Bizzare problem with my SageTV server

[heffneil]

I can TS or RDP to my windows 2003 server running SageTV. When I go to the HDHomeRun Setup and go to the lineup it will let me view the channel. When I am local to the server it's just a black screen. Also I can't get the HD Extender to view channels within the sage server.

Any ideas how to figure out what is going wrong here?

Thanks,

Neil

[heffneil]

Guys any thoughts here? I am really struggling with this. Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. I think it has something to do with BDA drivers but I might be wrong...

Thanks,

Neil

[gplasky]

Is this a relatively new Windows 2003 install? Did you download and install all the media stuff and DirectX that doesn't come installed or running on Windows 2003? Do you have WIndows Media Player 11 running on this server? You can view the channel with HDHR and VLC because VLC is all self contained and doesn't need Directshow components.

Gerry

[heffneil]

It used to work at one point. What changed? I don't know. The biggest problem is this is the SAME behavior I see on my clients as well. They just get no picture and it reads no signal. The file is written with 0 bytes and never grows. I think other people have complained about this with the HDHR and BDA drivers. I emailed the silcondust guys and got a response late today that said we don't think BDA is supported on Windows 2003. No instructions how to revert back or anything. I sent a response saying I need more than that and how do I revert back but haven't received anything else.

Boy I am so frustrated with this I don't think I have the patience. I have reinstalled everything but the OS which I REALLY don't want to do. I know the HDHR works because my laptop can watch the video just fine via the setup.

Any other ideas?

Thanks!

Neil

[gplasky]

Well I run my HDHR on a Windows Home Server which IS Windows 2003 server. I set it up per the instructions on Silicondust with one exception. I always have to install the HDHR software INTO the SageTV folder and not the default Silicondust\HDHR directory. Jafa said I shouldn't have to but for whatever reason I always have issues with getting the recordings to work. Maybe try uninstalling HDHR and install it into the SageTV directory. Won't hurt because originally you had to do that. And I had to do it for my WHS install.

Gerry

[heffneil]

Thanks for the info. I will give it a shot but I am doubtful. Do you know if you have the BDA drivers installed? I don't know how to revert back to the network encoders and silicon dust isn't providing those instructions.

Thanks,

Neil

[gplasky]

Yes-I am running the latest software/firmware. (April 30(April 27 firmware)) These are BDA drivers.

Gerry