A personal repository of random information in compensation for a fatigued biological computer
New HTPC2009 setup 20090404
Purpose:
Base Hardware:
Notes on hardware choices:
DVB-T playback
500GB Sata 3 partitions:
Tuner Cards:
Security Monitoring:
Isues:
Couldn't get the Swann USB 2.0 Guardian to install, works ok on a laptop. Trying to install it fairly late in the process.. but keeps failing..
Installation:
Base Hardware per above only then:
Win XP Sp2 (DM version) standard install
Name = HTPC
Created User account HT
20090404 p5ql-01.gho
Supplied Asus P5QL-Pro DVD:
- Intel Chipset INF update (V 9.0.0.109 June 2008)
- Realtek Audio Driver 2.64
- Atheros Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- Nvidia Driver 182.50 DL 20090404
20090404 p5ql-02.gho
Sygate 5.6
Adobe Flash player in IE
Mapped z: as kangkong public share
Windows XP SP3 & post cleanup
20090404 p5ql-03.gho
All Windows updates
Dot Net 3.5 & all updates
20090404 p5ql-04.gho
PCI Slot 2: LeadTek Winfast 2000XP RM Card in & Drivers (DL20090404 Win XP 5.13.1.2713 X86)
20090404 p5ql-05.gho
20090404 p5ql-05.tib
7Zip442
WinFast PVR2
HVCPlus 1.1 & 1.064
- LeadTek Winfast TV2000XP is a Temic Pal BG (4046 FM5) Tuner
- Audio Loop to DX5 Polling
Needs tweaking but ok on 1.0064, (1.1 seems to crash on exit)
Office 2003 Pro + Sp2
20090404 p5ql-06.gho
PCI Slot 3: Hauppage WinTV-HVR3000 card in & drivers (Driversdl20090404 88x_2_123_27056_WHQL)
After runing install, 'MultimediaController' was found but couldn't install, followed instructions and:
Note: The Singapore Hauppage site has 2.122.26109 as current and the UK site provided the above later version (I had already installed the above version when I found the Singapore version)
20090405 p5ql-07.gho
HVR3000 Hauppage Supplied CD installed:
- WinTV 6.0.25347 Software Decoders only (Also it insisted on channel manager)
HVR4000 Hauppage CD 'pcm-5.1-hd-aac-v1.1' installed:
- Power Cinema V5.1HD Edition with AAC + (not WinTV IR application)
- Ran 5.1 NZ Transponder update patch
- Ran 5.1 Registry Override for 11300 LNB
Recording pointed to: d:\PowerCinema Storage\
Scanned DVB-S 1 Sat Optus D1 ok, confirmed Video & Sound working on live DVB-S
All Windows Updates (was 1 overnight)
Adobe reader 9.1 & all updates
User HT docs to e:\HT_Docs
20090405 p5ql-08.gho
Hauppage WinTV V7 CD 1.1 (DL20090404)
Channel scan Optus D1 (LNB 11300)
Video & Audio ok, except Sat radio stuttering
From Asus P5QL-Pro MB DVDROM:
- PC Probe II
- ASUS AI Suite (Overclocking / fan control)
- ExpressGate Installer
- ASUS Update
- ASUS EPU-4 Engine (to Auto)
- ASUS Video Smart Doctor 527 (DL20090405) and underclocked Vid Card to 40mHZ
20090405 p5ql-09.tib
C++ 2005 redist from GB-PVR
GB-PVR 1.3.11
HVR3000 configured as capture source, LNB is 11300MHZ
Recordings to e:\_GB-PVR\recordings
TV Buffer to to e:\_GB-PVR\Buffer
e:\GB-PVR Dir shared
IP Fixed to 192.168.1.3
DNS Servers per Telstra account
HVR4000 In & Drivers loaded
Windows firewall turned off (not sure what enabled it..)
Workgroup to BBDAF
20090405 p5ql-10.tib
GB-PVR: Forward/Backwards increments
AVG Free 8.5 (not link scanner) and all updates
Spybot 1.62 & all updates & immunised
20090405 p5ql-11.tib
AVG Updates
SpyBot Updates
Windows XP Updates including IE8
O2003 SP3
O2003-O2007 file formats converter
20091011 p5ql-12.tib
Ok, replaced the 500GB with a 1TB drive at some time (unknown when. I'm a bad boy)
20120316
Export recordings.xml & restored to 12 above
Removed AVG, installed MS Security Essentials
All MS updates
20120316 p5ql-13.tib
After:
Drive E (data is now drive D so updated GBPVR paths and imported recordings xml)
GB-PVR 1.4.7 VC redist
GB-PVR 1.4.7 Over the top of existing 1.3.11
Copied backedup config.xml & xxx.db
EA Download manager, downloaded Rugby 2008
Swann DVR USB 2.0 Guardian
PCDVR3101_3104
Driver proviser = SuperDVR