[mythtv-users] PVR 250 vs 350 vs no hardware encoding; Dolby audio

[Ian Connor]

You are probably right - I will persist with this one. After a restart
and reapplying the /etc/modprobe.conf file settings, the video is back
again. What settings do you have with the card in this modules file?

What did you do to get the audio working? In the HOWTO, it mentions
that I need to modify the input settings on the audio mixer to use the
audio jumper cable that goes from the card to the onboard shuttlepc
sound card.

To test each of these settings do you need to restart the frontend or
the backend as well?

Ian.


On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 06:59:27 -0600, Robert Denier <denier at umr.edu> wrote:
> I doubt it would be easier, although it might be better in the long term
> since the 250's use almost no cpu time and you integrate the audio and
> video so you can use multiple capture cards in a pc, without requiring
> multiple sound cards.  Of course 250's cost $ and I'd rather not spend
> any on one now, so I don't know the actual difficulty in getting one
> working.  Of course if you have multiple cards I guess you would need
> two ir blasters if you controlled external tuners.  The setup for which
> might be harder.
> 
> If your having a problem getting video on that one now, it seems
> possible that the problem might carry over if you changed cards.  You
> may want to consider something like tvtime to help troubleshoot the
> problem.  That way you can test the capture card independent of myth.
> If nothing else, I'd try to figure out what has changed to cause that
> card not to work, while you waited on the other card, although I doubt
> going to a 250 is a fix in of itself.  Its most likely just a different
> set of things to figure out.
> 
> Ian Connor wrote:
> 
> > <>I still could not get the audio and now it seems it cannot detect the
> > video card at all.
> >
> > Do you know if it would be easier to setup a PVR-250 given that it is
> > my first time?
> >
> > Ian.
> >
> > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:21:02 -0600, Robert Denier <denier at umr.edu> wrote:
> 
> >> <>It should be noted that I never got the remote working with this card,
> >> but then I didn't try really hard either. I used a sound card for
> >> audio, although according to lspci its standard bt878 audio, so you
> >> should be able to get it using the antennae connection.. I think.. (I
> >> haven't tried yet.) I used a separate ati rf remote.
> >>
> (Using the following card.)
> 
> >> <>
> >>
> >>>>I picked up an x-pert tv-pvr by v-stream on newegg
> >>>>
> >>>>TV TUNER KWRLD CAPTR VS-TV878RF (Qty=1,Price=$36.50)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> 
>