[mythtv-users] Personal Choices

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Dec 15, 2003, at 05:53, Dan Sully wrote:

> * Jarod C. Wilson <jcw at wilsonet.com> shaped the electrons to say...
>
>> I don't believe it supports ATSC resolutions, but I could be mistaken.
>> Whether that's an implementation issue or a sheer processing power
>> issue, I don't know.
>>
>>> I was considering having a EPIA M10000 as my front end, with the
>>> backend having a pcHDTV card and the storage array. But if the EPIA 
>>> isn't up
>>> to it even with a 350, I'll need to reconsider.
>>
>> Someone else will have to chime in here for a definitive answer, but
>> I'm about 99% certain the PVR-350 can't do a lick with an ATSC stream,
>> and probably never will. One of the issues is that to use the 350's
>> decoder, you have to use its video out, which is limited to NTSC/PAL,
>> so you wouldn't ever be able to output a High-Def resolution anyhow.
>
> Perhaps one of the ATI/NVidia boards can do this? Anyone have 
> experience here?
>
> Hardware MPEG2 decoding w/high res output? Preferably YPbPr at 
> 480p/720p/1080i standard?

Not under Linux. The Windows drivers for both have some support for 
such things, but their respective Linux drivers are a tad bit less 
evolved... :-\

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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