[mythtv-users] Re: Getting Started with MythTV

[Robert Empfield]

Hi.

So would it be better I invest in the higher end card, the PVR 350 and when 
there is support for the FM radio tuner and decoder?  This may be a stupid 
question but, if I would purchase this card, would it work even though some 
of its features are not supported?  And finally, would I get along ok with 
the PVR 250?

Thanks
Robert


>From: Jarod Wilson <jcw at wilsonet.com>
>Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
>To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
>Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: Getting Started with MythTV
>Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 18:26:24 -0700
>
>On Monday, Jul 7, 2003, Robert Empfield wrote:
>
>>The two are basically the same except that the PVR 350 has both a hardware 
>>MPEG2 Encoder and Decoder and an FM radio stereo.  Would this one be 
>>better on a slower (slower compare to a computer running above 1 GHz) 
>>computer?
>
>The ivtv drivers only support the encoding part at this time, so it would 
>be of no benefit (yet) to get the 350. If decoding is added in the future, 
>then yes... But then a processor that is plenty fast is pretty cheap these 
>days...
>
>>Would I be able to still use the how-to guide by Jarod Wilson entitled 
>>"Step-by-step guide to building a MythTV box under Red Hat Linux 9 with a 
>>Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250", seeing how the two cards are so similar?
>
>I can't say conclusively, since I've never used a 350, but in theory, yes, 
>the steps should be more or less the same.
>
>>And what about the FM radio stereo?  Does it work with MythTV?
>
>No.
>
>>I have not seen anything mentioned anywhere in MythTV docs about its 
>>support or how it one could access it from the MythTV menus.
>
>Neither have I... It is possible to add buttons to MythTV for calling 
>additional apps, but I don't know of an additional app you could call that 
>would be able to do anything with the tuner.
>--
>Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
><jcw at wilsonet.com>
>"A wise man once said nothing at all."
>
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