2005-09-10, 10:15 PM
Hello,
I purchased a Hauppauge 500 MCE Tuner about a week ago and have been toying with it ever since. I am having issues in two areas and hoping someone out there is able to help me out! I would GREATLY appreciate it because I really starting to give up.
1. Zap2it: I am using Zap2it to download the tv guide. I like the setup and it is super easy to use (would not be against changing if there is no way around my problem, would just need a suggestion for a solution). However, I have 60 channels configured to download (my tuner states that it can handle 120 channels) and yet when I view live tv or recordings some channels (109 - National Geographic and several others mostly in the higher number range) show up as static but I can view them fine on my cable box. And there are about five channels that all show up as the same channel. For example I switch to MTV and it is a bycycle race!? Super frustrating. I have tried reinstalling GBPVR and deleting the directory. I have tried manually entering 109 and it didn't change the situation. ARGH!
2. Quality: I am using a CyberLink video decoder and playing video back in an Intervideo player and my quality even when set to High recording quality is not as good as I would like it. When I view others videos that they have recorded their quality seems to be MUCH crisper and clearer than mine. I have a very soft fuzzy look to my recordings. Is there a better decoder to use? Should I be doing something different? When I view live tv the quality is better than the recordings, but not much it is still not very clear.
Any Help would be appreciated, thank you Steve
I purchased a Hauppauge 500 MCE Tuner about a week ago and have been toying with it ever since. I am having issues in two areas and hoping someone out there is able to help me out! I would GREATLY appreciate it because I really starting to give up.
1. Zap2it: I am using Zap2it to download the tv guide. I like the setup and it is super easy to use (would not be against changing if there is no way around my problem, would just need a suggestion for a solution). However, I have 60 channels configured to download (my tuner states that it can handle 120 channels) and yet when I view live tv or recordings some channels (109 - National Geographic and several others mostly in the higher number range) show up as static but I can view them fine on my cable box. And there are about five channels that all show up as the same channel. For example I switch to MTV and it is a bycycle race!? Super frustrating. I have tried reinstalling GBPVR and deleting the directory. I have tried manually entering 109 and it didn't change the situation. ARGH!
2. Quality: I am using a CyberLink video decoder and playing video back in an Intervideo player and my quality even when set to High recording quality is not as good as I would like it. When I view others videos that they have recorded their quality seems to be MUCH crisper and clearer than mine. I have a very soft fuzzy look to my recordings. Is there a better decoder to use? Should I be doing something different? When I view live tv the quality is better than the recordings, but not much it is still not very clear.
Any Help would be appreciated, thank you Steve
