Does GBPVR use the hardware MPEG encoder in my card

[forums_v]

I have got the Hauppauge HVR 1300 tv card in my machine. This card has onboard hardware MPEG encoder / decoder to reduce the overhead on my processor.

According to task manager, when recording, the GBPVR recording service is using 5% of processor resource (I am using an XP64 3000 processor), so it sounds like the onboard hardware codec is being used

Can you confirm if GBPVR uses the hardware codec and not its own software one.

Thanks,

Pete

[fuzzweed]

GBPVR relies on the cards hardware decoding. Any software decoding would be an additional plugin and only used/required for non-compatible (non-hardware decoding) cards.

[Koenie]

Fuzzweed is getting a bit fuzzy here. He means encoding, not decoding. GBPVR has no encoding, nor decoding capabilities. GBPVR uses the hardware encoding frm the capture cards and software decoding from the video codecs (some of these can be hardware accelerated by the video card).

[fuzzweed]

Fuzzweed is getting a bit fuzzy here.

:o I'd have to agree with that! but, hey, it's Sunday....

[forums_v]

I thought this was the case. Do I need to configure anything for the GBPVR to use my TV card to help with the decoding or dies it do this automatically if it sees the feature is available?

[nkh]

I thought this was the case. Do I need to configure anything for the GBPVR to use my TV card to help with the decoding or dies it do this automatically if it sees the feature is available?

The HVR-1300 doesn't have anything to do with the decoding (playback). If your video card supports hardware acceleration, then you have to use a codec that can make use of it. If you use the Cyberlink codec you can tell it to use hardware acceleration in power-dvd.

[sub]

I have got the Hauppauge HVR 1300 tv card in my machine. This card has onboard hardware MPEG encoder / decoder to reduce the overhead on my processor.

You may have already worked it out from the posts above, but just so its clear - this device has hardware MPEG2 encoding, but it does not have any decoding hardware. GB-PVR will use that hardware encoding when doing an analog recording.

[forums_v]

Thanks for the clarification, guys.