PVR-500MCE installed, bu getting black screen

[tpowell01]

Hello,

I thought I chose a compatible card, but upon a review of the supported tuners I see PVR-500MCE isn't on there (althoug PVR-500 & PVR-500 with fm tuner is)

From browsing the forum, it seems that there are people using this card successfuly.

I have installed
bitcontrol - an MPEG-2 decoder
The Driver from Hauppage for the tuner card (seems to be installed properly in device manager)
EPG - subscribed to schedule direct and I have the guide working properly

Live T.V. yield a dark reddish screen. I tried recording a show from the guide. The recording results in a folder labeled with the showname in my recording directory, however, when I play it, it is just static. I have verified the coax I am feeding has a live signal (I still have my old DVR from the cable company.)

I am pretty lost. I can't find out how to make GBPVR produce errors so I can figure out where to start.


Running:
Windows XP SP2

I have attached my logs: Any help would be appreciated.

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I thought I chose a compatible card, but upon a review of the supported tuners I see PVR-500MCE isn't on there (althoug PVR-500 & PVR-500 with fm tuner is)

The various PVR500 models are pretty much identical. Yours will work fine.

bitcontrol - an MPEG-2 decoder

I dont know of anyone using this decoder, so probably worth trying a different decoder. A decent set of audio/video can be found here:

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/MPV_Decoder.htm
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/MPA_Decoder.htm

I tried recording a show from the guide. The recording results in a folder labeled with the showname in my recording directory, however, when I play it, it is just static.

The logs you posted didnt show this attempt, so I cant really guess why that was.

What type of signal are you trying to receive, ie:
1) analog cable via the tuner with connection directly from the cable outlet (or via splitter before cable box)
2) svideo/composite input from cable box
3) analog cable via the tuner, with connection from cable box output