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Hi,

I'm running ProgDVB successfully with the TT Premium under Windows XP, but every time, after starting my PC, launching ProgDVB for th efirst time fails with two messages:
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SkyStar1TT
BoardControl.BootARM(24) not successful.
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and

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ProgDvbEngine
Device not started !
(Sky Star1 over TT - Hard mode [card 1])
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When going to Settings / Device List and manually initializing the card or just existing and re-launching ProgDVB solves the problem and ProgDVB works as expected. Also in cases I reboot my PC and then start ProDVB, it starts correctly. So it is a matter of the first initialization after powering up my system.

Is there some trick to make ProgDVB initialize the card properly at the first launch of ProDVB? Other software (e.g. the TT software or WatchTVPro) initializes the card correctly the first time they are started.

Best,
Max

Make sure, the original data application of Technotrend is not running and keeping the hardware occupied. It also has an autostart by default...

Of course the TT original application can handle this, but it uses proprietary tricks, that are not known in public.
WTVP may have learned that trick meanwhile, too. If the author paid a pretty fortune and accepted a non disclosure agreement...
Possible for a strictly commercial software, of course. The last freeware version of WTVP could not yet handle this...

Jürgen,+

thanks for the explanation!

These are the drivers loaded for my card:

SAA7146nTT-DVBsat PCI Saa7146n driver TechnoTrend AG c:\windows\system32\drivers\saa7146n.sys

TT7146KSSAA7146 Video Capture Driver TechnoTrend AG c:\windows\system32\drivers\tt7146ks.sys

TTLOOPHEDVB PCI Network Adapter Driver TechnoTrend AG c:\windows\system32\drivers\ttloophe.sys

Is it safe to delete any of it to avoid the initialization problem. If so, which one?

Best,
Max

Look into system control --> device manager
You should find the multimedia / audio video game controller, that's essential to have.
Then there is the (virtual) networking device, that's not needed in most cases and therefore can be disabled for testing. If two of those exist, disable both.
Perhaps there also is an entry for the capturer, but as I don't have your hardware, I can't really tell, if it's necessary in your case. Normall it should not, if you don't use a video in port of that device..

After having found out, what device(s) can be disabled, use Technotrend's driver cleaner, to remove the whole thing, if you like to change permanently.
Then only make the necessary component(s) available from a (new) install folder.
Perhaps look through the driver .inf file(s) for more details.

Sorry, I can't give you more details, as my Nexus-S is no more than half way similar to your device, and it has no capturer along.

The autostart of the Technotrend / hauppauge data application resides in the autostart folder of your Windwos start menue, just remove the link from there, for example by moving to the desktop..