Hauppauge

[computer]

Hi,

I'm new here and these forums look great, I'm looking forward to using gbpvr as well!

I've got myself a 1.6Ghz, 384Mb RAM computer ready to roll.

First question though, I want to have UK freeview. I'm looking at getting the WinTV-NOVA-T PCI. Will this work out of the box with gbpvr?

Also, I hear people talk about software vs hardware encoding, from waht I understand this card, as it is already digital coming in doesnt do any decoding onboard, but nor does the processor as it can be recorded or output straight to a TV. Is this a correct assumption and if not, what kind of performance impact will there be on the computer?

Finally, it comes supplied with a remote and remote reciever. Will this also work with gbpvr. If not whats a good suggestion for an all around standard remote?

Thanks,
Ben

[Cyb]

Yes, yes & yes.

Just installed one with GB-PVR myself on Win 2k, I already had the Cyberlink Mux on my machine and I installed the latest drivers from the Hauppauge site. The only problem I've had is that the EPG from the digital transmissions didn't work - so switched to xmltv from the Radio Times. Can't comment about your CPU & RAM, tho I'm on an old XP2200 with 512K and it works fine.

Unfortunately the other problem was that it inspired me to go out and get a new aerial and 100m of decent co-ax to rewire the house distribution system, definitely worth clicking on that donate button.

Just thought of something else, although the box might say Model 909, you need to set it as 90002, something to do with different chipsets on newer cards.

[bgowland]

Also, I hear people talk about software vs hardware encoding, from waht I understand this card, as it is already digital coming in doesnt do any decoding onboard, but nor does the processor as it can be recorded or output straight to a TV. Is this a correct assumption...

Kind of. What comes off the card isn't directly usable (for most people) so the mpeg video and audio have to be separated from the stream. After that, though, the two have to be recombined (mux'd) to be written to an MPEG2 file (i.e., the recording). This does take some processing but it's pretty lightweight stuff.

Cheers,
Brian

[computer]

Thanks for your help!

I'll look into purchasing one of these cards in the near future.