Leadtek Winfast TV2000XP Deluxe Crashing...

[paruhd0x]

Alright, Ive had it with this thing... I'm down to my last straw before I roof test this paperweight. Everytime I load the software to view TV it crashes saying it encountered a problem and needs to close. Maybe once every 20 tries of loading the program it'll run and show tv fine for 5 minutes then the same error happens and has to close. Ive tried EVERY driver Leadtek offers. Truthfully my question is, does anyone know how to resolve this? And if not... what is a good quality TV tuner card that has all the features this one has?

P.S. I am running Windows XP and have the latest video card drivers and direct x.

 

[dpm]

I had the exact same problem yesterday. The fix turned out to be pretty simple.

Do you have the klite codec pack installed? Uninstall it from Add/ Remove programs and see if the PVR runs. (It may run but warn of a missing file - I think it was xvid.dll or something, but ignore this).

If it runs then you can now reinstall the klite codec pack, but VERY IMPORTANT, choose not to install the two AAC entries - ones called AAC directshow parser and the others called... AAC something else, I forget. Install any of the other componants you want and run the PVR again, to test that it works.

Hope this helps

 

[paruhd0x]

I did not have the k-lite divx pack on my system so I tried installing it with the AAC entries then uninstalling and reinstalling without the AAC entries hoping that it would remove whatever some other divx pack I installed had put on my computer... but it is still doing the same thing.

Any more ideas?

 

[dpm]

hmm. I read somewhere that disabling the WDM crossbar (whatever the hell that does) in the device manager might help. That was going to be my next try, because I had difficulties installing that driver from the leadtek cd anyway.

If that doesn't work, then, assuming that its some kind of conflict with a codec, specifically AAC directshow, then I think you can check what codecs you've got installed in device manager too. Perhaps you have installed some other codec pack that causes a similar issue.

good luck

 

[paruhd0x]

Aha! The crossbar thing seems to be working... what exactly am I missing by this being disabled?

 

[dpm]

I've not the faintest clue what the crossbar does, to be honest. A quick search on google comes up with two definitions;

"a switching circuit that creates multiple point-to-point connections. Also referred to as ?<I>n </I>x<I> n</I> switch,? or ?<I>n</I>-by-<I>n</I> switch?; it keeps <I>n</I> items communicating at full-speed with <I>n</I> other items."

and

"A switch having multiple vertical and horizontal paths and a means for interconnecting any one of the vertical paths within any one of the horizontal paths"

But I'm still none the wiser. Do a quick runthrough of the playing and recording functions and see if everything works.

Btw, make sure you are using the latest version of Leadtek's PVRs program from their US website - I had an older version from the EU website, and it didn't have four-way channel surf, or teletext support.

Glad its working, anyway.

 

[Slikkster]

Here's LeadTek's official procedure for getting around the Crossbar issue, without having to disable it. A bit of "Engrish", but easy enough to follow:


: Why my system crash on the crossbar driver every time as I install WinFast TV2000 XP from the CD-ROM wizard?
A: Please do following procedure:

1.) After install DirectX 9, remove the current driver and application [Leadtek drivers/PVR APP] from Add/Remove program (find under control panel). If it does not allow you to remove the items, just
leave it. It will fix itself after we complete the entire installation.

2.) Check under device manager, remove all the WinFast TV2000 XP related items.

3.) Leave the driver CD in the CD drive, then restart the system.

4.) When windows boot up, the "Found New Hardware Wizard" should pop up. Use
the Wizard and select "Install from a list or specific location(Advanced)".
Next, select "Include this location in the search" and use the "Browse"
function to point to the Driver CD. Point the directory to "WinFast TV\DRV\"
then next. Keep repeat step

5.) until all the devices driver are installed.

6.) After installed all driver, you will be back to your desktop. Go into
the Drive CD. Go into folder "WinFast TV\AP" Then run the Setup.exe to
install the application.

7.) after all application are installed, restart the system.

This should allow you to install the driver and application program for the
TV 2000 XP - Deluxe under all version of Win XP.

 

[dpm]

I followed that FAQ to get the crossbar driver installed (I downloaded the newer driver off the web, rather than use the one on the CD) but while that let me install the card, it still wouldn't let me use the PVR, just the radio.

I found the instructions on reinstalling the k-lite pack on the same FAQ page, and that fixed it for me, but i've read on other forums of people who this didn't work for, like with paruhd0x

 

[JImmyK]

I still have to keep crossbar disabled and I cant change sources tried everything, and 3 different driver versions