[mythtv-users] PVR-350 questions...

[John Kuhn]

>Several questions arise from this:
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>1) Would I be able to use the framebuffer part of the PVR-350 for X as well as 
>video output in MythTV? (Does using it as a framebuffer device interfere with 
>the TV functionality?)
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Yes.

>2) Using the device in this way, would I still get hardware accelerated MPEG2 
>playback?
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Yes. its the only way you will be able todo so

>3) Would I get hardware MPEG2 encode too?
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Yes.

>4) If I bought another tuner card (for satilite tv - probably a Pinnacle PCTV 
>Sat CL), would MythTV be able to use the hardware acceleration part of the 
>PVR-350 to encode the steams from the other card to disk? (basically, does it 
>treat the PVR-350 as a hardware mpeg2 accelerator card?)
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No it does not. you'll only be able to encode mpeg2 with it, using it as 
the input

>Finally:
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>5) I'm thinking of using either a 1GHz Athlon (if I get everything hardware 
>accelerated) or an XP2200+ if I can't - is the 1GHz Athlon up to it?
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I've talked to people using a 300mhz pII with the card... I personally 
use a 667mhz PIII... so i'd say your doing fine with a 1ghz athlon :)

--John