Hauppauge Colossus HD-PVR

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by SHS

Just point Hardware Wizard the drivers that you dowload or off CD.

Simple enough. I was just wondering if there were any tricks you knew of. I guess I'll find out when i get home. Thanks.

[SHS]

Originally Posted by jptheripper

SHS - can you post a link to your instructions? they are getting buried inthe thread.

Anyone else having an issue with brightness /whites washed out on the newer drivers? the last two sets for me have been so bright i had to roll back, i couldnt see yellow on white at all. Like someone had turned contrast and brightness all the way up.

I all ready posted it justa bit ago in post #1515
If have you Showbiz install click on Capture tab then Device Setting is should be 125 or 128 with other two set at 0 if not reset it then make deflut

[SHS]

Originally Posted by panteragstk

Simple enough. I was just wondering if there were any tricks you knew of. I guess I'll find out when i get home. Thanks.

No tricks what so ever

[Hunter69]

I am not sure if this is the appropriate place to post this but I am having trouble getting 2 collossus working. I originally purchased one when it first came out and have been using it until today. I purchased a 2nd collossus. Here is what I did to install the 2nd.

1. I stopped the sagetv service. I then disabled the service.
2. I ran HCWclear and shutdown the computer.
3. I installed the new collossus.
4. I booted the server.
5. The server recognized the new card and the old collossus. I downloaded the newest Collossus driver. I ran the driver install.
6. Everything seemed to go ok. I set the sagetv service back to automatic. Rebooted the server.
7. Once the Sage service was started and started my hd200. Sagetv saw both collosus. I added both collosus in as tuners.

The result is:
The new collosus seems to perform well but the old collossus does not produced any video or sound. I checked the connection to the cable box and everything seems normal.

Troubleshooting:
1. I again ran hcwclear. Installed both collosus using the disk that came with the new collosus. This did not make a difference.
2. I shut down the computer. Unplugged the component dongle and plugged it back in. I restarted the computer. No change.

So now I am looking for suggestions/procedures for installing 2 collosus.

Other info:
The collosus are connected to the cable box via component.
Motherboard that the Collossus is installed in
The original collossus has always been installed/working in the PCI express X1 slot.
The new collossus is installed into the PCI express X16 slot.

Thanks in advance for taking the time to help

[uberpixel]

Originally Posted by jptheripper

Anyone else having an issue with brightness /whites washed out on the newer drivers? the last two sets for me have been so bright i had to roll back, i couldnt see yellow on white at all. Like someone had turned contrast and brightness all the way up.

I had the same problem and just figured out how to fix it.

Go to:

Setup - Setup Video Sources - Colossus - Color Calibration

Set everything to default (or adjust to taste). My settings were all jacked up for some reason. Hue and Sharpness default settings appear to be screwy so I just set them to 196 and 192 respectively.

Settings are now (I believe this is default):

125
128
128
196
192

-uberpixel

[SHS]

Frist you need check in your bios under Advanced BIOS Features
Init Display First: OnChipVGA
Graphics Display Mode: D-SUB/DVI or D-SUB/HDMI
Internal Graphics Mode: Auto
If that dosen't work you may need call Gigabyte or try the Forum here http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/ or http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/
You may go with ASUS M4A88T-M LE, ASUS M4A88TD-M, MSI 880GMA-E55 which has 2 PCIe x1 slots

[Hunter69]

Originally Posted by SHS

Frist you need check in your bios under Advanced BIOS Features
Init Display First: OnChipVGA
Graphics Display Mode: D-SUB/DVI or D-SUB/HDMI
Internal Graphics Mode: Auto
If that dosen't work you may need call Gigabyte or try the Forum here http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/ or http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/
You may go with ASUS M4A88T-M LE, ASUS M4A88TD-M, MSI 880GMA-E55 which has 2 PCIe x1 slots

The funny thing is that the collossus that was inserted into the PCI X1 slot worked fine until I placed one into the PCI X16 slot. Now the one in the PCI X16 slot works fine but not the PCI X1. I will need to experiment and remove the one from the PCI X16 slot and see if the PCI X1 suddenly starts to work. I appreciate all those suggested mobos but they are all AM3. My cpu is an older AM2. Any older mobo's with 2 PCI X1 slots? I have been scouring newegg and the pickin's seem slim.

[SHS]

Originally Posted by Hunter69

The funny thing is that the collossus that was inserted into the PCI X1 slot worked fine until I placed one into the PCI X16 slot. Now the one in the PCI X16 slot works fine but not the PCI X1. I will need to experiment and remove the one from the PCI X16 slot and see if the PCI X1 suddenly starts to work. I appreciate all those suggested mobos but they are all AM3. My cpu is an older AM2. Any older mobo's with 2 PCI X1 slots? I have been scouring newegg and the pickin's seem slim.

Your CPU is Really AM2+
I only of one that is ECS MCP61PM-HM Nettle3-GL8E other then that I don't know of any other off hand that are older AM2/AM2+ with 2 PCIe x1 slot in MiniATX forum in fact I'm pettey sure you will not fine any other then then AM3 that why it also best to go with Full ATX board

[w4rh4wk]

ok i tested out the 1.2.29192 drivers last night...
Results:
HDMI crashed the machine within 45 mins... the machine got a BSOD.


component + spdif= great success no crash after 3 hours or use, and no out of sync issues.

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by w4rh4wk

ok i tested out the 1.2.29192 drivers last night...
Results:
HDMI crashed the machine within 45 mins... the machine got a BSOD.


component + spdif= great success no crash after 3 hours or use, and no out of sync issues.

What directv box do you have?

[w4rh4wk]

Originally Posted by panteragstk

What directv box do you have?

I have 3 connected to my machine
h23-600
h21-100
h21-200
all connected via component + spdif

[korben_dallas]

All three Colossi are simultaneously getting an HD channel with AC3?

[w4rh4wk]

Originally Posted by korben_dallas

All three Colossi are simultaneously getting an HD channel with AC3?

when i do my test i do run all of them at the same time. i do have dolby digital turned OFF on my directv STBs because in my previous test with the 29111 driver i would get jumbled static instead of the normal audio every once in a while. I have NOT tested dolby digital turned on with the new drivers..... (I can only do testing when the wife is not around ... can't have a wife without her TV ... ).

[SWKerr]

dolby digital turned OFF

This seems to be key for me. 2x DirecTV H20 and 2x Colossus on HDMI.
* Locked to 1080i and turned off Dolby Digital
* Nightly reboot

Dolby Digital on seems to be OK for a movie but TV seems to make it unstable pretty quick. I think it may not handle a change from one audio mode to another very well. Turn it off and all seems stable.

I discovered this by mistake when an old H20 died and the replacement made things unstable. Only difference was the Dolby was off on the one that worked and I had not noticed.

Two days on the latest drives without problems.

[SHS]

Originally Posted by SWKerr

This seems to be key for me. 2x DirecTV H20 and 2x Colossus on HDMI.
* Locked to 1080i and turned off Dolby Digital
* Nightly reboot

Dolby Digital on seems to be OK for a movie but TV seems to make it unstable pretty quick. I think it may not handle a change from one audio mode to another very well. Turn it off and all seems stable.

I discovered this by mistake when an old H20 died and the replacement made things unstable. Only difference was the Dolby was off on the one that worked and I had not noticed.

Two days on the latest drives without problems.

Same here
* 1 Colossus on HDMI.
* Locked to 720p but turned off Dolby Digital
* Nightly reboot
Funny thing was with WinTV7 and Dolby Digital ON and 20+ hour of back to back rec I never saw a problem even with it switch to diff channel.

[korben_dallas]

My HD PVR is rock-solid and has no problems at all with optical audio AC3 and channel changes, commercials, etc.

So I have serious doubt that SageTV is the culprit with the Colossus.

[jptheripper]

Thanx for this. My COntrast and Satuaration were through the roof.

I had
128
196
192
196
192

I am trying your settings.

Originally Posted by uberpixel

I had the same problem and just figured out how to fix it.

Go to:

Setup - Setup Video Sources - Colossus - Color Calibration

Set everything to default (or adjust to taste). My settings were all jacked up for some reason. Hue and Sharpness default settings appear to be screwy so I just set them to 196 and 192 respectively.

Settings are now (I believe this is default):

125
128
128
196
192

-uberpixel

[mistergq]

Originally Posted by SHS

I guest some you all ready saw them Colossus Drivers 1.2.29192 I miss it in fact I never got email about from them oh well I been busy doing other thing any way.
If want here how to enable Time Base Correction

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\hcwD1capture\Parameters\0]
"Enable_TBC"=dword:00000001

SHS:

In Default, do you type "Enable_TBC"=dword:00000001?

[SHS]

Copy I posted in to txt file save then rename it from txt to reg then run it

[panteragstk]

I guess I'll find out what my new colossus will be able to do later this week once directv gets installed. I'm hoping I can have native resolution output with ac3, but I can only hope at this point.