[mythtv-users] PVR 250 Install Procedure?
Shannon Carver
shannonc at ccplusi.com
Tue Aug 19 12:50:09 EDT 2003
In that case I could use a Win TV dbx model 401?
It has a remote option.
Does this support btaudio?
How would I use this remote option to change my digital cable box
channels from myth?
Would this work?
Shannon
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>I am going to add a second tuner to my mythtv box.
>I am considering adding a pvr 250 because I can use the remote
capabilities.
If the remote capability is your driving factor, don't rule out the
older
Hauppauge cards (WinTV PCI cards). The main advantages of the PVR-250
are
that it encodes in hardware (so it doesn't tax your CPU), and it
produces
standard MPEG-2 recordings that are viewable with other software on most
platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac). However, bear in mind that if you tend
to
record a lot of shows and not watch them immediately, a PVR-250 will
fill up
your disk very quickly, as the recordings can easily be 4GB - 6GB/hr,
depending on your capture settings. Also, a PVR-250 will cost you USD$50
-
$100 more than a regular V4L tuner card, plus (potentially) whatever you
end
up spending on extra HD storage space.
[snip]
>Also, will I need a second audio card to use a second tuner?
Depends on the tuner card. With a PVR-250, the audio & video are both
captured by the card and multiplexed into a standard MPEG-2 stream, so
you
don't need another sound card. If you get a standard V4L tuner card that
supports btaudio, you also don't need another sound card as the audio
will
be recorded directly from the tuner card. If, however, you get a V4L
tuner
card that doesn't support btaudio, then you'll need to dedicate a sound
card
input to that tuner.
Bottom line: your current system capabilities, budget, and overall
feature
priorities will determine what kind of tuner you get.
-JAC
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