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12 October 2006
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Version 4.99 ( 12 October 2006 )
- Added support for HP USB PVR card and other compatible Emuzed PVR capture devices.
- Added the option to fix timeshift and recording problems when using USB capture devices which have audio rendering devices as audio capture source.
- Fixed sound volume setting issue when using DirectX audio interface for some TV cards.
- Fixed no sound problems while using TimeShift for some software encoding TV cards.
- Some minor fixes and optimizations in the AVI recording module.
- Fixed video rendering problems for capture devices that do not have video preview pin.
- Fixed ChrisTV Agent launch issues for some configurations with Windows Millenium and Windows 2000.
- Fixed some issues with Blackbird denoise filter settings.
- Other small fixes and improvements.
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20 September 2006
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In our continuous efforts to fulfill our customers' wishes, We are glad to present you the main major features of the upcoming generation of our PVR suite - ChrisTV PVR Version 5.00.
For more details please visit this page.
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12 July 2006
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Version 4.95 ( 12 July 2006 )
- Added the option to create a new scheduled task (duplicate) using the information from a previous defined task.
- When setting a scheduler task only the favorite channels will be displayed in the channels list.
- For a better usage you can set date and duration for scheduled task using the mouse wheel.
- Fixed image quality and video standard setting for some capture devices which were caused by a wrong country setting.
- Fixed sound muting issues on ChrisTV start on systems with more than one sound card.
- Fixed image capture shortcut to work with Composite and S-video input, not only TV.
- Improved FFDShow support for MPEG Hardware Encoding TV cards with Live Preview mode enabled.
- Improved sound mode settings for Hauppauge PVR cards.
- Other small fixes and improvements.
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9 March 2006
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Version 4.90 ( 9 March 2006 )
- We have added full support for Hauppauge HVR 900 (analog), HVR 1100 (analog) and HVR 1300 (analog) TV cards.
- ChrisTV Configuration Wizard has been improved and optimized in order to help you configure ChrisTV easier and faster to work smoothly with your capture device. Just select the appropriate capture device from the list and you'll be ready to enjoy ChrisTV PVR.
- Updated support for ATI Theater 550 PRO latest driver and fixed frame size setting bug for recording mode.
- Added support for TV-Browser - TV guide software, so you can add/delete scheduled recordings directly from TV-Browser, for more details about the configuration steps, please check our forum.
- Added Closed Captions feature and improved european teletext support.
- Better video quality for TimeShifting feature and Preview mode when TV Card MPEG Hardware Encoder is used.
- MPEG Hardware Encoder detection has been improved for systems that have more than one TV card with MPEG Hardware Encoder.
- Support for USB capture devices has been improved : Pinnacle PCTV USB2, PCTV 100e, TerraTec Cinergy 200/250 USB, Cinergy Hybrid T USB XS (analog), Prodigy Hybrid TV USB (analog), Hercules Smart TV USB2, GoodWay USB 2.0 CuteBox.
- Support for FFDShow has been improved and also you can set which FFDShow filter preset should be applied to the video preview.
- Optimized video and audio initialization on ChrisTV launch.
- Fixed AVI recording and MPEG recording problems for some software TV cards.
- Fixed video rendering problems for capture devices that have only video capture pin.
- Fixed some recording settings option for Hauppauge PVR 150 and Hauppauge PVR 500.
- Improved and optimized force country change according to video standard feature.
- Added the option to fix sound quality for preview mode (if sound is choppy) when using audio renderering device.
- Some improvements in scheduler settings window.
- Other small fixes and improvements.
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8 December 2005
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Version 4.80 ( 8 December 2005 )
- We have added support for Hauppauge HVR 1100 TV card analog, for more details on how to configure it, check our forum.
- We have improved the support for ATI Theater 550 PRO TV cards.
- Added the option to fix sound quality for some TV cards with MPEG Hardware encoder (like ATI Theater 550 PRO, Hauppauge PVR 150/250/350/500) which might have problems : choppy sound or no sound in preview when "Live Preview Mode" is disabled or while making recordings with low video bitrates.
- Optimized ChrisTV Agent and Scheduler to work better on Windows ME and Windows 2000.
- ChrisTV now detects automatically if the Audio of your TV card is streamed digitally (via the PCI-bus or the I2S-bus and no loopback sound cable is needed) during wizard configuration.
- In order to improve the scheduler usage we have added "Next Recording Date" field, so you can see when the scheduled task will take place.
- The advanced driver settings panel has been reorganized for a better usage.
- Added the option to render the sound using the WDM audio rendering devices (for Hauppauge HVR 1100 and other similar TV cards).
- Fixed Teletext and Image capture problem for some TV cards in ChrisTV Lite.
- Fixed sound mode detection when using Composite or S-Video inputs.
- Added the option to improve ChrisTV channel list loading time (works only on some systems).
- Fixed sound initialization for some tv cards when using normal video renderer.
- We have optimized the frequency retune option.
- Added the option to fix Teletext initialization on WinXP Media Center Edition.
- Other small fixes and improvements.
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6 October 2005
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In our continuous efforts to fulfill our customers' wishes, Chris P.C. srl offers for any ChrisTV Professional or Standard license purchase, the option to add to your shopping cart an "Upgrade to ChrisTV 5.xx version" with a discount of 25%.
For more details please visit our purchase page.
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19 September 2005
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Version 4.70 ( 19 September 2005 )
We are glad to bring you ChrisTV Professional and Standard version 4.70 with full support and advanced features for the ATI Theater 550 PRO TV Cards :
- Live Preview Mode. Using this mode you will have low CPU usage and you can use deinterlace filter and FFDShow filter to improve image quality.
- TimeShift feature using the TV card MPEG Hardware Encoder.
- MPEG2 recording module offers access to advanced recording settings :
- fast recording presets,
- constant/variable video bitrate,
- average and peak video bitrate,
- frame size,
- audio bitrate,
- audio samplerate,
- MPEG2 GOP format and size,
- and more...
- Video processing features, including a 3D comb filter.
- Advanced automatic channel scan engine.
- More details you can find on this page.
You can now be notified before a scheduler task takes place with balloon hints. You can choose to display scheduler task information : task name, channel name, duration, recording mode :

Optimized support of FFDShow filter for software capture devices.
Improved detection of TV Cards with MPEG2 Hardware Encoder.
Optimized the TVgenial support in ChrisTV.
Fixed the teletext initializing problem when using Windows XP or DirectX 9 in other language than english.
Improved and optimized the Timeshift buffering engine for some capture devices.
Fixed some recording settings for blackbird TV cards.
Other small fixes and improvements.
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18 August 2005
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Version 4.60 ( 18 August 2005 )
- Added support for FFDShow DirectShow postprocessing filter to improve image quality and more. You can apply this feature in preview mode and live preview mode.
- You can customize MPEG Hardware Encoder settings ( like : Stream type, Video Bitrate, Audio Bitrate, Video Frame Size etc.) for TV Cards with Blackbird and Falcon Conexant Chipsets :
- Leadtek PVR 2000
- Prolink Pixelview PlayTV@P7000
- Provideo PV258 Series and others.
- You can use the Image Prefilter settings for Hauppauge PVR 150/250/350/500, TV Cards with Blackbird chipset Leadtek PVR 2000, Pixelview PlayTV@P7000 and others.
- Added basic support for Capture Devices with WIS GO7007SB Chip, Plextor ConvertX PVRs.
- Improved and optimized Timeshift feature for software Capture Devices.
- Scheduler Window has been redesigned for a better usage :

- You can have access to all tasks information at once.
- Scheduler Tasks can be ordered by the time of occurrence.
- The disabled scheduler tasks are marked.
- The next scheduler task that should take place has a colored mark.
- Radio Recording for TV Cards with MPEG Hardware Encoder is available if Live Preview is enabled.
- ChrisTV Settings panel has been reorganized for easier access and better usage.
- You can set the Aspect Ratio Mode for Overlay and VMR9 video rendering modes between :
- streched ( no aspect ratio correction )
- letter box ( letter box the video, and the background color will be black in the excess region )
- crop ( crop the video to the right aspect ratio )
- Added the feature to control the preview sound level using DirectX Audio interface when "Use TV Card Audio Output through the PCI-bus (instead of Line IN)" option is enabled so it won't affect the Wave volume.
- Fixed some recording settings option for Hauppauge PVR 150/500.
- Added the option to retune the TV frequency after channel change in case you have sound problems.
- Improved channels and frequency tunning for some tv cards.
- Other small fixes and improvements.
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10 May 2005
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Chris P.C. srl presents ChrisTV Lite - Add-On Packages
To fullfill users requirements and create the best TV Viewing experience,
We are now introducing the ChrisTV Lite Add-On Packages :
ChrisTV Lite - "Add-On Plus 1" Package
ChrisTV Lite - "Add-On Plus 2" Package
ChrisTV Lite - "Add-On Extra" Package
More details you can find on this page.
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