new to gb-pvr and having problems

[EgoManiac]

Hi, i just purchased a pVR150 and installed it in one of my PCs. I did a fresh install of WIn XP and also installed SP2 and NET 1.1

Installation of GB-PVR went fine but I cannot view the Live TV.

I am in australia and I am trying to get the tv from cable TV. I used the TV tuner helper and it scanned the channels and it found the signal at channel 222. So I added a channel in the Recording source with channel number 222.

WHen I try to view LiveTV, the screen is just black. I tried doing a manual recording for a few mins but when itry play the MPG, just refuses to play, nothing happens!

Also whenever I click OK in the config program, NET gives me an error. It saves the settings though cause when I load the config again, the settings have been changed.

This is my settings in recording source:

Recording Source: Direct Recording Plugin
EPG Source: None
CHannel Changer: No Channel Changer Required

Direct Recording Settings:
Capture Card Type: PVR150
COuntry: Australia
Board Number : #1
Source: External Tuner, Fixed Channel

I know I must be doing something wrong. I installed GB-PVR on my main computer (one without a capture card) and it works fine, no errors when i confirm the config and it plays videos fine. But it doesn't have a capture card so I can't test the Live TV or recording.

Any help will be appreciated.

[sub]

It sounds like you dont have an MPEG2 decoder installed on that machine.

[EgoManiac]

ahhh, I knew it was something simple like that. I will install one and see how it goes.

[EgoManiac]

OK, I installed the decoder and it works now but I don't get the signal, I get static. Is there something wrong with my settings? Like I said, I used the TV tuner assistant and it found the signal at channel 222 and I put it into the capture source as a new channel. referto my first post for my settings.

Thanks for your help.

[sub]

The tuning assistant and GB-PVR do the same thing for tuning, so you must have got something wrong when you've tried to set up the same thing in GB-PVR.

[EgoManiac]

after playing around with the settings i got it working! thanks for your help.