Build 21277 - Hauppauge WinTV software stopped work

• the same thing for the Hauppauge Quad tuner.

To all frustrated souls...I have rediscovered a contact at Microsoft and have written to him asking for his help. He immediately was interested and asked me to describe the bug and send a description of it from an affected machine to the Feedback Hub. 

I am unsure of what exactly he wants and I have already reverted to Windows 20279. I have asked him to provide further advice as to what I need to submit for Microsoft to be able to work on the problem.

I have also had a fairly formulaic conversation with someone from Hauppauge who was sure that the problem I described was impossible he said

"This doesn't make sense that its a Windows problem since the scanning

routines are pretty simple: the application tells the tuner to tune to a

particular frequency and then waits some time (usually 500 msec) for a

signal lock to be detected. If signal lock is detected, then the frequency

is added to the channel list"

He seems to think that's all that happens - not that a frequency number has to coincide with a signal for there to be an output - and that is someone from the manufacturer. We are truly doomed (if that doesn't get you, the virus or US Politics will)!.

As you can tell my hope for a solution lay with Microsoft.

The thing is what ever MS has changes in 212177 is root caused because I test every 3rdparty from java and non dot.net app and not single one of them even work and it seem to me the OS is blocking the apps or at driver level from working and wonder if it a similar problem that Camera access had after all it to was a problem to a few years back.

I downloaded windows preview 21286.1000rs today and the same problem still exists so have gone back to Build 20279.fe again and everything  is fine  I have sent feedback to Microsoft

Not only is it WinTV that fails, it is all the various dtv front ends that I have tried.

What's frustrating about this kind of situation is that we never know if Microsoft or Hauppauge or any other stakeholder is working on it. As far as I am aware, Microsoft hasn't even recognised the problem's existence. I put in a ticket at Happuaauge some 2 weeks ago but still haven't heard back from them.

I agree, it just won't do.

Please continue posting your findings as new software becomes available.

Topper

I tried again today with 21277 and huppauge win tv still fails.  will not detect tuner channels.  wont let me recert to older build this time.  reinstalling windows and staying away from insiders build for quite a while.  been insider for years but this wont do.  good luck folks and i will be monitoring to see if a future update will work.  happy holidays