[mythtv-users] Question about PVR-350 and Myth...

[Niels Dybdahl]

I have created a MythTV system with a PVR-350 too. But I did not have a monitor on the final system only a TV and I wanted to be able of showing MPEG4 encoded recordings too. I tried making X work on the output of the PVR-350, but had to give up. I use the output of the FX5200 now and that works without problems. The 1.5 GHz Sempron handles the decompession without problems.

Niels Dybdahl
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Drifter 
  To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org 
  Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 3:07 PM
  Subject: [mythtv-users] Question about PVR-350 and Myth...


  I am building a Myth box.  I have:

  3Ghz Intel Prescott CPU
  Intel D865PERL Motherboard (Integrated optical SPDIF, Hyperthreading)
  Hauppauge PVR-350
  2 200Gig SATA hard drives
  512 M RAM
  FX5200 GeForce Card
  2 HD3000 cards (not installed yet).
  Fedore Core 3, 2.6.10

  My question is in regard to the hardware encoding / decoding capabilities of the PVR-350.  Am I required to use the TV Out of the PVR-350 to enjoy the MPEG decoding capabilities of the card?  Can the card encode and decode at the same time (live TV)?

  I had problems with Myth getting video to initialize, and finally was able to get live TV to display.  It was very choppy, stuttery, and ultimately just locked up.  I am not using the TV out of the card, and am presently just using the PC monitor.  I have a long ways to go on this, but I need to start with a better understanding of how the PVR350 works with the system.

  Regards,

  Redeye


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