[mythtv-users] recording on two PVR250 or 350 inputs at once?

[Glen Johnson]

I asked this same question a while back and from the responses that I
got, it appears the PVR 2/350 are the only ones with hardware mpeg
encoders which also do sound.  Some folks are using the avermedia m179
but its sound chip isn't supported by ivtv, so you will need an
additional sound card.
I was trying to do the same thing with my digital cable boxes.  I
decided to just buy 2 PVR350s.  No additional sound card needed and
hope, hope, hope one day the FM radio on the 350 will be integrated with
Myth.

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Khanh Tran
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 7:23 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] recording on two PVR250 or 350 inputs at
once?

So are there any cheap alternatives to a full PVR250/350 that has only
s-video and rca audio inputs and a hardware encoder?  I'm thinking along
the lines of my digital cable box and the remote, IR receiver and tuner
aren't necessary for this source.

-Khanh

-----Original Message-----
From: papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu [mailto:papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 7:13 AM
To: khanh at Khanh.net; Discussion about mythtv
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] recording on two PVR250 or 350 inputs at
once?

	You cannot do this.  MPEG encoder aside, the card only has the
A/D hardware to demodulate and digitize one signal at a time.  I guess
you could think of this as "technically still recording"... or at least
digitizing.

-Cory

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Khanh Tran wrote:

> So what if I just wanted to watch vido from one input while recording
> off the tuner or the s-video input.  Is this possible?   Or is it
> technically still recording anyway?
> 
> -Khanh
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian May [mailto:bam at snoopy.apana.org.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:20 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] recording on two PVR250 or 350 inputs at 
> once?
> 
> >>>>> "Khanh" == Khanh Tran <khanh at slc.edu> writes:
> 
>     Khanh> Is it possible to record on both the S-Video/Audio input
>     Khanh> and the coax TV Tuner input simultaneously on a PVR250 or
>     Khanh> PVR350 under MythTV?
> 
> No. AFAIK There is only one tuner and one MPEG encoder on the card.
> --
> Brian May <bam at snoopy.apana.org.au>
> 
> 
> 

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