Stream with the Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250/350 card Install the drivers. First, you will have to patch your kernel (version 2.4) to support the v4l2 API (Video 4 Linux version 2). The patch is available on the Video4Linux HQ. If you use a 2.6 kernel, you only need to build I2C support and the BT848 Video For Linux module. New HD PVR 2 driver (1.6.33232) included to help fix problems when recording at very high bitrates Fixes issue with passthrough audio not working on HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition HD PVR Rocket will not remux when Mic is set to none or set to the Rocket microphone thereby capturing raw TS output. What's new in Action! NEW: Added HUD opacity setting (available for Windows 7/8/8.1/10 Desktop, D3D9, D3D10, D3D11, D3D12 and OpenGL) NEW: Added support for Hauppauge PVR devices; Improved not recording visible HUD in desktop mode for Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (visible on screen but not recorded).
Driver Education in Long Island The largest in New York State with a road test pass rate that surpasses the national average. Take driver education at our state-certified driving school. Benefit from flexible, online scheduling. This package provides Hauppauge DMB-TH TVT Driver and is supported on Dell XPS 2710 running the following Windows Operating Systems: Windows 7. Get the latest driver Please enter your product details to view the latest driver information for your system.
5.1 channel audio: record 5.1 channel audio over SPDIF Optical on the HD PVR 2 GE Plus and the HD PVR 2 model 1512; Personal Logo inserter. The Personal Logo inserter is part of Hauppauge Capture and can be found in the Settings tab. It only runs with the HD PVR 2 (all models) and Colossus 2. Download HDPVRCapture Hauppauge Edition to start using HDPVRCapture with your HDPVR 2 GE Plus on your Mac. Minimum OSX Requirement 10.10 or higher. Contact Support. If you need help using your HDPVR 2 GE Plus device with the HDPVRCapture application, please Contact Support. Contact Support. You can also check out our FAQ page here.
Are you getting error messages 'Setup could not detect your product', TV Tuner not available' or 'Unable to locate capture filter' after Windows 10 installed an update?
This is a known 'feature' of the new release of Windows 10, related to video cameras but also affecting TV tuners and video recorders.
The latest versions of WinTV v10, v8.5, WinTV v8 and Hauppauge Capture automatically update the Windows 10 drivers to fix this error message. If you need to manually fix this, click here.
Questions or problems? Please contact Hauppauge support at: [email protected]
Prodinfo: get information on your Hauppauge TV tuner
Prodinfo.exe is a program you can run which will extract information about the WinTV product you have installed such as model and serial number, MAC address, revision, and features which can be used to identify the exact model of your product. The driver for the device must be installed in order to run Prodinfo.exe
HCWClear: remove the Hauppauge driver and applications from your PC
HCWCLEAR.exe is a program you run to remove all driver and files that were installed with the installation of the WinTV program.
Digital Signal Monitor: displays the relative strength of the digital signal on the channel you are tuned to
The Signal Monitor is a handy tool which can be used to either adjust your digital TV antenna, or when used with digital cable TV, to know if your digital signal is too weak to receive a signal without distortion.
Rescan for TV channels: How to re-scan for channels in the WinTV application
If your TV channel line up has changed due to a change in transmission frequencies, we recommend that you erase the WinTV channel database before you re-scan for channels.
IR Blaster setup
The IR Blaster is suppored on some model HD PVR 2's and the Colossus 2. Learn how to setup the IR Blaster to control your cable or satellite set top box in WinTV v10.
Windows 10 requires special drivers to avoid errors during the Hauppauge product installation.
The latest versions of WinTV v10, 8.5 and WinTV v8 and Hauppauge Capture include these drivers. But if you are looking just for the Windows 10 driver, these are updated drivers which can be used with Windows 10.
North America products
- WinTV-dualHD
- WinTV-quadHD USB
- ImpactVCB-e
- HD PVR 2 (all models)
- Colossus2
European products
- WinTV-dualHD, WinTV-soloHD
How to find the product code of your Hauppauge product:
Hauppauge product codes on WinTV internal boards are normally found on the TV tuner. This is a five digit number normally followed by a revision (REV). You need to look at the first two numbers to determine the product type. The other numbers are related to the accessories which are on the product.
On the MediaMVP, WinTV-USB and other 'boxes', the product code is normally on a label on the bottom of the case.
165xxx WinTV-quadHD PCIe
204xxx WinTV-dualHD
111401, 72001 WinTV-HVR-955Q, WinTV-HVR-950Q
72301, 65301 111XXX WinTV-HVR-850
65XXX WinTV-HVR-950
1111XX WinTV-HVR-850, WinTV-Analog Stick
122XXX USB-Live2
131201 Colossus
67XXX WinTV-HVR-1150
22XXX, 79XXX, 118xxx WinTV-HVR-1250, -1260, -1265
723x WinTV-HVR-1260 (HP)
88XXX WinTV-HVR-2250
75XXX WinTV-HVR-1950
74XXX WinTV-HVR-1600
78XXX WinTV-HVR-1800
85XXX WinTV-HVR-1850
77XXX WinTV-HVR-1500
150xxx WinTV-HVR-55xx
69xxx, 121xxx WinTV-HVR-4xxx
23XXX WinTV-PVR-500
26XXX, 25XXX WinTV-PVR-150
28XXX WinTV-PVR-160
29XXX, 24XXX WinTV-PVR-USB2
48XXX WinTV-PVR-250/350
32XXX WinTV-PVR-250
30XXX WinTV-PVR-250
37XXX
38XXX
44XXX
56XXX
Hauppauge Drivers Test Route
58XXXHauppauge Pvr 2 Drivers Education
60XXX
61XXX
62XXX
64XXX
34XXX 88X based WinTV boards
86XXX MediaMVP
110XXX MediaMVP-HD
49XXX HD PVR
Hauppauge has a new SDK available for .NET applications. The SDK simplifies the development of TV applications in .NET. The SDK makes it easy for applications to perform functions like querying the available channels, start watching a channel in an application supplied window, pause/play, adjust volume, display OSD graphics, record live tv to a file, etc.
The SDK is provided under NDA and can be requested at [email protected] or [email protected]
Click the below link to get the latest WinTV application and TV tuner driver download package
WinTV-HVR-935HD driver version 35284
Name: Driver10_6_0_119_35284.exe
Size: 4.8 MB
Updated: 08/02/2020
To install the latest Windows driver only:
Leave your WinTV-HVR-935hd plugged into your PC. Follow the following steps:
- Download the WinTV-HVR-935hd driver update.
- Click to install. This will install the WinTV-HVR-935hd Windows driver.
- At the completion of the driver install, you should see a message which says Drivers have been updated successfully.
- At this point, the Windows driver will be installed.
SoftMCE Setup
This is the software MPEG encoder needed for Windows Media Center in Windows XP and Windows Vista. This is NOT required for Windows 7 or Windows 8.
File name: SoftMCE_setup.exe
File size: 2.3 Mb
Date: 4/14/2010
Setting up your TV tuner in Windows 7 Media Center
Here is a screen by screen view of the setup of Windows Media Center. It was based on the WinTV-HVR-1600, but the setup with other WinTV-HVR products will be similar.
Bug fixes for the Windows Media Center 'Low bit rate' error message
Microsoft has released Windows Media Center patches for the 'Low bit rate' error message.
Click to view the information from Microsoft.
Is a free Personal Video Recorder (PVR) and Media Centre application for Microsoft Windows.
What Operating Systems are supported by the WinTV-HVR-935hd?
- Microsoft® Windows® 10, 8 and 7, Windows Vista, either 32-bit or 64-bit versions
System Requirements
- Minimum processor recommended:
- 2.2 GHz P4 or 1.8 GHz Centrino or equivalent (minimum).
- 2.8 GHz processor for analog TV recording with MPEG-2 (minimum).
- Graphics display adapter with 64MB of memory (minimum).
- Sound card or system.
- USB 2.0 port (will not work with USB 1.1).
- Internet connection (Recommended for WinTV Software activation).
Can I use the WinTV-HVR-935HD with Media Center?
Yes, the WinTV-HVR-935HD can be used with Windows Media Center in Windows 8, 7 and Vista.
To use the WinTV-HVR-935HD with Windows Media Center, download and install the Windows Media Center driver installation package, which will install the WinTV-HVR-935HD Windows driver and the Hauppauge MCE Soft Encoder.
Note: Windows Media Center supports Freeview DVB-T and analog PAL TV. DVB-C is not supported directly by Windows Media Center.
Note: Under Windows 7, the Hauppauge MCE Soft Encoder is pre-installed as part of Windows 7. Therefore, you can kip the installation of the MCE Soft Encoder and simply install the WinTV-HVR-935HD Windows driver.
Note: under Windows Media Center, you will only be able to configure WinTV-HVR-935HD as either an Digital tuner or an Analog tuner. You will not be able to switch between Digital and Analog channels.
What type of channels will I receive with the WinTV-HVR-935HD?
Analog CableTV or over-the-air analog TV: You can use your cable TV from the wall to connect to the WinTV-HVR-935HD and receive all freeview Cable TV channels. You can also use a roof top antenna to receive 'over-the-air' TV.
Freeview DVB-T/T2 : Supports all DVB-T/T2 formats, up to the high definition 1080i format!
Note: For DVB-T/T2 digital TV, a rooftop/out door antenna is recommended for optimal results/signal strength.
DVB-C 'free to view' cable TV Channels: Freview digital cable TV channels are unencrypted digital cable TV channels. Freeview DVB-C allows users to watch unencrypted digital cable TV channels from their cable TV provider without a set-top box.
Note: Check your local cable TV provider for freeview DVB-C reception over your cable TV network.
Can I get HD with the WinTV-HVR-935HD through my Satellite box?
No. The WinTV-HVR-935HD has a Freeview DVB-C cable TV or DVB-T/T2 over-the-air digital TV tuner built-in. The WinTV-HVR-935HD will support Freeview broadcasts that are currently being transmitted over-the-air or via cable TV coonection. It will not be able to decode HD broadcasts that come through your cable or satellite box. The WinTV-HVR-935HD also will support freeview DVB-C cable TV channels through your direct cable TV line if available from your cable TV provider.
What type of recordings can I make with the WinTV-HVR-935hd?
Using the WinTV application, the WinTV-HVR-935HD will record in an MPEG-2 transport stream (TS)
For Freeview DVB-T/T2 and DVB-C digital TV recordings, the recording format and bit rate is exactly the same as the broadcast format.
For NTSC/PAL analog cable TV recordings, our SoftPVR is used to create Transport Stream files (TS)
Note: TS files can be converted to MPEG files using options in the WinTV configuration menu.
Note: Not all recordings made with the WinTV-HVR-935HD are DVD compliant.
Can I record one show while watching another with the WinTV-HVR-935HD?
No. The WinTV-HVR-935HD will only be able to record the program that is being viewed using the supplied software.
You will not be able to watch a digital channel and record an analog channel simultaneously or vice versa due to the fact there is only a single tuner on the WinTV-HVR-935HD.
Black video window or choppy video when watching a digital TV channel
If you are watching a digital TV channel and you see choppy video, no audio or a black screen, then it is possible your PC is not fast enough to decode and play the digital TV channel you are watching. Please verify that your system meets the minimum requirements for using the HVR-935hd
Digital TV, especially DVB-T2/T high definition digital TV, is very CPU intensive. Many graphics cards have special built-in hardware to speed up decoding of high definition TV channels.
On graphics cards without special video decoding features, you can often improve the playback performance by using the Video Renderer settings located in the settings menu of WinTV application. To open the setting menu click on the “gear” button located in the lower left of the WinTV application screen.
The default mode is EVR. The other modes are VMR9, VMR7 and Overlay. Each mode uses a different process to render video. Try each mode and use the one which gives you the best results. To use hardware acceleration put a check in the box “use hardware acceleration when possible. This will allow your graphics system to use hardware acceleration for video decode. Note: graphics hardware acceleration does not work on all systems. After making a change in video rendering settings Wintv must be restarted to take effect.
If you are using WinTV 6 then the render options are part of a separate program called Primary. Changes in the Primary applet must be made with the WinTV application closed. Open the Primary program by going to Start – All Programs – Hauppauge WinTV – Primary. After making changes close the Primary applet and open the WinTV application.
How do I enable my remote control so it will work with the WinTV-HVR-935HD?
The IR software should be installed by default. To check look for a small remote control icon in the Windows task bar on the lower right. If it is not present you can re-launch the WinTV IR application from WinTV Adavanced Options (fron WinTV program menu), double click on Restart IR. Or update the latest WinTV application from our support page. The remote control must also have “line of sight” with the HVR-935HD. The IR receiver of the HVR-935HD is the round bulb on the side of the unit.
Hauppauge Hd Pvr 2 Drivers
I receive a 'Low bit rate' error message when using Windows Media Center in Windows 7.
Click to view the information from Microsoft.
WinTV application locks or stops responding during analog scan under Windows 7.
In order to fix this issue, please check that your Power Options setting is not set to ‘Power Saver’. Please change it to ‘Balance’ or ‘High Performance’.
To change these settings on Windows 7, please do the following.
Click on Start and then Control Panel.
If Control Panel is set to View by: Category then click on ‘System and Security’ and then ‘Power Options’.
If Control Panel is set to View by: Large or Small icons then click on ‘Power Options’.
If you do not see Balanced or High Performance please click on the option for ‘Show additional plans’.
Once you make the change please restart your system. When the system restarts please rescan again for channels.
What file size will the recorded videos be?
Digital Broadcasts (DVB-T/T2 or DVB-C)
The file size of a digital signal capture depends on the bitrate of the digital signal. The bitrate is set by the broadcaster and cannot be user configured. Bitrates for digital signals can range anywhere from about 1.2 Mbits/sec up to 19.3 Mbits/sec. Most of the time these bitrates are variable and not constant. Capture sizes for DVB-T & DVB-C recordings are approximately 1.7 Gigabytes per hour up to 8.3 Gigabytes per hour.
Analog Broadcast.
The WinTV application has to convert analog signals to digital in order to record. There are four recording profiles. The following list shows recording file sizes for burning to 4.3Gb DVD:
Best - Approx 1 Hour+
Better - Approx 1 1/2 Hours
Good - Approx 2 Hours
Fair - Approx 3 Hours
WinTV application does not open or opens and then disappears?
This can be caused by a corrupt Channel database
If you are using the latest versions of the WinTV application, you may just do a rescan of your TV channels after erase or empty the existing channel database using the 'WinTV Advanced Options' feature. You just need to empty or erase the current channel database by running Empty channel database or Erase channel data base options from Advanced Option and rescan your TV channels.
Note: Please note that once you run the Empty or Erase channel database, your scheduled channel programs will be deleted off as well. So you have to re-schedule it again after running the Erase/Empty channel database
If you are using an older version of the WinTV application like v7 then you will need to uninstall and reinstall. First you need to go to start, all programs, Hauppauge Wintv and in that folder run
“uninstall Wintv7” (or remove Wintv using control panel 'add/remove programs) then you need to remove the backup channel database.
Windows Vista, 7 and 8 go to C:program data ( this folder is a hidden folder so if you do not see it you need to “show hidden folders “ in your search
Options) once you can get to this folder you will see a folder label “Hauppauge” delete this folder.
Windows XP go to C:documents and settingsall usersshared documentsapplication data ( this folder is a hidden folder so if you do not see it you need to “show hidden folders “ in your search Options) once you can get to this folder you will see a folder label “Hauppauge” delete this folder.
Then download the latest version of Wintv located in the support section of the website and reinstall (note: you must have your original CD (for v7) or activation code for latest versions of WinTV software to validate the download.)
Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device error code 52?
This appears to be a bug in windows 64 bit OS. Our drivers are signed.
'Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device. A recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or that might be malicious software from an unknown source. (Code 52)'
The following is probably the easiest fix to Error Code 52 on Windows 7 or Windows 8 64bit.
Driver Hauppauge Hd Pvr
In device manager right click the Hauppauge product under Sound Video and Game Controllers with the exclamation mark and select Uninstall. If you have a USB product you might multiple listings, please right click the first one on the list.
For this example we will use the HVR-950Q.
On the Confirm window please check the box for 'Delete the driver software for this device' and click OK.
Repeat the uninstall for the other two 950Q entries. (note you won't be asked to 'confirm device uninstall' again).
Once the drivers are gone on right click on 'Sound, Video Game Controllers' and 'Scan for Hardware Changes'.
Windows should now look online automatically for the 950Q drivers.
Take a look after a few minutes if the drivers are installed automatically properly under Sound Video and Game Controllers.
If they still come back as 'unsigned' try the procedure again.
There are four ways to make a TV connection to a WinTV
- Antenna: you can plug in an antenna to receive DVB-T/T2 over-the-air HD TV
- Cable or satellite box: using the the 'RF out' connector on your cable/satellite box
- S-video or Composite Inputs: using the yellow/red/white 'Video out' connectors on your cable/satellite box
- Cable TV wire: directly from your cable TV wire
Here is a chart which shows some of the things you need to know about each type of connnection.
Antenna | Cable or satellite TV set top box | Cable TV wire from the wall | ||
RF output | A/V output | |||
Click to enlarge | Click to enlarge | Click to enlarge | Click to enlarge | |
Which type of TV can this connection be used with? | Over-the-air TV | Cable or satellite TV box | Cable or satellite TV box | Cable TV |
What format do I select when scanning for channels in WinTV? | DVB-T/T2 Digital TV | Analog TV if available | External inputs (S-Video or Composite video) | DVB-C Digital cable TV plus Analog TV |
What remote control do I use to change channels? | WinTV remote control | Remote control from your set top box | Remote control from your set top box | WinTV remote control |
Notes | You can use a roof top antenna for best reception. | Most set top boxes allow you to switch to Channel 3 or 4. When you scan with WinTV, it will pick up the TV signal on the correct channel. Some satellite receivers use channels 60, 70 or 73. But when you scan for Analog TV channels, WinTV will pick up whatever channel is being used by your set top box. | Most set top boxes have A/V connections on the back, which can go into the WinTV's A/V input. | Some cable TV networks transmit analog TV channels, so we recommend scanning for both DVB-C and analog TV. Not all cable TV networks transmit freeview DVB-C programs. Check with your local cable TV operator for the availability of freeview DVB-C in your area. |
First time installation of WinTV v7 or during a reinstallation: “WinTV board not found” or “No TV tuner available”
Step 1: Check the status of your Hauppauge TV tuner drivers in Windows Device Manager
- Click Windows Start, click on Control Panel and click on Device Manager
- In Device Manager, click on Sound, video game Controllers
- You should see your Hauppauge product
Step 2: If the Hauppauge device has a yellow exclamation mark
Click on the Hauppauge device to open it. If you see the following:
'Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device. A recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or that might be malicious software from an unknown source. (Code 52)'
This appears to be a bug in Windows 64 bit OS since the Hauppauge Windows drivers are signed.
The following is the easiest fix to Error Code 52 on Windows 7 or Windows 8 64bit.
- In Device Manager, right click the Hauppauge product under Sound Video and Game Controllers with the exclamation mark and select Uninstall. If you have a USB product you might see multiple listings, please right click the first one on the list. (For this example we will use the WinTV-HVR-935hd. )
- On the Confirm window please check the box for “Delete the driver software for this device” and click OK
- Repeat the uninstall for the other two WinTV-HVR-935hd entries. (note you won’t be asked to ‘confirm device uninstall’ again)
- Once the drivers are removed, right click on Sound, Video, Game controllers and click Scan for Hardware Changes
- Windows should now look online automatically for the 935hd drivers
- Take a look after a few minutes if the drivers are installed automatically properly under Sound Video and Game Controllers.
- If they still come back as “unsigned” try the procedure again
Errors when running WinTV 7: “TVserver cannot Start” or “.NET framework' errors
This can be caused by a corrupt WinTV v7 Channel Database. You will need to uninstall and reinstall the WinTV v7 application and the Channel database to fix this.
To uninstall WinTV v7, click Windows Start, click on All Programs, click on Hauppauge WinTV run Uninstall Wintv7. You can also or remove Wintv7 using control panel 'add/remove programs'.
Then you need to remove the backup Channel database:
- Windows Vista, 7 and 8: Go to C:program data ( this folder is a hidden folder so if you do not see it you need to “show hidden folders “ in your search Options) once you can get to this folder you will see a folder label “Hauppauge”. Delete this folder.
- Windows XP: Go to C:documents and settingsall usersshared documentsapplication data ( this folder is a hidden folder so if you do not see it you need to “show hidden folders “ in your search Options) once you can get to this folder you will see a folder label “Hauppauge” delete this folder. Then download the latest version of Wintv7 located in the support section of the website and reinstall (note: you must have your original CD to validate the download.)
Settings.xml file is corrupt or missing”
Uninstall WinTV v7 using control panel Add/remove programs under Programs and Features and then reinstall WinTV 7
Card size Remote control buttons
Note: this remote control is supplied with some TV tuner models. The colour/size of the remote control are suject to chnage without prior notice.
click to enlarge
Prodinfo.exe is a program you can run which will extract information about the WinTV product you have installed such as model and serial number, MAC address, revision, and features which can be used to identify the exact model of your product. The driver for the device must be installed in order to run Prodinfo.exe
HCWCLEAR.exe is a program you run to remove all driver and files that were installed with the installation of the Wintv program.