TV@nywhere Master (MS-8606) + its programs

hi i did something stupid. i have lost all the cds that came bundled with the TV@nywhere Master (MS-8606). now after a format of my hard drive, i can not use the tv tuner. anybody got any clues where to find all the software, including the software? PLEASE?????

there are two stickies at the top of this forum, one has unofficial new drivers for the Master card, and another has new test MSIPVS
if you don't feel that brave, then the original drivers and software can be found on the TV@nywhere Download page on the MSI website. however i suggest you still at least use the unofficial drivers as they fix several common issues.
and if you can't remember the serial key for the MSIPVS software (handily printed on CD), MSI PVS install requires serial number
good luck!

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Can TV @nywhere master (ms-8606) be used in China Mainland

I bought the TV @nywhere master (ms-8606) from the united states because i know that 8606 can support NTSC and PAL automatically( your web introduced).
But it can not work now (in china),can not find out channel (radio is normal), i don't know it is hardware or software problem. I want to know whether 8606 has different hardware version for different country. Such as NTSC version for north american, pal-d for china. Or something worng with MSI PVS's setting, or something else.
I am very hurried.
thank you very much!

The chip on board is cx23883-17. Does cx23883 support NTSC only??
Why somebody can use it in UK(pal-i)?
There are two jumper-like circuit on board, one is NTSC the other is PAL. the NTSC position is short linked by a 0-ohm element. And i changed it to PAL, it does not work yet!!
The tv@nywhere master sell in UK is linked at NTSC or PAL? Can somebody take a picture for me? I greatly appreciate your help!
thank you!
i am in Dalian China

TV @nywhere Master (MS-8606) Problem w/remote!

some how evry thing expet the remote works great video and stereo sound, but the remote ;( it sends singnals example i can turn MSIPVS on/off but i cant change channel with the arrows also same thing with the volume but the nummerpad works (1-9), the Mute button dosnt work, Fullscreen dosnt work, Function works etc etc, anyone know if there are any patches? if there are i dont seem to find them on there support nor the forum.
Sorry for my bad english ;P
Best regards
Yuz

hmm i seem to fix the Volume problem maybe its just my SW...
but if you have the same problem go to the file RemtCtrl.ini in your WinCinemaMgr.exe folder example "C:Program FilesInterVideoCommonBin"
Make BACKUP of your ORGINAL RemtCtrl.ini if your gonna recode.
Code
Volume Fix:
Orginal//
RemoteKey1B=0x001B,Vol +,CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+UP,CTRL+ALT+UP
RemoteKey1F=0x001F,Vol -,CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+DOWN,CTRL+ALT+DOWN
MyVersion//
RemoteKey1B=0x001B,Vol +,UP,UP
RemoteKey1F=0x001F,Vol -,DOWN,DOWN
Mute Fix:
Orginal//
RemoteKey0C=0x000C,Mute,CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+M,CTRL+ALT+M
MyVersion//
RemoteKey0C=0x000C,Mute,M,M
Note: You have to reload "WinCinemaMgr.exe" to read your edited "RemtCtrl.ini"
The only buttons left for me are the Channel arrows it dosnt seem to work the same way as Mute and Volume

MSI Tv @nywhere Master (MS-8606) Little Problem w/Video

hmm ive notice somthing wrong with my Video... i took two screen shots to show
http://yuz.p5.org.uk/video01.jpg
if anyone knows the cause or a fix please tell me
Best Regards
Yuz

Patience Yuz this forum has no input from MSI so you have to wait until someone, somewhere else in the world is awake.
Regards to MSIPVS yes it is awful and there has been quite some discussion within this section of the forum and the survey section as to the problems with this software. It is not only MSIPVS that is at fault the drivers also need some work. On some PC`s MSIPVS causes crashes but by far the biggest complaint is the poor display. Also MSIPVS or the card/drivers not sure which, will not remember it`s locale, every time it is started it will go back to the default in my case it seams to be PAL_B and some times to NTSC my locale is the UK and the TV setting should be PAL_I but getting to stay on PAL_I is a big problem. It makes it hard to schedule a recording as it will probably start in the wrong format. I agrre with you that feeware software is better than MSIPVS.
Thanks to your previous post I can confirm that you have sorted the remote`s missing functions.
Now all we need to get the drivers and MSIPVS sorted.

MSI TV@nywhere MASTER PCI TV Tuner card FAQ

So you’ve just decided to add a MSI TV@nywhere Master card to your PC, you’re gonna need some help installing it then!! Before you continue, I recommend you download the Unofficial New Drivers in the other sticky, to avoid any heart (and brain!) ache.
For best results also, you should be running at least DirectX 8.1. This is included on the driver CD, or you can download the latest version from Microsoft's DirectX Page. If you have a P4 which supports Hyperthreading, you will also need at least Windows XP SP2, otherwise you will have to disable hyperthreading in BIOS.
You should also be in the habit of having the latest drivers for your video card, audio card and motherboard chipset; this can also avoid any future TV software failure. And make sure you regularly run Windows Update (or use the Automatic Update feature) to keep your Windows clean and up-to-date. And also remember when installing new drivers or software, if the installer suggests you restart the computer then do so, before you install anything else! Drivers not installing correctly are common causes of problems, especially with this card!
INSTALLING THE HARDWARE
I’m presuming you’re familiar with the concepts of building and upgrading PCs, so I won’t go into too much detail on obvious stuff (like “remove the side panel of your case, locate a free PCI slot…”).
Fit the TV@nywhere Master card into a free PCI slot. If you didn’t get one with it, you’ll need a CD-audio lead from somewhere (the thin grey lead). If you have one connected between your CD drive and your soundcard CD-Audio In connector, then use that, any version of Windows after 98 supports digital audio extraction, so it is not needed there now. Connect one end of the audio lead to the 4 pin header on the TV@nywhere card and the other to the AUX input on your soundcard (or motherboard if using onboard). If you are installing the Mega TV Tuner in a Mega series barebones, connect it to the TV audio input on the mainboard to the rear. Don’t worry about using the 3.5mm jack plug lead to connect tv card audio, we don’t need it now, doing it this way.
CONNECTING YOUR TV SIGNAL
Depending on your global location, this may vary. Either way you need to connect either a aerial (ANTENNA) or cable (CABLE) to the CATV connector on the card. Someone will no doubt clarify this for me, but cable is for US-type cable, which doesn’t need a decoder box. Most people will be using the Antenna I’m guessing. Your choice of CABLE or ANTENNA needs to be remembered, you’ll need this later.
You will not be able (or have limited success) in connecting a video recorder or set-top box to the CATV connector. Instead you will need to use the Composite or S-Video connector, and connect the audio source either directly to the soundcard or to the Line-in on the TV card.
INSTALLING THE DRIVER
Don’t use the driver on the CD. Download the latest driver from the MSI download page. If you are a Mega series user, make sure that Windows has been installed onto the C: drive. If not you’ll have to reinstall, and disable the USB controller in BIOS to prevent the card readers becoming the C: and D: drives. This also causes problems later.
I would advise temporarily disabling any anti-virus programs at this point, to avoid any complications.
When you start up after first installing the card, cancel any Found New Hardware wizards that appear. OK, so extract the contents of the downloaded ZIP, and run the PVSSetup.exe file to install the drivers. Once this is complete, RESTART your PC and the drivers will be installed for the new hardware found.
Check in Device Manager, there should be four new hardware listed under Sound, Video and Game Controllers related to MS8606. If you see any with the (?) next to them, you might need to try the card in another slot.
INSTALLING THE MSIPVS TV SOFTWARE
If you wish to use other TV recording software other than MSIPVS then please feel free to do so.
MSI do not make their own software. At least not all the time. MSIPVS is a rebranded version of Intervideo’s WinDVR software, with extra features added such as network streaming for TV@nywhere. Some people love it. Lots of people hate it. Generally most people who have posted here hate it. People who love it tend not to post if they don't have problems. The people that hate it generally mess initial settings up, which can cause problems when they try to change it. The more patient of us will always get it eventually right!
Install the MSIPVS software. Easy as that. Its setting it up correctly that’s the tricky part. Listed below are the main things to look for when performing initial setup. If you are unsure about anything else then read the manual! Only a complete genius would dare install any unfamiliar hardware without having the manual handy for reference - how do you suppose I learnt anything?
Device
Video Input:
"Device" is always the Conexant Cx2388x Video Capture"
"Source" - select TV if you are connecting your signal to the CATV connector (antenna or cable), select S-Video or Composite if using these instead
"Standard" - set this to your local TV standard, eg if in UK set to "PAL-I". if unsure, do a Google search and find out!!
If you don't set these correctly you won't receive any channels and/or they will appear incorrectly.
Audio Input:
"Device" will be your soundcard or onboard audio device
"Source" will be the connector your TV card audio output is connected to, this will be "TV" on Mega series, otherwise check!! If you connected the internal lead to AUX on your soundcard or mobo, then set it to "AUX". If you used external lead to connect to Line-In, this will be "Line-in" etc etc.
If you don't set these correctly you may or may not hear audio while watching live TV, and you will hear no audio on recorded TV.
TV
Tuner:
"Input" will be Antenna if you have an aerial connected, or Cable if you are connected to unencoded cable TV.
"Country or Region" - if need to explain this one then maybe you shouldn't have this card!
Channel
Now we will see if your settings and TV signal are good! Tick the Freescan box, and then click on Autoscan. This may take a while, and for a short time it may appear that the program is doing nothing. Patience! It will soon start, and then pick up any available channels it can find.
Make sure you have a good strong signal if you are using an aerial, otherwise TV@nywhere won’t pick up as many channels. UK viewers – just using a simple set-top aerial and signal booster, I could even receive Channel Five (or “five” as it is known now!)
So at this point now, if all has gone well, you should be able to watch and record TV on your PC! If it hasn't...

"I've lost my CDs and MSIPVS needs a serial number to install!"
MSI in their wisdom printed the serial key for MSIPVS on the actual CD. This serial key is the same printed on EVERY CD. Which kind of defeats the object in my humble opinion. Anyways, the answer can be found in this post: MSIPVS requires serial number!
"When installing MSIPVS, the program hangs then shows a message saying "remote procedure call failed" "
If you are a Mega user, you have installed Windows onto a partition other than C:. You will need to reinstall Windows, making sure you disable USB controller in BIOS, so that the card readers do not take up C: and D: drives. Upon first restart (after Windows has created partition), you may re-enter BIOS and enable USB controller before Windows continues installing itself.
"MSIPVS installs, but when I start the application I get an error message "WinDVR has caused a problem and needs to shutdown" "
hpkuo credits this to sizzle in his hints and tips thread, but I'll elaborate a little. The problem is caused by QuickTime codecs installed by Nero 6.3.1.15. It is unclear whether later versions of Nero were fixed, but earlier versions should be okay. "A "quick fix" is to rename the files "NeQTADec.ax" and "NeQTVDec.ax" in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\DSFilter\"."
Another alternative suggestion is to uninstall the codecs from the registry. I found this solution in another forum for another TV card with same problem:
Go to Start > Run (or press Windows key + R) and enter:
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\DSFilter\NeQTADec.ax"
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\DSFilter\NeQTVDec.ax"
The only consequence seems to be that Nero Vision can’t decode Apple Quick time format after this (something I can live with)
If you do require QuickTime codecs to be installed, there is the Quicktime alternative available from here: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm . Or you could just use an earlier version of Nero.
PS if you are using a non-english setup of Windows, then the above paths will relate to how windows translates on your PC - ie subsitute Program Files etc for your local translation
"I have connected the external audio lead to the Line-In (blue) jack on my mobo, and set it correctly in MSIPVS, but I hear no TV sound"
If your mobo supports 5.1 speakers but only has three jacks on rear, the Line-in and Mic jacks have been configured to act as Rear Speaker and Center/Sub outputs. If you have only two speakers, they should be connected to the green Front Speaker jack. You will need to go into your audio hardware's configuration panel / Windows Audio Device Properties to correctly configure the rear jacks.
The other alternative is to use the internal audio connector - simply use a CD-audio lead to connect it to the AUX or CD internal connector on your mobo or soundcard. CD audio leads (the analog grey lead from your CD drive to the soundcard / mobo CD audio connector) are redundant now, as Windows now uses digital audio extraction through IDE channel. Make sure you set the audio signal correctly in MSIPVS to match this.
"When I start up Windows I can hear a hissing like "static" / the radio is playing"
One issue that was fixed in the latest Drivers; if that still doesn't work then the Radio volume is not muted at Windows startup. I'll let hschroed take over here:
"Both MSI Radio and MSI PVS, unmute the TV card at program start, and mute the TV card at SUCCESSFUL program exit (remember we are not talking about the soundcard mixer state here). What this means is as long as a single program start and a single SUCCESSFUL program exit takes place, the TV card tuner will be muted, regardless of what the soundcard mixer audio source states are. If the PC is rebooted (without a PC power-off), for whatever reason, while the MSI Radio or MSI PVS program is executing (a successful exit has not been performed), the TV card will remain in an unmuted state until the next startup and successful exit of either of the two programs.
The TV card mute/unmute status is carried over a reboot without PC power off. What this means is that after a PC power on, once the TV card has been properly muted by a start and successful exit of the MSI program, the TV card mute/unmute status should be in proper synchronization with the applications (regardless of the soundcard mixer status), as long as the PC is not powered off. (Romulus mentions computer coming out of standby. I did not test that scenario but I would expect that if going into standby means power is stopped to TV card, the effect would be similar to a PC power off)."
"My regular TV receives all 5 channels (even Channel Five!), but when I connect aerial to TV@nywhere I only get 3"
Common to all TV tuner hardware (not just MSI's!) is the need for a good strong signal. A moderate signal might appear okay on a regular domestic TV, but might not be strong enough for the TV tuner hardware. Consider investing in a good signal booster, or getting your aerial changed.
Consequently, I have also learned today that TOO strong a signal is bad for TV tuner cards, as soon as I know more I'll let you know...
"I have connected my VCR to the CATV connector, but it does not appear when autoscanning."
"I cannot receive any channels when I connect my Sky box to the RF (CATV) connector."
Thanks to a wonderful technology called "Macrovision" protection, many VCRs and satellite/cable boxes won't work in this way by connecting them using their RF output. Anyone who gets a result is very lucky. There's always the Composite and S-Video In connectors to try. But either way, the TV@nywhere card won't scan all their channels, you'll still have to change them manually.
"Windows XP Media Center says that my "tuner hardware is malfunctioning or not installed" but I have installed the latest TV@nywhere drivers from MSI"
Neither the Vox or the TV@nywhere cards are compatible with MCE2005. MCE2005 requires an analogue TV card capable of hardware MPEG2 encoding, or a software DVB-T (digital) card that already receives an MPEG2 video stream over-the-air.
You can however still use the Vox or the TV@nywhere using the MSIPVS software outside of the MCE2005 application.
"MSIPVS keeps defaulting my location back to Afghanistan, even though I set it to US / UK/ Sweden / Latvia / Kazahkstan"
You will need to reinstall the drivers and software due to a glitch. Uninstall MSIPVS and the tuner drivers (with its PVSSetup.exe setup program) then restart your PC, and ignore the Found New Hardware wizard. Install the tuner drivers with the PVSSetup.exe program, then restart your PC. Then install MSIPVS, restart your PC and you're good to go again!
"Where can I find these "Unofficial New Drivers" that people keep referring to here?"
The "Unofficial New (BETA) Drivers" became obsolete when MSI officially released them. You can find them on the Product Support page for this card, as they are now the latest drivers. MSI TV@nywhere Master product page
[Last edited 8th October 05 by Dr Stu]

Tv@nywhere Master Blue Screaning

Ok, got the Tv@nywhere Master a couple of weeks ago ad have had a blue screen error with it ever since. When shutting down/restarting/hibernating Windows just goes into a blue screen. The error says:
"IRQ_NOT_EQUAL_TOO_OR_LESS" or some sort. The error is pinpointed at the file: "cx88aud.sys". This problem is being caused by the TvAnywhere card. I have downloaded and installed the newest drivers and on my first restart it worked fine but when I went to restart or shut down this box it just started to blue screen again with the error.
I have searched through the Microsoft site and have came back with nothing that could fix the problem with a windows patch. The newest drivers dont seem to make a differance at all either. Has anyone else got this problem and/or know of a way to fix it.
Im running 2200xp, MSI K6 Delta, 1 gig Ram aand Audigy and CMedia [onboard] sound cards on a Windows XP Pro box. If it helps.
* Winters

I am also getting BSD when I run a program called Video Studio version 8.0. I didn't have this problem when I was running the onboard sound card, but when I upgraded to the Audigy 2 card, I get a BSD saying the CC88XBAR.sys has produced a page fault. I think it may be a conflict with the soundblaster drivers. Try removing you sound card and its drivers and try the TV@nywhere without it, just for troubleshooting. Good Luck

TV@nywhere Master

During startup static starts coming from TV@nywhere Master sounding like radio off station). After Win2k has finished loading, I can start either MSI Radio or MSIPVS and it will stop. The radio will also come on sounding normal (on previous station) after coming out of standby.
Attempts to correct this problem:
Uninstall / Reinstalled software several times
Downloaded new drivers, MSI Radio, MSIPVS from MSI Website and installed
Removed card and installed in different pci slot
About a month ago, I installed larger hdd (160gb) along with a fresh install
of Win 2k Pro sp4. I still have the same problem with this card.
Any help or solution will be greatly appreciated.

Romulus' recommendation is effective in a very specific situation. That situation being, that the soundcard/chip mixer setting for the TV card audio source is in fact in a muted state at system boot.
To clarify for any members that may look at this as a solution for similar problem, I will try to explain the relationship between the TV and soundcard/chip settings and the TV @nywhere Master programs. This explanation is based on tests I have done with Win XP SP1 and a Creative Audigy 2 soundcard. The test results may be different for other configurations. In my discussion I will refer to a soundcard but the discussion should also be relevant for a motherboard sound chip.
The TV @nywhere Master card has two audio out options. An external adapter for your soundcard external Line-In and an internal adapter, typically for the soundcard internal Aux-In. Whether or not the electrical characteristics of the TV card internal audio out is such that it can be used with an alternate soundcard audio-in such as the TAD input, was not tested.
The desirable connection between the TV card and the soundcard, is the internal one. This frees the soundcard Line-in for other use, and based on personal experience, the internal connection is less prone to picking up extraneous electrical noise (just my observation, I have no explanation).
There are actually two audio muting actions that take place in this configuration. If MSI Radio or MSIPVS are started and stopped normally, a command is issued to the tuner card (not the audio card mixer) to unmute/mute the radio or tv tuner audio. In this discussion I will refer to this as the tuner card mute/unmute. Subsequently, the soundcard mixer may receive an unmute/mute, depending on which program is being started/stopped. I will refer to this as the soundcard mute/unmute.
So here is where we run into a few of dilemas. First, the soundcard mute/unmute:
1. MSI Radio has no configuration settings to identify the TV card audio source. It assumes that the audio connection is through the soundcard external Line-in. Therefore any program manipulation of the soundcard mute/unmute is to the Line-in. You are out of luck if you connected TV card to soundcard Aux-in; you will have to manually unmute/mute that sound source.
2. MSI Radio takes a snapshot of the soundcard mixer CD, Line-in, Mic, and Aux mute/unmute states and restores ALL of them after a normal program exit. That means that if Line-in was already unmuted at program start, it will remain unmuted at program exit. Same with Aux-in.
3. MSI PVS has configuration settings to identify the TV card audio source, unfortunately, it does not (in my setup anyway) recognize the Aux-in source. Again, you are out of luck if you connected TV card to soundcard Aux-in. (MSI has not provided me with an explanation why the Aux-in of the Creative Audigy 2 is not recognized by MSI PVS. Other programs do not have the same problem.)
4. MSI PVS will unmute the TV card audio source identified in its configuration at the start of the program, but does not mute it on exit.
5. At system start, the Creative soundcard sets the audio source mute/unmute states to the what they were last before system shutdown. What this means is that whatever the state of mixer mute/unmute is as a result of points 1-4, that is what the state will be when Windows starts. (The exception being the Master volume. It is unmuted at system start no matter what the shutdown status was, but does get reset to the last state, later on in the start process, so there is a period were the TV card noise is heard after a power on.)
What 1 - 5 means is that you cannot rely on the MSI applications to mute the audio source at program exit, and you cannot rely on the TV card audio souce to be muted at system start.
Some observations of the TV card mute/unmute:
6. Both MSI Radio and MSI PVS, unmute the TV card at program start, and mute the TV card at SUCCESSFUL program exit (remember we are not talking about the soundcard mixer state here). What this means is as long as a single program start and a single SUCCESSFUL program exit takes place, the TV card tuner will be muted, regardless of what the soundcard mixer audio source states are. If the PC is rebooted (without a PC power-off), for whatever reason, while the MSI Radio or MSI PVS program is executing (a successful exit has not been performed), the TV card will remain in an unmuted state until the next startup and successful exit of either of the two programs.
7. The TV card mute/unmute status is carried over a reboot without PC power off. What this means is that after a PC power on, once the TV card has been properly muted by a start and successful exit of the MSI program, the TV card mute/unmute status should be in proper synchronization with the applications (regardless of the soundcard mixer status), as long as the PC is not powered off. (Romulus mentions computer coming out of standby. I did not test that scenario but I would expect that if going into standby means power is stopped to TV card, the effect would be similar to a PC power off).
What this all boils down to is that the perfect solution to this problem would be if the TV card default audio state at PC power up was mute, since there is no way to guarantee that the soundcard audio source state will be mute. I don't know if this requires a hardware patch or a change in the MSI drivers.
Another way would be to guarantee that the soundcard mixer audio source state is mute before system shutdown. The Creative mixer does not have a way to force audio source states at system start, it just resets the states to whatever they were at shutdown. This would suggest if a utility was automatically executed at shutdown to mute the soundcard audio source, maybe at system power-up, the state will be reset. If anyone is aware of such a utility, I would be interested. The ones that I have seen so far, mute only the Master volume, which as indicated above, is not sufficient.
The alternative is not to power off the PC.

Tv @nywhere Master w/ Vista Ultimate Driver help

I have Tv @nywhere Master and when i try to install the 'certified for windows vista drivers', it wont let me. I open up the rar file and then i click on setup and click next and then next and then an error pops up and it says 'system cannot detect the device on your computer, please make sure the device is connected properly'. I have tried taking it out of my desktop and putting it back in, ive tried uninstalling all of the drivers and reinstalling them, and ive tried opening up the driver folder and opening x86 folder and clicking on SetupDrv.exe and i get the same error... when i open up the setup on the x64 folder, i get an error that says "the version of this file is not compatible with the version of windows you're running. Check your computer's system information to see weather you need an x86(32-bit) or x64(64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher." I think i have tried just about everything... Any help is much appreciated...
My computer specs are...
amd athalon 64X2 Dual core processor 4800+,
3 Gig Ram
Nvidia GeForce 6150 SE Graphics
Windows Vista Ultimate
320 GB hard drive...

Where did you get Vista drivers for TV@nywhere Master? Are you sure you're referring to the right product? MSI discontinued the Master card long before Vista was available, and they are certainly not listed on their website:
http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=driver&maincat_no=132&prod_no=638
Of course, some might argue that the Master drivers never worked properly under XP, but thats another subject
My honest advice, if you really do have the TV@nywhere Master is to ditch it, and buy a newer card, which does have Vista support.

TV @nywhere Master green sticker on EEPROM?

My TV @nywhere Master (8606 ver 1.2) TV tuner card has an eight pin chip with a green sticker on it. On the sticker is printed "U8606 MS200". When you remove the sticker, the chip has printed on it "ATMEL 340 24C02N ST27D". I believe this is the EEPROM used by the Conexant CX23883-19 decoder. Does anyone know what the significance of the sticker is? Is the chip it is on a 24C02N chip or something else?

A post in DScaler forum led to an answer to this question. I have an "8606 version 1.2" card (that is what is printed on circuit board). The "2" in "MS200" on the sticker refers to the "2" in version "1.2". So basically what I have is an "ATMEL 340 24C02N ST27D" EEPROM chip that has been initialized with the EEPROM for an MSI 8606 version 1.2 card.

TV@nywhere Master Recording Problems

The TV@nywhere Master works fine for viewing, but I can't record without problems. There is a sound problem with all available versions of WinDVR. The recorded sound regularly "warbles" or pulsates. It is detectable when a musical tone is playing, otherwise it may be hard to hear. It is very annoying once you pick up on it. Other interVideo programs WinProducer and WinDVD Recorder exhibit the same problem.
I tried PowerVCR and I get an error message when attempting to record in MPEG2:
S0009 : Unable to render preview video stream.
I have all the latest drivers and software versions. I even tried a clean install of Windows several times and a different sound card, but no luck. I'm getting nowhere with tech support. Very frustrating.
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe MB
Onboard nForce2 sound (also tried Soundblaster Audigy)
AMD 2800+ Barton CPU
512MB DDR RAM
GeForce 5600 Video Card
250 Gig Hard drive
Windows XP

Using PowerVCR II 3.0, and there is no Use Smart Tee option available.
Here's all the options:
Video -> Overlay Options -> Overlay/Non-Overlay (Non-overlay causes a crash)
Profiles
Check boxes for MMX, SSE, 3DNow and Enhanced 3DNow. All are checked.
Recording / Advanced -> Advanced Options
Video Smoothing (during recording) - unchecked
Intelligent Noise Removal (during recording) checked
Enable Time-Shifting when recording - unchecked
Have tried changing most of these settings but always get error message, unless I use MPEG1 which is not acceptable quality.
I did a search in Help for "Smart" and for "Tee" and there are no matches.

TV@nywhere Master poor video quality with 6800 GT

I have the TV@nywhere master (8606-020) and it was working fin with my NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT OC (256MB) but when I updated the driver to their latest version, every time I would go full-screen in MSIPVR it would make lines all through the video. I reinstalled drivers, MSIPVS and same thing. I then rolled back the NVIDIA driver, and the issue disappeared. Anyone have the same issue and know how to use the new driver from NVIDIA and get it working right? Thanks!
- Mike

Hi:
Thaniks for writing back. My comment really was directed at ellucidating how many others might have poorer quality using Nvidia 6800-based graphics cards as the originator of this thread implicated. Second, as to your comments, it would seem a good idea to stay with the old drivers. The new drivers were supposed to solve TitanTV directed recordings; this they do better, but still insufficiently at least in my hands. Maybe the only choice left is to stay with the originals. But before uninstalling the current version and installing the original, I had a third question that perhaps you could address.
Perhaps you could comment on why the driver scan at http://driveragent.com
reveals my currently up-to-date version MSI 8606 (TV@nywhere master) Audio Capture and MSI 8606 Video capture drivers are out of date? Based on the listings in Device Manager, they are currently Conexant version cx88aud.sys, 2.3.79.0 and C88Vid.SYS, 4.0.102.0. Did my drivers fail to update correctly, are there drivers for this available somewhere else, not listed on the MSI website, like Intervideo, etc, or is this website wrong? I hate to pay money to find out they are simply wrong. Do you get the same results?
doc john

Numerous Problems with New TV@nywhere Master

Greetings all. A few days ago, I purchased a TV@nywhere Master card. I own two MSI mainboards and an MSI video card that I think are great, but so far this product has been nothing but junk. I am having numerous problems with it that I have not been able to resolve:
1. The remote control just plain doesn't work.
2. I am unable to adjust the TV volume within the MSIPVR tuner software. Turning it up and down or muting it does nothing. However, whenever I exit the program, it mutes the line-in jack on my sound card and doesn't unmute it when I run the program again! I have to run the Creative Surround Mixer and unmute the jack before I get any TV audio.
3. Originally when I booted up, the radio tuner kicked in with a fuzzy feed, even though the software was not running. I had to run the software and exit it to make this stop. I believe this has resolved itself.
4. The MSIPVR software seems very unstable.
I have tried updating all the software from the official MSI drivers page and I also tried the unofficial releases of both the drivers and the MSIPVR 3.0 beta from this forum. The 3.0 beta build seems even more unstable (though it is a beta so this is understandable), but none of my other problems have been resolved either. I've perused the forums looking for ideas, but haven't found anything that's worked. I've also tried all these steps on two different systems that I have with the same results.
I'm really shocked that MSI would release such a low-quality product as most of their other things are quite well made. I am looking to see if anyone has suggestions I can try to resolve this. I am interested in keeping this card if these can be fixed, but if not, I'll be returning this unit and picking up something from ATI instead. There's absolutely no reason for a card to be runnign this poorly and be in a shipping state.
Below are my system specifications should they be of any help:
AthlonXP 2800+ FSB333
MSI K7N2 Delta-L nForce 2
1024MB PQI PC3700 LL
Sound Blaster Audigy
ATI RADEON 9600XT
Promise FastTrak TX2000
2x40GB Western Digital 8MB (In RAID 0 Stripe)
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
All Latest Drivers/Updates for Windows and All Hardware

Quote from: TunerFAQ on 17-February-05, 10:17:47
One more note (great stuff Stu:))... with regards to the remote... try to give it a slight extra push into the socket :D.
As stupid as it sounds, it happens :p... at least with me it did. I kept on trying to get the remote to work in the beginning, only to find out in the end that I hadn't played it ALL the way into the input socket. After the click, it worked.
I hope you can get the sound stuff working though. That's definitely a pain :(. I'm personally having issues with the original card and new software now... but yeah, I shall wait on your feedback first:).
OK, I've finally had some time to try out the various other suggestions that have been made and unfortunately, have met with no success. I tried changing my audio to CD In on my Audigy which still has the same sound problems. I also checked out the connection with the remote and it is in all the way. Still no go on that one. My power supply ratings are:
+5V: 35A Maximum/0A Minimum
+12V: 24A Maximum/0.8A Minimum
+3.3V: 28A Maximum/0A Minimum
-5V: 0.5A Maximum/0A Minimum
-12V: 1.0A Maximum/0A Minimum
+5V SB: 2.0A Maximum/0A Minimum
At this point, I'm pretty much at my wits end. If anyone has other ideas, I can entertain them, but tomorrow if I don't have this up, I'll be taking it back. This card is demonstrating itself as just poorly designed and built. Thanks for your help all!

Media Center Deluxe II w/Tv@nywhere Master (settings not saving)

Hi!
I have a MSI FX5600 VTDR128 and a Tv@nywhere Master running on Win XP (original version - only applied a USB 2.0 patch). Everything works great after I installed all drivers, software, and updates.
However, I have one anoying problem. When I use Media Center Deluxe II (MCD2) and choose to watch TV, the TV capture device is set by default to the nVidia WDM driver NOT my Conexant device. So, I change the setting in Setup and go through the settings. Then viola! I have beautiful TV on PC in MCD2. But when I close MCD2 and reopen it, my TV Capture device setting resets to the nVidia WDM capture driver.
It is annoying when I just want to hit "Power" on the remote and watch TV. Instead each time I have to change my setting to the correct Capture device.
I have begun looking at config files and registry settings, but to date, have not found a fix or work around.
Any thoughts or help would be much appreciated.
I have installed all of the patches from the MSI site, (except for the nVidia driver 44.xx version - I am running 43.xx).
Thanks!!
-MrChief
Running:
Gigabyte 7VAXP
AMD Athlon XP 2600+
1GB Ram
Maxtor 160GB HD
IBM 45GB HD
MSI FX5600 VTDR128
MSI Tv@nywhere Master
Win XP (2600) + a single USB2.0 patch

yeah i know what you are going thru i've got the same problem,
i use my pc to record tv-shows and watcht them on my tv
but because it's so quit i've got to turn the volume high,
so if i forget that and watch tv its very loud
anybody got an idea how to boost the volume ?

TV@nywhere Master problems

I recently purchased TV@nywhere Master to use on my Dell Dimension 4550 which runs WinXP, and would like help with the following issues:
•   The signal for the TV card is provided by an antenna however, it is not strong enough to reach the tuner’s threshold, so none of my channels show as available in SETUP. I have already downloaded and installed the three latest driver versions from the MSI website. Do you have any suggestions as to how I can remedy this situation? The same antenna provides the signal to our two TVs, and our reception is perfect.
•   I have twice attempted to register this card on your website, and have been told both times that my sessions, which took about a minute, had timed out! Can you fix this, please?
•   The radio comes on unbidden whenever I start my computer, and after it comes out of standby mode.

I have a TV@nywhere master and I live in the UK.
I do not have any problems with tuning the stations with MSIPVS. All 4 main channels work fine, it also tuned in to some weaker signals. The only terrestrial channel I can not get is channel 5 but that is because they is no channel 5 by aerial in my area.
You could try fine tuning the channel that BBC2 is on, it may help, how to do it is in the manual.
The drivers on MSI web site are not for the master (MS-8606) version they are for the original TV@nywhere and the TV@nywhere Master drivers are the same version number as the one on the website but have probably been tweaked to accommodate the new Microtune MT2050 tuner.
The only gripe I have about the MS-8606 is the drivers for the tuner. They do work BUT if you want to use any other software that works with the new CX2883 and MT2050 chips, you have to run MSIPVS first to get the tuner to work. The display within MSIPVS also leaves a lot to be desired especially after using Dscaler (no tuner - video-in only). Video-in is not a problem and works with most well know freeware/shareware software. The capture quality (which is my main concern) is excellent when using the higher setting. I have captured some footage of an holiday video that was transfered to an very high quality VHS tape nearly 12 years ago, and converted it to an SVCD. The quality of the end results is as good as the original VHS tape. I have also capture from the Tuner in DVD quality and it is almost undistinguishable from a real DVD`s play back and certainly better than some cheapo DVDs.
As the Tuner and encode/decoding chips are very new (product only released 3-4 weeks ago) support and new drivers will take time to appear, BUT even without the support etc. I can still see the quality that this card as to offer.

TV@nywhere Master and TVR software

After a search, I found that Stu had posted in a seperate thread as follows:
Quote from: Stu on 24-September-06, 22:06:08
i recommend trying out the TVR software (from the TV@nywhere Plus page)
As I had posted earlier in a separate thread https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=107765.0 of my problem of the PVS coming on and disappearing, I thought that I would try the TVR software!
Installation went fine ... and yeah no serial no. was asked ... is this freeware? Anyways, when I click on the "Watch and Record DTV Program", I get a message stating Quote
Cannot Set capture device...
(1000)
Can someone help me .... let me know how I can set up my device without entering the program?
I'm using:
MSI TV@nywhere Master
MSI P965 Neo MoBo
WinXP Professional
C2D E6400
1GB Ram
7300GT
Looking forward to getting any assistance in helpin me use this card ... either with TVR or MSIPVS.
Thanks & Cheers!

Quote from: Paparazzi on 13-May-07, 13:32:40
Installation went fine ... and yeah no serial no. was asked ... is this freeware? Anyways, when I click on the "Watch and Record DTV Program", I get a message stating Can someone help me .... let me know how I can set up my device without entering the program?
Do you have sound card?
I am using TV@Anywhere Plus on Vista Ultimate. And I encountered the same thing. When I ran the TV card for the first time on Vista to check if it works fine, it gave me the same message, "cannot set capture device".
I realized that my sound card driver is not yet installed. So I installed the driver for my Creative sound card but since Creative doesn't have an updated driver for Vista at this moment, I did some searching and found a 3rd party software that's compatible with my sound card and Vista - and that fixed the problem.
I am not sure if that will also apply on you.
Note;
If you're using a sound card and haven't installed the driver yet. Try to install it. Maybe that will fix it.

TV@nywhere Master (MS-8606) + its programs

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