It is the same software that was Cakewalk Pro Audio, renamed and ten years newer. Recently I got a good deal, although a very suspicious one, on eBay for the latest copy of Sonar 7 Producer. I can’t remember why, but I wasn’t happy with it for some reason and uninstalled it. I tried to load it on my new computer that runs Vista Ultimate. I have used Cakewalk Pro Audio v9 for years as a software audio recording system.
I had updated and changed every driver and program I could that seemed to have anything to do with video or audio. That turned out to be the correct answer, but I wasn’t sure where to begin fixing it. The software seemed to be the issue, at least in Vista Ultimate. The 800i card seemed to function properly. I thought at the time that the OS, Windows Vista Ultimate, had changed in some way that was causing TVCenter Pro installation to fail now. I got the “ Unhandled Exception” error at the very end of the installation and any time I tried to run the software.
But it did allow me to at least proceed (or is that pretend?) to install it using the custom install option but then it would crash with the error:įailed to initialize application, error code is : 0xA3040210 It also happened on the latest version,, on the default install. That didn’t happen originally when I first installed it. After the upgrade, I couldn’t go back to it, because both the default and custom installations in v said I didn’t have enough disk space now to complete the install, which was not true. It had a few weak spots, but it did install and function, originally. The beta software I was using was version and it worked well enough. What happened next was a lot of work and never a reward, until yesterday.
So I decided to update to the latest version of TVCenter Pro. It left me with several hundred blank channels and the software was acting up when I would edit it. I had some trouble along the way and had re-scanned all the digital channels on my cable. That time I was able to revert to the previous version.
Then came an upgrade from Pinnacle that promised to add features that would have been very helpful. Besides the fact that I never watch TV, everything was fine. I immediately updated to the beta version of the software that allowed clear-QAM reception. Against my better judgement, I bought another PCTV HD Card.
The USB tuners in the Pinnacle line were basically the same product as the PCTV HD Card because of the software, except they were external. Pinnacle is the only manufacturer that currently has a clear- QAM High Definition TV tuner, in my price range. Still, there was the main deal breaker for me, a lack of clear-QAM support for unencrypted digital cable reception. All HD tuners had the S-video inputs, plus NTSC and ATSC tuners. The price kept me away from the USB tuners although some of them had features like internal memory that made them somewhat attractive. I looked around for another card or a USB tuner. I liked it so much, I took it back and got my money back. 3rd party support (mrec) seems to have been intertwined.I bought a Pinnacle PCTV HD Card (800i) PCI TV card several months ago. Note: The following is incomplete, may be inaccurate and needs improving. Same as the plain 73e but without remote control, antenna adapter and USB extension cable. Pinnacle (now PCTV Systems) PCTV NanoStick 73e SE (solo) Pinnacle PCTV 2001e Dual DVB-T Diversity Stick The diversity feature is not supported yet.
Here's what the mostly DVB-T USB device database knows:ĭual tuner device. Hauppauge is apparently intending to continue to market the Pinnacle range of devices under the PCTV brand line, see pctvsystems Devices On October 29, 2008, Avid in turn sold their Pinnacle PCTV product range and related assets to Hauppauge, with the transaction expected to close before the end of Q4 2008. Pinnacle itself was acquired, in August 2005, by Avid Technology, Inc, under whose ownership it continues to operate as a standalone division. The origin of the PCTV name itself can be traced back to a single device from miro the miroMEDIA PCTV. Notable Pinnacle video capture products include the Dazzle and PCTV product lines. Pinnalce concentrated mostly on video post-production products and tools up until 1997, but later expanded their product capabilities through purchase of video capture technology specialist miro Digital Video Products. Pinnacle Systems Inc, founded in Mountain View, California, in 1986, is a designer and manufacturer of PC based analog and digital video capture devices.