Whooo? A PVR-500 is inside?
Does it use ivtv-drivers, and if so do they run in DMA-mode?
I've been fighting with my PVR-350 for more than a year now,
(sadly never got useful help here), and finally it works, thanks to
the coder chris kennedy, at least in PIO-mode (OK, is "quiet" cpu-hungry,
but gives VEERY inpressive output

)
I hope I don't sound impolite! If so, it is not intended!
Kind regards,
Marcel
PS: The gamecds could be funny
EDIT: OOOH, maybe sorry: 121.89 EUR?
Possible it isn't a hardware-enc/dec-card?