Well, finally I've gotten my PVR-250 working with SAGE. Both Sage and PVR-250 are picky as to teh order of hte application installation. At least it was for me. I've had to rebuild my Windows XP machine 3 times to get it working correctly.
Install XP - Go to Windows update and get All Critical and Recommended updates (DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE DRIVERS FROM MICROSOFT - PERIOD. That goes for NIC Drivers, VIA Drivers, etc... It's a BAD , BAD Thing. (This was hte first time I was forced to rebuild).
Load Motherboard Drivers, if needed. Get the ones from your MB Manufacturer !!
Install latest drivers for the PVR-250. Up till this point it was an Unknown device in Device Manager
Install FFDSHOW, Quicktime, Adobe Acrobat Reader, and other DVD software. ALso, Load DVD/CD Burner software. heck Load everything else up EXCEPT THE PVR-250 and SAGE Software !!!!
Install the PVR-250 software (except the driver on the CD). Just run each application individually, DON'T RUN SETUP.EXE !!! (This was the Third time I had rebuild).
Last but not least - Install SageTV, Configure, and use.
All the other times I installed I was getting MPEG2 Errors, Freezing Video, Broken Sound, No sound, etc... This last time, works like a charm. Thanks for the clear insrtuctions.... Just kidding...It was partly an I/O ERROR (Idiot Operator), or an I-D-10-T Error LOL
Install XP - Go to Windows update and get All Critical and Recommended updates (DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE DRIVERS FROM MICROSOFT - PERIOD. That goes for NIC Drivers, VIA Drivers, etc... It's a BAD , BAD Thing. (This was hte first time I was forced to rebuild).
Load Motherboard Drivers, if needed. Get the ones from your MB Manufacturer !!
Install latest drivers for the PVR-250. Up till this point it was an Unknown device in Device Manager
Install FFDSHOW, Quicktime, Adobe Acrobat Reader, and other DVD software. ALso, Load DVD/CD Burner software. heck Load everything else up EXCEPT THE PVR-250 and SAGE Software !!!!
Install the PVR-250 software (except the driver on the CD). Just run each application individually, DON'T RUN SETUP.EXE !!! (This was the Third time I had rebuild).
Last but not least - Install SageTV, Configure, and use.
All the other times I installed I was getting MPEG2 Errors, Freezing Video, Broken Sound, No sound, etc... This last time, works like a charm. Thanks for the clear insrtuctions.... Just kidding...It was partly an I/O ERROR (Idiot Operator), or an I-D-10-T Error LOL