Non supported card?

[Primaris]

Hello,

I guess I bought the wrong TV tuner card. When I bought it I just needed AV in and purchased a WinFast TV 2000 XP (RM edition). I recently learned of this site and the GB software.

Am I correct that I cannot use my current tuner card? If I can't what is the suggested card?

Thanks.

[stefan]

You might be able to get it going with the software recorder plugin. Otherwise the cards from hauppauge are widely used.

[Primaris]

I do not see a plug in page. Are plug in's only available through this forum (eww)? :eek:

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http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=2753

[softkitty]

I have the 'Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Deluxe' and run it with a theater 550 and it works with the recorder plugin software.

[Primaris]

I have the 'Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Deluxe' and run it with a theater 550 and it works with the recorder plugin software.

Thanks for the reply, but I don't understand what you are saying. You have the same TV tuner card as I do, but you run it with a different TV tuner card too?

http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=2753

I tried the above linked to thread, which I didn't realize right off the bat, isn't where the person meant to send me, but instead the plug in is at a wiki listed there. I installed the plug in as stated in the wiki and the install.txt file. But the instructions do not say how to get the plug in working. I opened the config program and went to the plug in tab. There is nothing related there. On the play back tab I have none-software decoder in a drop down box. But, the settings button is grayed out so it's not working, at least according to my interpretation of the instructions.

[Braklet]

I don't use that plugin, but from gleaning the forum I gather that the person who developed the software encoding plugin no longer frequents the forae. So the plugin is effectively unsupported.

If you really want to use GB-PVR I'd suggest investing in a tuner card with embedded hardware encoder (I use a Hauppauge PVR-500, there are others).

Easy for me to say, I know. But maybe your current card came with its own PVR application? You can at least fall back on that.

[softkitty]

Sorry for not being clear. I have the same card as you and I have been able to get it to work with the GB-PVR. The way I was able to do this was by using the recorder plugin software and lots of config changes. I have a 2nd card that works with the GB-PVR without aid from the recorder plugin. And yes, as mentioned, the recorder plugin software is not currently supported.