[mythtv-users] WinTV-PVR-250 MCE (Media Center Edition) Support
Joseph A. Caputo
jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Tue Nov 4 10:39:21 EST 2003
On Monday 03 November 2003 18:27, John Marrett wrote:
> Has anyone used a WinTV-PVR-250MCE card (Windows XP Media Center
> Edition) [ http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvr250mce_datasheet.htm
> ] with MythTV?
>
> I believe the only difference between the
> WinTV-PVR-250MCE and the
> WinTV-PVR-250 is the style of audio input jacks (RCA instead of ???)
>
> There are large quantites of them at reasonable prices on ebay,
> however if they aren't going to work with linux/ivtv/mythtv I don't
> want them.
>
> Thanks for your help and advice,
These are the 'Freestyle' cards. Search the list archives for more
info, but the short story is: they work. The bonus is, the Freestyle
cards have a HW decoder just like the PVR-350, but without the TV-out.
Someday it may be supported by the ivtv project, and then possibly
Myth...
-JAC
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