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<blockquote data-quote="mruane" data-source="post: 204154" data-attributes="member: 21044">Hi Michael,You will probably not be able to get any analog channels on the HVR4000 because it does not have a hardware encoder included. I have the HVR4000 also and apart from one instance when I did get that card to produce a picture I have never been able to reproduce it. In any case, I certainly could never record from the analog tuner in that card. Its a great pity that there is no software encoding add-on available for MP. I recall there was one for GBPVR but I have not seen that around for a while.So, the only workable solution really is to hunt around Trademe for a used PVR150 or PVR500 card which works very well with MP and gives you all of the analog channels you can eat.&nbsp; Alternatively you could try <a href="http://www.ascent.co.nz" target="_blank">www.ascent.co.nz</a> who have the PVR150MCE (which will work fine) for $109. There's a PVR500 on Trademe now for $150 which is a good buy because it has dual tuners.&nbsp; Remember though that we get digital TV next year so these cards will probably be redundant then.Have a hunt around the forum for HVR4000 and you might find the thread that I participated in where another member was able to get his 4000 working in MP. I followed his tips and it did work (as I said above) but it was also software based and flaky. I gave up in the end. MP really needs hardware encoding to work properly.Hope that helps.Cheers Mike</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mruane, post: 204154, member: 21044"] Hi Michael, You will probably not be able to get any analog channels on the HVR4000 because it does not have a hardware encoder included. I have the HVR4000 also and apart from one instance when I did get that card to produce a picture I have never been able to reproduce it. In any case, I certainly could never record from the analog tuner in that card. Its a great pity that there is no software encoding add-on available for MP. I recall there was one for GBPVR but I have not seen that around for a while. So, the only workable solution really is to hunt around Trademe for a used PVR150 or PVR500 card which works very well with MP and gives you all of the analog channels you can eat. Alternatively you could try [url]www.ascent.co.nz[/url] who have the PVR150MCE (which will work fine) for $109. There's a PVR500 on Trademe now for $150 which is a good buy because it has dual tuners. Remember though that we get digital TV next year so these cards will probably be redundant then. Have a hunt around the forum for HVR4000 and you might find the thread that I participated in where another member was able to get his 4000 working in MP. I followed his tips and it did work (as I said above) but it was also software based and flaky. I gave up in the end. MP really needs hardware encoding to work properly. Hope that helps. Cheers Mike [/QUOTE]

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