GB-PVR and Hauppauge PVR500

[upirish]

I have just installed the GB-PVR v0.99.5 I have XP Pro SP2 and a Hauppauge WinTV PVR500 MCE. When I go to the configuration of the GB-PVR under the Playback tab for Hardware Decoder device I do not have the option of selecting My WinTV PVR 500 MCE. This is what I want to have. It allows for the decoding on the card so as to free up memory and processor loads from the pc. However since I can not select this it wants to use a software decoder which is the System default. This does not work I get no Picture. How do I configure the Playback settings of GB-PVR to use my WinTV PVR 500MCE? Any help would be great.

Thanks

[sub]

When I go to the configuration of the GB-PVR under the Playback tab for Hardware Decoder device I do not have the option of selecting My WinTV PVR 500 MCE.

This is because the PVR500 does not have a hardware DEcoder. However, like most cards, it does have a hardware ENcoder.

ENcoders are used for compressing video during recording.

DEcoders are used for decompressing video during playback.

However since I can not select this it wants to use a software decoder which is the System default. This does not work I get no Picture.

What options are listed other than 'system default'? If none, then you probably dont have a video decoder installed.

[upirish]

Ok, well I will check that out I thought the PVR500 was capeable of decoding but I was mistaken. There is nothing listed under video decode except system default. Thanks for your help. Any tips on what such decoder I should be looking for.

Thanks

[sub]

You could try the decoder from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gplmpgdec/