anyone using a pixelview P7000 with GB PVR?

[herbs]

Hi,
I'm thinking of getting a pixelview TV@P7000 card which apparently uses the Roslyn/blackbird chip and I noticed on the front page that it states GB-PVR supports the card. So I'm wondering if anyone has experience of the card and if so how well is it supported in GB-PVR i.e can I use the remote to control GB-PVR?
Thanks in advance.

[sub]

I dont think I've heard of anyone that has tried it. The last release (10 days ago) added support for the blackbird architecture cards. On website I'd seen the 'Prolink PlayTV@P7000' listed as being based on the blackbird architecture. I've not personally tested it, but it should work.

It you're looking for a new card, I'd recommend going with a either a Hauppauge PVR250/PVR350 or ProVideo PV258/259 card.

[sub]

I've just had a quick search now, and there seems to be a few websites mentioning it being based on the blackbird design. I was almost starting to doubt it. It seemed to too cheap.

[Guest]

Quote[/b] (sub @ April 29 2004,17:02)]I dont think I've heard of anyone that has tried it. The last release (10 days ago) added support for the blackbird architecture cards. On website I'd seen the 'Prolink PlayTV@P7000' listed as being based on the blackbird architecture. I've not personally tested it, but it should work.

It you're looking for a new card, I'd recommend going with a either a Hauppauge PVR250/PVR350 or ProVideo PV258/259 card.

The reason I am looking at the prolink its £20-25 cheaper than the pvr250. I think I'll just wait a bit and see if someone else buys and tries

[herbs]

I posted a request over at myhtpc forums to a user to test gb-pvr with a pixelpro P7000 and he has reported that he cannot get it to work so far. So I have ordered a pvr 250 to be on the safe side and hope to be joining you lot in using gb-pvr in the next couple of days, thanks for your help.

[sub]

Yes, the first user to try with a PixelView P7000 is going to need to add a few lines to the direct.ini file.

[skeltonl]

Ah that would explain my not being able to get it work with my P7000. If you let me know what the lines for the direct.ini file are I will give it a go again.

[sub]

Hi skeltonl. Start by pasting a new section into the direct.ini file

[Pixelview TV@P7000]
BLACKBIRD=1
CONEXANT=1
FILTER_CROSSBAR=ProVideo 2388x Crossbar
FILTER_CAPTURE=ProVideo 2388x Video Capture
FILTER_TV_TUNER=ProVideo 2388x Tuner
FILTER_TV_AUDIO=ProVideo 2388x TvAudio
FILTER_ENCODER=ProVideo 2388x MPEG Encoder
PIN_CROSSBAR_VIDEO_TUNER_IN=Video Tuner In
PIN_TVTUNER_ANALOG_VIDEO_OUT=Analog Video
PIN_TVTUNER_ANALOG_AUDIO_OUT=Analog Audio
PIN_TVAUDIO_TV_AUDIO_IN=TVAudio In
PIN_TVAUDIO_TV_AUDIO_OUT=TVAudio Out
PIN_CROSSBAR_AUDIO_TUNER_IN=Audio Tuner In
PIN_CROSSBAR_VIDEO_DECODER_OUT=Video Decoder Out
PIN_CAPTURE_ANALOG_VIDEO_IN=Analog Video In
PIN_CROSSBAR_AUDIO_DECODER_OUT=Audio Decoder Out
PIN_CAPTURE_ANALOG_AUDIO_IN=Analog Audio In
PIN_CAPTURE_I2S_OUT=I2S
PIN_CAPTURE_656_OUT=656
PIN_WRITER_INPUT_IN=Input

You'll then need to find the appropriate names to replace those in the FILTER_... lines above. Here are some threads that have talked about finding the names in the past. Email me if you want me to help you through it.

http://gbpvr.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?a...=graphedit

http://gbpvr.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?a...=graphedit

[sub]

These names are also usually listed in the .inf file that is included with the driver installation files. I tried to download the drivers from the P7000, but couldn't find them on the net.