!

[paulbeers]

I have to second that! I just downloaded sage 4.0 last night, and my fusion5 Lite works perfectly. The issues I had before are completely gone. Sub channels are coming in great and my EPG shows ABC with its channel line up (which was the missing channel from before). I would highly recommend the fusion5 Lite to anyone. Cheap, does the job and even if you aren't using Sage, it comes with a couple nice program that seems to do the job if all you want to do is watch from your computer and it has a utility that allows you to fine tune signal. I am not using the software encoder tho on the fusion Lite. I have 2 M150's for any Hardware encoding.

[cryptoboy]

I am new to SageTV and am evaluating it for purchase. I have a Fusion5 Gold card with 3.11 drivers. I installed Sage 4.0 last night and was not able to get the Fusion card to work. I was able to see the tuner in the setup menu, but when I tried to view any channel I got a SageTV error stating that the SageTV had problems with capturing on this device and that Sage needed to be reinstalled? I reinstalled, but with no luck. Has anyone seen this before? I would really like to get this to work. Sage seems like a great product..

BTW, the Fusion 5 Gold card works fine using Divico's standard software.

[Inundated]

Asked in the beta area, but will ask again -

Does SageTV support the USB version of the FusionHDTV5? Not the PCI card, but the newly released USB version. No one seems to know the answer to this question.

[paulbeers]

Cryptoboy,

I had no problems installing sage w/ the Fusion Lite and I am pretty sure there are others using. Was the issue with the SDTV hardware encoder or the OTA HDTV. I am not sure that the SDTV hardware encoder part of the card is working with Sage (someone else can call me on that one if I am incorrect), so you may only be limited to the OTA HDTV with the card. Most of us here use the Fusion Lite because we all were SDTV Sage only that have now converted and have other cards to handle the SDTV, but then again you didn't say it was the SDTV that was the issue so maybe I am crazy!

Maybe a little more detail on the issue might help?

[paulbeers]

Inundated....To be honest I couldn't say. I have seen your post in several different forums and I can't say for sure. Since Sage just added support for HDTV, I know we are just starting to see which cards are supported as they filter thru. Only the more popular HDTV cards are for sure supported right now as more people have htem and have tested them. I would THINK the USB version would be supported since it seems that most fusion cards are working with Sage, but unfortunately I can not guarentee it.

[wbarber69]

Ok now that I know it works how does it work?
do you have to hook audio up through external line in or does it decode audio from the source, if not I would rather pay a little extra for the gold version

[cryptoboy]

Originally Posted by paulbeers

Cryptoboy,

I had no problems installing sage w/ the Fusion Lite and I am pretty sure there are others using. Was the issue with the SDTV hardware encoder or the OTA HDTV. I am not sure that the SDTV hardware encoder part of the card is working with Sage (someone else can call me on that one if I am incorrect), so you may only be limited to the OTA HDTV with the card. Most of us here use the Fusion Lite because we all were SDTV Sage only that have now converted and have other cards to handle the SDTV, but then again you didn't say it was the SDTV that was the issue so maybe I am crazy!

Maybe a little more detail on the issue might help?

paulbeers, sorry I did not see this till now...I answered you in the other thread that is goind on regarding bda issues. Here is some info....HDTV OTA only. The error I am getting is replay of the capture device error (code -2, 0x80004005).

[White94Cobra]

I am using the USB version of the Fusion5. It works pretty good in Sage v4(no audio cable required). Unfortunately I can't tune two channels that I could tune via Windows MCE. The signal strength is about 68-74% on both of those channels, but no go. It seems that Sage needs at least 85% to tune a channel (from my experience anyway).

[taltman]

Originally Posted by White94Cobra

I am using the USB version of the Fusion5. It works pretty good in Sage v4(no audio cable required). Unfortunately I can't tune two channels that I could tune via Windows MCE. The signal strength is about 68-74% on both of those channels, but no go. It seems that Sage needs at least 85% to tune a channel (from my experience anyway).

White94Cobra, what steps did you follow to install the Fusion card? (i.e. what DVICO software did you install?) Did you install their codecs? Did you install their software pvr? or just the tuning applications?

I am considering purchasing this card as well. Can sage tune HD and SD channels from this device, or will it ONLY tune one type of definition? (sounds funny doesn't it?).

/Tal

[White94Cobra]

I did the full install from the CD and disabled any of the DVICO startup applications. I never did get the PCI card version to work in Sage (I think I had IRQ conflicts), but the USB version worked OK. Like I said, I could only tune two channels. I have since moved it back to my MCE machine where I can once again record all five of our local stations.

[taltman]

From your message it sounds like you can only tune 2 HD channels right? How about SD channels? Any luck there?

Are you recording from an antenna or cable tv (QAM) subchannels?

/Tal

[White94Cobra]

We actually only have one local HD channel, all of the others are SD digital. I was able to tune the one HD (98% signal strength) and one of the SD digitals (100% signal strength). The other channels (as high as 84%) would not tune.

All of the channels do tune when connected to my MCE box. So, I just run the MCE pp on my Sage box when I want to watch something recorded on the other MCE box, or Sage for everything else.

[bhyman1]

Originally Posted by bradsjm

So far so great. In my brief tests this morning in version 4 the Fusion 5 Lite is working like a champion. Channel changes are faster (fastest I've seen yet actually in any front-end) and it is stable VERY impressed!

I concur. Mine works great. Zero problems with setup too.

[byancey]

Originally Posted by cryptoboy

paulbeers, sorry I did not see this till now...I answered you in the other thread that is goind on regarding bda issues. Here is some info....HDTV OTA only. The error I am getting is replay of the capture device error (code -2, 0x80004005).

Was this issue ever resolved? I just downloaded the demo of SageTV 4 to evaluate as a replacement for the software that came bundled with my FusionHDTV 5 Lite card, and I'm getting the exact same error listed above. I see others have this card working fine, so I'm a bit puzzled about exactly what this issue I'm having is.

Thanks.

--
Bryce

[berniec]

Originally Posted by White94Cobra

I am using the USB version of the Fusion5. It works pretty good in Sage v4(no audio cable required). Unfortunately I can't tune two channels that I could tune via Windows MCE. The signal strength is about 68-74% on both of those channels, but no go. It seems that Sage needs at least 85% to tune a channel (from my experience anyway).

interesting i'm having the same problem, and even submitted a bug report when i first discovered it in V. 3 but i guess this issue still remains unsolved tho.

[dcardellini]

For those with the capture device error (code -2, 0x80004005), I solved this on my system by killing the MCE Services (2). From the Run command, run "msconfig", services tab, and deselect the two MCE Services listed (anybody...is there a better way to do this???)

My problems with the Fusion 5 Lite started when I added my second Fusion 5 Lite card. When recording on one card, and changing channels, my system crashes often. Don't know if it is a Fusion driver issue (using 3.11), or a SageTV 4.0 issue.

[cord]

I've killed all three of the MCE services, and I'm still getting the -2, 0x80004005 error. I also killed/disabled the ehtray.exe tooltray thing. MCE, when I reenable and start it, can see the HD card just fine. The fusion apps themselves work fine. Sage is the only bit that has a problem, but it's the one I most definitely want to use. dcardellini, are you using MCE rollup 2? What version of the fusion drivers, and what video card/drivers?