question about quality settings and PVR500

[camshaft]

This may be a stupid question, but I don't understand the correct settings
to use in sage for my PVR500. The 500 has hardware encoders and so it should use a little over 2 gigs per hour for tv. The problem is I can change the quality settings in sage to get a different file size. Is there a way to determine if I am using the hardware encoders or software and or is sage able to change the quality of the recordings from the hardware encoders.

[stanger89]

You're always using the encoders on the 500, the settings in Sage just change how much the hardware encoders compress the video. Same is true of all the hardware encoder cards.

[camshaft]

That helps, I now understand how the settings work.