PVR 350 question

[tvcardseeker]

I have a spare box that I was thinking of turning into a media center using GBPVR.

I'm considering using the PVR 350 card since it has an s-video out, as well as mpeg-2 decoding to keep from killing the cpu.

Some questions about the card and GBPVR:
1) Is is supported?
2) Is the playback quality good through the s-video output?
3) Will the remote for the pvr control the functionality of GBPVR?

Thanks!

[stefan]

1) Is is supported?

Yes... well... Sub isn't actively developing any features for it, but he tries to make sure nothing breaks with it.

2) Is the playback quality good through the s-video output?

Oh, yes. You will have a hard time finding anything like it.

3) Will the remote for the pvr control the functionality of GBPVR?

Yes.

That said, I strongly discourage anyone from buying the pvr-350 without trying it on their own motherboard. Search the forum for 350 and lockups/hangs. You can start by reading this thread:
http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...r-350+hang

[stefan]

You'd probably be better off buying another pvr-card without hardware decoding, plus a Hauppauge MVP.

[tvcardseeker]

One more dumb question. Will the computer desktop show through the tv, or does it only output the tv signal when you use playback through GBPVR?

[stefan]

The computer desktop will not show. Many other pvr softwares cannot show menus through the pvr-350, but Sub has worked some magic, so GBPVR can show its menus there. There are a few other PVR softwares that can, too, but not all.

[stefan]

And that was not a dumb question, we all wondered about that when we bought it

[wooddsw]

Sounds like I may have jumpped the gun when I purchased my 350 card. Anyway I have GB-PVR installed and can see and program the guide through the TV out card. However, when I select a recording for playback it doesn't play on either the TV or PC Monitor.

Any help with config recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I feel like I'm nearly there.

[stefan]

If you can see the menus through the tv-out on the pvr-350, you should have everything set to see recordings there, too.

Try checking the log files in your \devnz\gbpvr directory. They might give you a hint...

[HtV]

Afaik you have to choose wether you want to watch tv via pc-screen or tv via tv-out on 350. You select that in config/playback.

[tvcardseeker]

Another question, can GBPVR play divx and xvid from a file share through the pvr 350 video out?