[mythtv-users] Re: Half Height Video Capture Cards

Michael A. Howell michael.howell at cox.net
Wed Feb 18 09:55:15 EST 2004


Thanks for the input.  I would like to try the Yuan MPG600 - Anyone know
where I can purchase one.  I have been on Google, looked at newegg, and
tried Yahoo shopping, but can not seem to locate one.

Thanks


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Livingston" <dergibjl2-nospam at yahoo.com>
To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:10 PM
Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: Half Height Video Capture Cards


> In Japan there are several PCI Low Profile cards sold based on various
> TV chipsets, such as bttv, saa7134, cx88, etc. There are also (at
> least) two low profile cards which feature the iTVC16 chip (same as
> WinTV-250), both made by Yuan and sold by various OEMs here. The older
> card is supported by a patch to ivtv and seems to work, but is getting
> hard to find here. The newer one is very interesting because its cheap
> (about $130) and it also features extra chips for 3D Y/C seperation,
> 3/D noise reduction, and ghost reduction (but no remote or tv-out). But
> the driver hackers don't have a working patch just yet (they say maybe
> in a week or two). I sure hope they get it working. :)
>
> For video & tv-out, there are many PCI and AGP low-profile cards
> available based on the standard chipsets (GF4MX, Radeon9xxx series,
> etc.)
>
> Jason
>
> ----Original Message----
> Hi,
> I wanted to use a PVR 350 for my MythTV box, however it will not fit in
> my Antec Minute case. I would love to use my Antec case (I will use the
> PVR 350 for another project if necessary) - What is the best video
> capture (hardware compression etc...) and TV-out solution for my half
> height case?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> mahphx
>


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