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Personal HOWTO: PVR + Win2K
Hello,
I wanted to pass this along to anyone interested in installing the Hauppage WinTV-PVR under Win2k. From my experience, I had to follow a certain order for the WinTV2000 app to work (would not recognize the MPEG functionality... kind of important).
Basically, here is what I did:
1-Loaded WinTV2000 off of the PVR CD directly. Do not use the main setup program, as the drivers are not loaded and the install options become restricted.
2-Unpacked the Win2K beta drivers by downloading and running w2kdrv307.exe (http://www.hauppage.com/html/sw_pvr_pci.htm).
3-Downloaded and ran the driver/application update pvrpcidrv14.exe. At this point, you have all pieces in place.
4-Reboot the machine
5-Step through the Plug and Play windows.
That is what I did to get my PVR working under Win2k. Remember to follow that order or the WinTV2000 app only recognizes/allows AVI captures.
If you end up doing something out of order, run the hcwclear.exe, double check everything is removed (Device Manager and the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet), and follow the process again.
I have not done too much tinkering with the other apps, but the TVScheduler seems to work fine.
All seems to be working better than expected. I especially like the ability to capture past the FAT16/FAT32 barriers (as long as you are using NTFS). This is nice because there are no more spanning issues.
OK, that's it. Hope it helps someone.
[This message has been edited by AndrewDV (edited 11 April 2001).]
I wanted to pass this along to anyone interested in installing the Hauppage WinTV-PVR under Win2k. From my experience, I had to follow a certain order for the WinTV2000 app to work (would not recognize the MPEG functionality... kind of important).
Basically, here is what I did:
1-Loaded WinTV2000 off of the PVR CD directly. Do not use the main setup program, as the drivers are not loaded and the install options become restricted.
2-Unpacked the Win2K beta drivers by downloading and running w2kdrv307.exe (http://www.hauppage.com/html/sw_pvr_pci.htm).
3-Downloaded and ran the driver/application update pvrpcidrv14.exe. At this point, you have all pieces in place.
4-Reboot the machine
5-Step through the Plug and Play windows.
That is what I did to get my PVR working under Win2k. Remember to follow that order or the WinTV2000 app only recognizes/allows AVI captures.
If you end up doing something out of order, run the hcwclear.exe, double check everything is removed (Device Manager and the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet), and follow the process again.
I have not done too much tinkering with the other apps, but the TVScheduler seems to work fine.
All seems to be working better than expected. I especially like the ability to capture past the FAT16/FAT32 barriers (as long as you are using NTFS). This is nice because there are no more spanning issues.
OK, that's it. Hope it helps someone.
[This message has been edited by AndrewDV (edited 11 April 2001).]
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