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Chris, if you--or someone else reading this--could capture a couple-minute clip of the full transport stream from WRTV rf25 we can get it to Minevox (formerly DViCo) for analysis to help them produce an updated FusionHDTV to fix the problem. If the only PC tuner available is the Fusion one you could try using the free version of TSReader for the capture, as that allows up to one minute of recording, which may be enough sample.

EDIT: Oops, I just re-read the TSReader description that I linked above and see that the full-TS recording ability is limited to the $99 standard version and that the free one will only record one program from the stream, so that won't work.

Also, I re-read your post and see that FusionHDTV was properly handling the TS until its channel-scanning subroutine got invoked. In that case, if you have a saved version of the Fusion branch of the Registry (from the "Save" button on the Configuration window) you could try using that to restore the channel setups.

Another edit: There is a DViCo utility that can capture the full TS of OTA channels...I'm not remembering its name at the moment, but that could be used here to capture a sample for Minevox analysis.

That old utility is called TSBrowser2.exe and it's still on the DViCo FTP site here. It's not very user-friendly and comes with no instructions. You install it by copying the exe to the folder where you've installed FusionHDTV and then running it from there. I didn't verify that it still works with the current FusionHDTV version, however. (If you're going to go down this road, let me know and I'll confirm that point)

Well TP, Man You're Good....
Before I read your first "edit", I tried to figure out how to record with TSReader Lite. That is, how to change the the tuner device, as I've always used the Fusion for that purpose. Bam!.....WRTV now works.

Thanks for the 'wave of your wand'!

Chris

PS: Does clicking 'OK' on the 'Configuration Menu' also save to the same Registry location? (Just so I'll know in the future..... to click 'Cancel' after a bad channel scan)
In other words; Does 'Save' and 'OK' do the same thing?

Again, Thanks For Your Time

Glad to hear that it's "fixed."

Actually, Save and Load respectively "save" a copy of the FusionHDTV Registry branch to the FusionHDTV Program Files folder and "load" the saved copy in that folder back into the Registry. You can keep safe that copy (or many copies) from accidental overwriting by moving it to a subfolder and/or changing its name from config.reg to something more descriptive. The OK button, OTOH, writes any changes that were made in the configuration since opening the Configuration window to the current Registry branch.

Thanks TP,
SAVE always confused me, as it never gave me the opportunity of 'where'.

Has anyone tried other software to run the Fusion HDTV 5 USB Gold with software
such as DVBViewer, Transedit or TS Reader ?

TSReader will work, as will WMC.

after i made the above post, I got DVB Viewer, Transedit and TSReader to work,
but only with OTA ATSC signals, now I have to figure out how to make the software
work with Clear QAM-256 signals..

I sometimes have a problem where a recording is very choppy, both the video and audio - like skipping words. In a worst case, there is no video, or an occasional frozen scene. It has happened on all 3 major networks' shows. Sometimes the recordings are fine.

I have version 3.68, and running WinXP-SP3. The hardware is Fusion 5 USB.

My guess is that something in a Windows patch is interfering with the Fusion driver, but I'm not sure.

Any ideas?

Hziemba I don't know anything about your specific problem but that is a pretty old version of the Fusion app! I suggest that you try the latest and greatest version, 3.91 and see if it fixes any of your problems .

I updated to 3.91, but problem is still there...let me elaborate...

For months now, recordings have been less than the show time...a 1 hr show ends up looking like 40 minutes or so on the counter, though it actually does run the full hour...that's when it does record.

Some stations record OK, but some almost never record normally - they are barely watchable because the video and audio skip, and sometimes the counter moves forward in 2 sec increments. That skipping is sometimes there when watching live on the computer.

BTW, I'm connected to cable TV,and these are unencrypted channels.

One suspicion I have is that the signal level has gone down over the months. What kind of numbers should I be seeing in % and dB?

A decent cable connection yields signal levels of "100%" with dB values of 27 or more. If you see less than 90% your cable signal is suspect.

Based on your description of the live TV performance, I agree that poor cable signal is a very likely cause of your problems.

For me the 3.91 version does not detect my audio channel correctly. Out of my 5.1 speakers it only think I have a 2 channel. But the version 3.90 work fine.

Using it on win7 64bit.

Then I would use 3.90, since the differences are generally minor and, IIRC, mostly relate to improving tuner action on a few models. I'm surprised to hear that there are any changes to audio.

From:San Francisco, CA - OTA

 

http://www.avsforum.com/t/369015/san-francisco-ca-ota/9090#post_22827800

 

KKPX PSIP 65.1 RF 41 has messed up PSIP causing Fusion7USB and Fusion7Dual and Fusion5 RT GOLD  to abort when selecting KKPX.

 

As there are many ION stations this may be seen in other areas.

 

Hi,

 

In this case (YMMV) I have found a method of restoring FusionHDTV to live normal operations. (Fusion7Dual)

 

EDIT: On some systems a simple computer reset may be all that is needed.

 

When KKPX is selected Fusion aborts.

 

Restarting Fusion "SIGNAL: -1% 0" is shown for all stations and a black picture / no sound appears.

 

1) Drag a .tp file to the Fusion icon. File should play normally.

 

2) Click on the screen to display the Fusion control panel.

 

If you can start Fusion by another way without it aborting, then the file play method is not needed.

 

3) Click "Live". You will get the "SIGNAL: -1% 0". Click on the channel number and select a different strong station than KKPX.

 

4) You will get the "SIGNAL: -1% 0". Close Fusion.

 

5) Restart your computer.

 

6) Click on the Fusion Icon. You should get a normal live picture and sound.

 

Repeat if you wish by selecting KKPX, the above procedure can be used to restore normal live viewing again.

 

 A channel rescan can be saved in the registry by clicking on the "SAVE" button.

 

First click "OK" to really save the Fusion settings, "SAVE" does not save the settings.

 

SHF

Edited by SFischer1 - 1/15/13 at 10:58am

My experiment above was performed under Win7 (64 bit). At Nani's suggestion, I tried tuning the ION station after switching my Windows XP (32 bit) machine's Fusion tuner to OTA and that did crash. So it seems that FusionHDTV 3.90 handles the odd ION subchannels more gracefully under the newer OS for some reason.

BTW, I find that simply restarting the PC (i.e., Nani's step #5) is sufficient to recover normal operation after these (and similar) crashes.
Edited by TPeterson - 1/15/13 at 10:59am

Hi,

 

Well Terry, as you were testing XP I decided to test W7.

 

Fusion5 RT Gold on W7 32 Bit standby HTPC. (Desktop system)

 

Connected my Fusion5 RT GOLD for the first time to my new antenna system (See my profile). I got 102 programs vs 102 for the Fusion7Dual on my active HTPC.

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Results were the same but a little different for Fusion5 RT Gold on W7 32 Bit!

 

KKPX 65.1 RF 41 lasted ~ 15 seconds before aborting.

 

KKPX 65.96 Airbox aborted immediately.

 

A computer restart was all that was necessary to restore Fusion.

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The Fusion7Dual is a real looser, I may put the Fusion5 RT Gold in my active HTPC.

 

So it's not only the OS type but the type of tuner card.

 

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Larry, can you just restart your computer or do you have to do the elaborate process I must do with the Fusion7Dual?

 

SHF

You're right, it does make sense that the tuner model would affect this behavior, because each one uses a different driver and--sad to say--my impression is that the authors of the later models' drivers were actually less experienced than the previous authors due to high company turnover.