[mythtv-users] pvr350, dxr3, g400-tv & nvidia TV-out quality ?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Scott Blomfield
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:59 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] pvr350, dxr3, g400-tv & nvidia TV-out
> quality ?
>
>
> I just want to be completely sure of the draw here...
>
> A dxr3 and pvr-250 (if dxr3 was supported) would mean hardware encoding
> and decoding, correct? And the draw of that would be? That you could get
> away with only needing a 200Mhz CPU? (I have a dxr3, and am considering
> getting a pvr-250, and have yet to buy dedicated hardware to run Myth)
>
> Just curious...


Yes; if the MPEG decoder boards had good Linux drivers (AFAIK only the dxr3
has any decent drivers) and Myth supported output to MPEG decoder board for
all output (not just playback video), then a dxr3/PVR-250 combo (or just a
PVR-350, which has both hardware encoding & decoding) would allow you to get
away with a considerably less beefy machine for both frontend & backend.  I
don't know about 200Mhz, though... need more data to say just how slow you
could get away with.

-JAC