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Is a Kworld ub435-q USB tuner compatible with any backends? - fanatix - 2012-12-31
Hello all,
As my title suggest, I have been having trouble getting most of the PVR backends to successfully scan for channels with this tuner. I was wondering if anyone had successfully gotten this tuner to work with NextPVR, Mediaportal, or ForTheRecord. I tried both NextPVR and Mediaportal and the tuner is recognized, but when I scan for channels, nothing comes up. I get the feeling that there is an issue with the driver simply not being compatible with these programs. The tuner works fine in Windows Media Center. I have read that it is possible that MCE is taking priority over the drivers and I may need to disable them before the Kworld tuner can be scanned in any of the other programs. Can anyone help me out with this problem?
Re: Is a Kworld ub435-q USB tuner compatible with any backends? - bluenote - 2013-01-02
I have one of these and it worked fine with mediaportal.
Use the sw that came with it to view tv, if you cannot,
Then you are enlightened.
RE: Is a Kworld ub435-q USB tuner compatible with any backends? - godefroi - 2013-01-11
I've used it with NextPVR, it works. It helps to know what channels are available and where they're being broadcast from, so you know where to point your antenna.
Note that I have NOT used it (yet) with XBMC.
RE: Is a Kworld ub435-q USB tuner compatible with any backends? - godefroi - 2013-01-21
I've now used it with both Argus-TV and MediaPortal. I've used XBMC as the frontent to Argus. It all works quite fine, but there's a couple gotchas (reset the graph when idle, and up the tuning time).
For $25 shipped, it's pretty affordable, but I think it's pretty far from the most ideal hardware.