Looking for some DScaler insight...

I've been searching up and down the Internet (and even joined a ver
rude forum that completely ignored me) for a solution with my DScale
woes in 64-bit Vista

I'll keep it short and sweet: I have a Hauppauge PVR-150 TV board and
can't get it to work with DScaler 4.1.17 (the version of DScaler tha
would apparently work with 64-big OSes). It returns an error of "N
combination of intermediate filters could be found to make th
connection." when I select the TV board as the source

Does ANYONE have any insight on this? Because DScaler's forums are dow
and nowhere else I go seems to want to help me. The TV card works fin
in Windows Media Center so I can watch TV on it with no problems. But
need DScaler to play my PS2 and Dreamcast games on my computer (as
have no TV) so I need some sort of solution that either is a
alternative to DScaler or maybe some way to get my current configuratio
to work (as I really hate to have to reinstall Vista x86 AGAIN; I di
this before to solve the exact same problem but it was one day befor
DScaler's team released this supposedly 64-bit compliant version)

Thank you. I'll provide any other info you might need

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Cray-Z

"Cray-Z" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I've been searching up and down the Internet (and even joined a very
> rude forum that completely ignored me) for a solution with my DScaler
> woes in 64-bit Vista.
>
> I'll keep it short and sweet: I have a Hauppauge PVR-150 TV board and I
> can't get it to work with DScaler 4.1.17 (the version of DScaler that
> would apparently work with 64-big OSes). It returns an error of "No
> combination of intermediate filters could be found to make the
> connection." when I select the TV board as the source.
>
> Does ANYONE have any insight on this? Because DScaler's forums are down
> and nowhere else I go seems to want to help me. The TV card works fine
> in Windows Media Center so I can watch TV on it with no problems. But I
> need DScaler to play my PS2 and Dreamcast games on my computer (as I
> have no TV) so I need some sort of solution that either is an
> alternative to DScaler or maybe some way to get my current configuration
> to work (as I really hate to have to reinstall Vista x86 AGAIN; I did
> this before to solve the exact same problem but it was one day before
> DScaler's team released this supposedly 64-bit compliant version).
>
> Thank you. I'll provide any other info you might need.


Why do you need DScaler to play your game consoles on your monitor? Are you
using their RF connections through your TV-card?? That not only seems quite
convoluted, it would also not give you the best picture.

What outputs do the game consoles have? In the UK, IIRC, the PS2 came with
EuroSCART cables with a convertor box for component RBG output. What
possible output types can you get from the consoles, and what sort of inputs
has your monitor got?

ss.

I run mine through S-Video. It doesn't produce the best picture but it
gets me by plus I can record my game footage to post on YouTube.

I did just discover an oddly convoluted method that combines Windows
Media Center and DScaler to output the video to my monitor (using
DScaler, I can select the output source and then Vista Media Center
makes that the output source so I can get video and audio on Vista Media
Center using "Live TV") but Vista Media Center's live TV delay prevents
me from actually taking advantage of my solution.


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Cray-Z

"Cray-Z" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I run mine through S-Video. It doesn't produce the best picture but it
> gets me by plus I can record my game footage to post on YouTube.
>
> I did just discover an oddly convoluted method that combines Windows
> Media Center and DScaler to output the video to my monitor (using
> DScaler, I can select the output source and then Vista Media Center
> makes that the output source so I can get video and audio on Vista Media
> Center using "Live TV") but Vista Media Center's live TV delay prevents
> me from actually taking advantage of my solution.

I have not used DScaler for a long time. When I was using Vista RC2,
WinTV2000 would not work on it, so I tried DScaler, but it would not work in
overlay mode without turning off Aero.

Have you tried using the Hauppauge WinTV2000 program (if they still use
that - I no longer buy Hauppauge cards)?

ss.

Hi, Cray-Z.

> I've been searching up and down the Internet (and even joined a very
> rude forum that completely ignored me)

I can't help with your main problem, but the forum you finally did find used
the vBulletin USENET gateway to forward your post to the Microsoft public
news server, where I am reading it in the
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general newsgroup. The process of relaying
messages to and from your forum can result in messages that are delayed, out
of sequence, or just plain lost. You can "cut out the middleman" and post
directly to this newsgroup by simply clicking here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vista.general

That one click should start WM (or WLM if you've downloaded and installed
Windows Live Mail); create a News Account for you on the Microsoft public
news server, which is free and does not require you to log in; connect you
to this newsgroup; download the 300 newest messages (probably including this
thread); and display the latest one for you to read and reply to, if you
like. After a few days (hours?) of familiarization, you can click Tools |
Options and customize WM/WLM to fit the way YOU use newsgroups.

Try it. I think you'll like it. ;<)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

"Cray-Z" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I've been searching up and down the Internet (and even joined a very
> rude forum that completely ignored me) for a solution with my DScaler
> woes in 64-bit Vista.
>
> I'll keep it short and sweet: I have a Hauppauge PVR-150 TV board and I
> can't get it to work with DScaler 4.1.17 (the version of DScaler that
> would apparently work with 64-big OSes). It returns an error of "No
> combination of intermediate filters could be found to make the
> connection." when I select the TV board as the source.
>
> Does ANYONE have any insight on this? Because DScaler's forums are down
> and nowhere else I go seems to want to help me. The TV card works fine
> in Windows Media Center so I can watch TV on it with no problems. But I
> need DScaler to play my PS2 and Dreamcast games on my computer (as I
> have no TV) so I need some sort of solution that either is an
> alternative to DScaler or maybe some way to get my current configuration
> to work (as I really hate to have to reinstall Vista x86 AGAIN; I did
> this before to solve the exact same problem but it was one day before
> DScaler's team released this supposedly 64-bit compliant version).
>
> Thank you. I'll provide any other info you might need.
>
>
> --
> Cray-Z