TV@anywhere Master locks up

Just purchased a new TV@anywhere Master 8606. The thing just does not work. There are two problems that make this card completely useless in my system:
1. MSIPVS constantly freezes. Sometimes it freezes the entire computer - even the mouse cursor won't move anymore. I have to hard reset the machine. This happens constantly. I've never had MSIPVS run for more than a minute or two.
1. The MSIPVS application only finds half the channels. I have an external antenna and my reception is near perfect. All channels display perfectly on a TV using the same cable and arial point. I even tried another brand of TV card and all channels worked perfectly.
For the channels that it does find, the image quality is poor.
The machine I am using is a new P4 2.4 Ghz machine with hyperthreading CPU. Maybe MSI's software has trouble with these new CPUs?

I use a TV@nywhere master on and AMD AthlonXP PC with minimal problems. I have heard of others with P4s have simular problems to yourself.
The Drivers and MSIPVS do need to be fixed as there are definite problems especially if you try to use tuner with any other software. The Tuner on board the TV@nywhere master is very new and does not seamed to be suported correctly by any software I have tried. I must admit that I have minimal problems with MSIPVS but the tuner drivers are not satifactory. I can state that this card has exceptional quality on capture from good sources and a great display when TV is played via Svideo or Composite-in using either Dscaler or ChrisTV.
I did have problems getting the MS-8606 Audio drivers to install initally but once I had manually installed them there were no more problems. Maybe worth checking that the drivers have been installed. In Device Manger you should see references to;
MSI 8606 Audio Capture
MSI 8605 Crossbar
MSI 8606 Tuner
MSI 8606 Video Capture
if any of these are missing or you have a yellow exclaimation mark next to them, either re-install the drivers and/or try moving the card to another PCI slot but do not use the slot next to the AGP slot. Some machines are very fussy as to which PCI a TV card will work in.

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What MSI should do to fix MSI TV Anywhere Master !

able Of Content for below email:
1) context
2) essentials on how-to definitively fix MSI TV Anyhwere Master while natively recovering your customers long-term trusting in MSI logo.
- - - - - -DETAILS:
1) My neighbors have recently bought 2 pieces MSI - TV Anywhere Master tuner cards by following my latest advices.
They both are students engaged by few media tasks in our campus to provide internal training by video samples and news broadcasts in local areas.
One of them told me his intention to even start some anti-MSI virtual campaigns through world-wide forums against your product as a reasoned revenge for huge effort with no results during lot of time-loossing trials to setup, stabilize and properly use your MSI proprietary software and drivers (MSIPVS-WinDVR) delivered by with this product's original package.
Now they claim as many others found on alike forums, all money back and tens hours stress compensations from proximate shopping center cause these MSI tuner cards not working as they thought while comparing MSI product with other's alike. It seems that MSI duped its long-term customers.
They tested on both licensed and updated Windows 98 SE and latest Windows XP Pro (latest service packs included) but received undesirable results that we will compact them as below to suggest you what and how to fix it.
2) Best ways to fix it :
I. redesign all its drivers to include that MSI "secret" proprietary strings-keys requested to keep full activated your TV Anywhere Master card (CX23881-19 chipset) anytime for any other tuner/capture application (other 3rd party software like ChrisTV Pro, DScaler, PowerVCR, Virtual VCR /freeware!!!)
Currently, all these better featured applications can setup and recognize most of your competitors alike cards (based on new 10-bit CX2388x chipset) but not yours MSI Anywhere !
It is worst way to freeze by default your customers expectations and usage development!
So, unlock your card by new drivers really compatible with Microsoft OSs so, nobody will complain anymore against MSI hurried & unfinished or less-featured products due to any software related issues!
Remind that you are one of greatest HARDWARE producer not SOFTWARE, so, better provide what you are to provide! Let others much more trained for software purposes to do it and to compete among themselves while getting much more freely alternatives to promote your cards to an wider range of users with different skills and interests.
II. redesign MSIPVS-WinDVR's setup panel to recognize and include any codec previously installed in the system during its launching, like your competitors' above software already done it successfully ! Mostly focus on DivX for video and MP3 for sound and alike codecs which are mostly used and available today everywhere (>70%!) both licensed and freeware releases, comparing with those obsolete MPEG files! There is no need to train yourself by own software cause you better ask people like Chris(TV Pro) to do it for you much better and cheaper! Forgot about MPEG2 and MPEG4(yours!) cause are for nothing ! Your MPEG4 not works on others PCs while MPEG2 is no use for most customers due to large resources requirement with even lower performances than an very well-settled DivX, which needs ten times lower space!!
Go DivX 5x and MP3 for any software based encoding purposes is the only target for your recording settings panel!
Also for Win Producer /Win Coder which can not not administer DivX and MP3 correctly. (ask VirtualDub to replace it cause it is working infinitely better!)
III. channel settings and scanning must be also redesigned to get more stable and transparent to the user: add a new column with its channel frequency and a real working stable control to FINE tuning and SAVE.
Finally, BEST is to setup a dedicated text file to save and launch all configurations within. Anytime when push APPLY or SAVE, to write something in that file and then to read from there instead of use usually unstable system registry dynamic records. In the same way, customer who want to fix something or really save their settings to preserve your cards and applications for unexpected failures, development etc, will be able to adjust on his own risk some settings which were not correctly settled by the application etc.
This is to provide much more reliability to this card usage and to compensate potential bugs in future releases.
IV. Provide an interface like above (III) to the enduser who mostly demands to reconfigure remote control unit which is now too poor and not include essential controls like start/stop recording etc. All remote controls to be written in a text file at also enduser disposal to modify shortcuts in order to reallocate remote control buttons to another panel controls etc.
V. MSI-Radio tuner must have channel name (retrieved from FM table settings) displayed under the frequency and much more selectivity and real correct scanner (not use that "less stations" control). It could be very demanded a wider range scanning from 30 MHz up to 110 MHz for many other locations.
Both for TV channels (see MSI-PVS to provide full tuning all frequencies including manually settings each channel!)
If it is hard to do it for Windows 98 release, provide them for XP at least but inside a better structured website than now. In the present there are still many confusings and no stable procedure (that provided on the original CD has lot of bugs and missings risking to freeze the system!) regarding from where to download updates (too many different addresses to discover inside MSI-support site). MSI TV Anywhere Master must have its own unique sub-site with all updates downloads included in the same page, both for drivers and for applications! Also is a must to include WDM MS-8606 drivers instead of current ones to not receive anymore that error "nVIDIA WDM universal Capture" not found.
Please email me and my neighbor marcellino
([email protected]) when demands described above will get fixed !
Thank you in advance and wishing MSI good lock for better results!
Regards,
TekSam & marcellino
([email protected])

Exactly my thoughts.
Probably they're even too affraid to give us some answers about how, what and where.
I had a previous descussion about an MSI mb that wouldn't accept a 40GB Maxtor hd. My asus mb didn't have a problem with detecting it.
Their reply was to flash to the latest bios version, which I already wrote that I did that in my e-mail to them.
A friend of mine had the same MSI mb, guess what??? same problem. His Dell pc, no problem.
Wrote back to MSI, waiting for 3 years now , never received an e-mail. (wrote a couple of reminders).
I now bought this tv nowhere card and I have the same problem as many people have.... alot of sh*t .... and not working. No refund, 0 support, users must help other users to solve certain issues, ---> 10 clean versions of winXP and hours and hours of stress
This will be the last MSI product that I will EVER buy.

TV Anywhere Master Installation instructions combined with WinProducer

Installation of MSI TV Anywhere Master on Windows XP SP1, DX9 (Should work on other installations but tested on this.)
First, before beginning go to http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/driver/dvr/spt_dvr_ten.php?UID=193 and download the new driver package. You will need to run the executable and extract it to a folder before proceeding.
UN-INSTALLATION
Before proceeding you need to uninstall all of the software that came with the TV Anywhere Master. Below are instructions on how to do this.
WinProducer Un-installation
Now, open Add/Remove Programs. Locate InterVideo WinProducer and remove it, it will request you to reboot, go ahead. Allow it to remove all files include locked files that it requests to do at next reboot. REBOOT
MSIPVS Un-installation
Reopen Add/Remove Programs and locate MSIPVS and remove. Allow it to remove all files include locked files that it requests to do at next reboot. REBOOT
MSI Radio Un-installation
Reopen Add/Remove Programs and locate MSI Radio and remove it. Allow it to remove all files include locked files that it requests to do at next reboot. REBOOT
TV Tuner Driver Un-Installation IMPORTANT!
Reopen Add/Remove Programs and locate and remove TV Tuner Drivers. These are the drivers for your TV Tuner even if they don’t say MSI! REBOOT
Now you are ready to proceed with the installation.
INSTALLATION
Installation of MSI TV Anywhere Master on WinXP
TV Tuner Drivers
Locate the folder you extracted the drivers downloaded from the link above and run “PVSSetup”. Follow all onscreen instructions. REBOOT
WinProducer Installation
WinProducer needs to be installed next because of a file incompatibility with MSIPVS.
Insert the CD InterVideo WinProducer / WinCoder. Follow the onscreen instructions to reinstall. REBOOT
MSIPVS and MSI Radio Installation
Insert the CD Labeled InterVideo MSIPVS.
In the AutoRun make sure you Select MSIPVS, NOT the drivers. If you select the drivers you will have to start over by removing the software again.
Follow the onscreen instructions and during the install when it encounters a locked file select “reboot”. Once completed reboot the system.
You should be all set now! Have fun….. If this doesn’t work on your system please let me know your config and what problems you are still having….
Thanks,
Larry (digitaldreams)

Note: NTSC region, FFDSHOW set to accept raw video, output just about anything, de-interlace set to ffmpeg (seems better than 5-pass or TomsMoComp; any attempt to link in a DScaler .dll crashes the player) resize and sharpen (to your display res, set "No Aspect Ratio Correction), "Experimental" method (much less load than Lanczos, which is slightly better) 1.60 for both luma and chroma.
1. Load MPC, click on File>Open Device>Select "Conexant 2388x Video Capture", click OK. If necessary, View>Capture to get control frame.
2. Play>Filters>Conexant 2388x Video Capture>MSI 8606 Crossbar>drop Output Menu>select Video Decoder Out (this turns on the Apply button)>Tick Link Related Streams>Click Apply Button (and voila, sound)>Click OK to exit.
2a. Play>Filters>MSI TV Audio>Set Channels and Language (seems to be a one-time only requirement).
3. Play>Filters>MSI 8606 Tuner>(set country code, tuning mode, input & video standards if necessary) change channel once via filter keypad or up/down arrows (seems necessary to get pageUp/Down keys to be recognized).
4.Play>Filters>Conexant 2388x Video Capture>Properties (make sure Video Standard under Video Decoder tab is correct)>Video Proc Amp>Set to personal preferences (I like Sharpness at max setting, you may find it 'grainy').
5. Usually, the tuner output reverts to RGB16; FFDSHOW (for me, anyway) seems to need YUY2. Then crank the horizontal & vertical res to max, click on "Set".
6. Close the Capture frame, adjust image window size, position to your liking (alt+enter toggles fullscreen - doubleclicking the image usually locks everything up).
Simple eh? Worth it? Your decision. Not quite DScaler, but close.
Channel selection by keyboard is only next/previous (and opposite that of MSIPVS). Channel jumps can only be done by the filter. (Right click on image if you are in full screen (and if you are simply watching TV, you can drag the filter window down and offscreen).
And there are all sorts of weirdness - you never know what settings will "stick" from one time to the next. Haven't been successful in getting it to record, and after playing around with some other recording programs, I now have this echo (or even echo/echo) sound (I have to TURN OFF the line input to the sound card to get rid of it, yet the line input volume slider still has effect).
It's a great time waster.

Error in the SMTP log of the mail service regarding "master.lock"

I am getting the following error in the SMTP log of the mail service, Anybody might have any suggestions:
postfix/master[87670]: fatal: open lock file /var/lib/postfix/master.lock: cannot open file: Permission denied.
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-rw------- 1 _postfix mail 33 Jul 7 10:25 master.lock
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TV@anywhere master huge problem

I have the TV@anywhere master and when i am changing the channel ( after a few times) the comp friezes

Just to make sure I understand. It is your computer that freezes, not the TV tuner program. And you have the problem in at least one TV tuner program other than MSIPVS. PowerVCR is also freezing. Again it is not your computer that is freezing but the TV tuner programs.
You did not answer the question: did you install the CD software or did you install the software from the MSI site?
If you did install the software from the MSI site and the tuner programs are freezing, check if the TV tuner drivers (MSI 8606 Video/Audio Capture) are sharing an IRQ with another major component (example video / audio card, ignore USB controllers). In Windows you can do this using the MSInfo32.exe program. If the IRQ of the tuner driver is shared, move the TV Tuner to another PCI slot.
If you did not install the software from the MSI site, download the MS-8606 files and install them.

Where is thet *.dll (TV Anywhere Master)

I look... but didnt find any message about anyone having problem with Windows ME and driver for TV Anywhere Master.
I cant stand that Im the only one who have problem with drivers on Win ME, simply reports that cant find tsbyds.dll or tsbyd something.dll I cant remember right now.
On Win XP with or without SP1 work just fine....

I cant beleve that no one have problem with missing TSBYUV.DLL when they are instaling drivers on Win ME.
Nevermind, thanks for the support.... I will find solution my self.

How to use master locks in a process chain with planning sequence

Hi,
when I start a process chain which contains a planning sequence there is no master lock set. The chain stops and I get the message "Data in InfoProvider XYZ is locked by user TIMMAY". What can i do to enable the master locks?
Thanks for your help!

Hello,
When a planning sequence is triggered via process chain system first first tries to set a normal lock and if this is possible, these selections are stored as master locks and then the normal locks are released.
In your case if some data is already locked by another user the lock conflict will occur in teh first step only where system tries to create a normal lock before creating master locks.
If Administrator wants to trigger the process chain he should ask other users to come out of the planning layouts so that all the locks are released and then trigger the chain and after this the system will set the master locks. Packaging in planning sequence process type won't help in setting master locks even if the data is locked by other user.
Also, after master locks are deleted in RSPLSE, the transaction data remains protected by normal data locks during runtime. Nevertheless, without master locks it is no longer guaranteed that parts of planning sequences can be carried out without encountering lock conflicts with other users.
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Tv anywhere master... till when?...

Hello everybody and excuse my english...
I have a tv anywhere master card and i'm getting tire of it... (i think i'm going to get a tv tuner card based on ATI's new Theater 550 Pro processor either POWERCOLOR or another brand... NOT Msi...)
the reason as you all can guess is the DRIVER/SOFTWARE problem... (even with these you can tell that the hardware is pretty good)
for example this hissing sound the card makes when windows starts... the best we can do is to change the input source to aux instead of line in in order to get it muted when the OS is booting, ppl for me that is a solution if someone give the card for free, not for something i paid for...
the issue is supposed to be related with the Crossbar Driver... well when you see the beta driver the AUDIO and VIDEO capture driver are new but the TV TUNER and the CROSSBAR driver are the same problematic drivers of almost 2 years ago... (this is supposed to be fixed in the beta drivers... well i still had the problem...)
anyway i installed the beta drivers and had to install the old ones again because the image gets grainy and in general of lower quality...
well this is what i wanted to share my thoughts with you guys
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And you tried the new drivers here https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=77045.0

TV anywhere master: remote don't work, radio program will not run

Hi
I hope someone can help
A new pc with TV anywhere Master...
Specks
here http://www.esmannoglundsteen.dk/Report.htm
Tv works fine
1: remote vwill not work!
2: Radio program keeps chrashing after install, meaning it installs fine, but when I try to run it it stops and then " do you want to file an errorreport to microsoft" - I did dl the new version!
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Denmark

Quote from: Dr Stu on 05-July-05, 05:24:01
more questions!
why do you use the cd analog audio lead? if you are using Windows 98SE or late, windows supports Digital Audio Extraction, whereby it reads CD audio data digitally through IDE connection, so you can throw that darn silly grey wire away now
are you using a USB card or bracket? they are moveable, you know
you say you press the FM button to start the radio program. what happens if you manually launch the radio player yourself?
Hi Dr Stu
About the CD analog audio lead: Ohh no if you knew how much trouble I went to to get the sound working in the first place - the lead is (was) the reason I got sound on the TV part! Please don't ask me to take it out!! :-) (As it is now - with the new software I have to choose "line in" [apply] then "CD" [apply] to get sound] But- hey - sound is good on a TV
I know the bracket is moveable - sure - but after all this fuss - I am not at all sure it's worth it - just to get the radio working.
If I launch the radio manually - it's the same " do you want to report to MS" and all that.
Kind regards
Morten

[TV@Master] Fly like a bird with tv@anywhere Master (finally a great sofware!!!)

Finally!
After hours and hours of searching a good software for tv@anywhere master, trying of new drivers (didn't work - only color noise) - I grabbed my original installation CD with ancient drivers (setupdrv.exe dated 22.5.2003!!!) and installed the FLY2000TV (30-day trial).
Voila!!!!
Great picture on my 39 catv programmes, noise reduction, great deinterlacing, separate controls for each channel, etc. - perfect russian job!
MOREOVER - the FM radio works great too! (forget about that crappy MSI radio app.)
All of you folks crying for a great soft - erase your MSI PVS and go for FLY2000TV!
AND! your tiny cute remote control is supported as well! But also Winamp and system shut down (3-function) using MSIremote application written by a great man. Grab it! http://major.aspweb.cz/
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i Pentium 4 2.8 GHz/533 FSB
512 MB DDRAM
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Sony combo drive+LG dvd
SB Live value
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MSI tv@nywhere master

-> alexcad
Great! This really works for me!
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I would use the button lock material to lock fields of a material in material master.
Do you know what are authorization for this so that I can assign it only to some users?
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I have made a copy of the role SAP_ISR_MATERIAL_DISPLAY and I have changed some setting in order to hide some views of the Material Master for the user. It has worked finally but doing this the user doesn't have authorization for other Transactions Code of WM like LS24, LT*, etc... So, I guess, I have to merge some roles and/or authorizations or I have to create an own role to pack everything I want for this user. Anyway, this is another issue...
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how can I lock a field in the material master so that it will not possible for the user to change its value ?
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Alternate You can do.
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K7D Master Lock on memory test (even with corsair)

This has been a big problem and we're considering replacing the board with the Tyan 2466 which is rock-solid with a similar configuration. I've had good experience with MSI's consumer products but unfortunately this board is a nightmare.
It has the common lock-up on memory detection error. But i've tried just about every fix i've seen mentioned. Here's the specifications:
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I don't know if this is happing with the Nivida chip sets or not or even if it will help I installed mine with a ATI PCI with SDRAM video card and had no problems.
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Setup problem tv@anywhere-master

HAVE RE-LOADED TV@ANYWHERE, RADIO WORKS FINE CANNOT SET UP FOR TV, CANNOT SET CABLE
AND CANNOT SET US. ALWAYS GOES BACK TO COMPOSITE, ANTENNA AND GOES BACK TO AFGHANISTAN
I CAN SET THE NTSC BUT THAT IS ALL THAT STAYS IN THE SETUP. AM I MISSING A DRIVER
TWO MONTHS AGO IT WORKED FINE HAD TO RELOAD EVERYTHING, AM USING WIN98SE NEVER COULD GET THE REMOTE
TO WORK BUT DON'T USE IT ANYWAY, I CAN I GET IT TO WORK IN USA/CABLE/NTSC/TV

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have you read through the sticky, as this has been covered several times before

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