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| − | The Newest version of HAUPPAUGE PVR-250 popular Video capture card is called the WinTV PVR-250 MCE. Despite the name, even the latest cards work under Linux with the ivtv drivers. There are cosmetic and functional changes between the revisions of the PVR 250. The PVR-250 MCE drops the connection for the remote, and adds | + | The Newest version of HAUPPAUGE PVR-250 popular Video capture card is called the WinTV PVR-250 MCE. Despite the name, even the latest cards work under Linux with the ivtv drivers. There are cosmetic and functional changes between the revisions of the PVR 250. The PVR-250 MCE drops the connection for the remote and the 1/8" line in jack, and adds stereo RCA audio inputs and FM radio tuner. The picture on this page is of an older revision of the PVR-250 that has the remote connection, but no RCA audio input, and no FM tuner. |
Encodes MPEG-1 and [[MPEG-2]], but does not decode. The [[Hauppauge PVR-350|PVR-350]] does both. | Encodes MPEG-1 and [[MPEG-2]], but does not decode. The [[Hauppauge PVR-350|PVR-350]] does both. | ||
Revision as of 16:03, 2 August 2007
Contents
WinTV-PVR-250
| WinTV-PVR-250 | |
| Vendors Website | http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvr250_datasheet.htm |
| Input Formats | not applicable |
| Support Status | Supported by Myth: Uses IVTV driver |
| Driver | http://ivtvdriver.org/ |
| Sound Driver | not applicable |
| Chipset | not applicable |
Description
The Newest version of HAUPPAUGE PVR-250 popular Video capture card is called the WinTV PVR-250 MCE. Despite the name, even the latest cards work under Linux with the ivtv drivers. There are cosmetic and functional changes between the revisions of the PVR 250. The PVR-250 MCE drops the connection for the remote and the 1/8" line in jack, and adds stereo RCA audio inputs and FM radio tuner. The picture on this page is of an older revision of the PVR-250 that has the remote connection, but no RCA audio input, and no FM tuner.
Encodes MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, but does not decode. The PVR-350 does both.
Issues and Problems
Ghosting noted with some lower resolution and bitrate combinations on PVR-250 model 32062, rev C185 (cx23416). The ghosting disappeared with resolution 480x480 and 4000kbps rates.
The PVR-250 and other PVR-xxx cards using the ivtv driver sometimes suffer from a DMA problem. In some cases, this results in the card failing to produce any output until the system is rebooted, even unloading and reloading the driver doesn't clear the error. See ivtvdriver.org for more information about this problem and possible preventative measures.
Associated Software
Log Messages
If you see an "Unreasonably low latency" message from ivtv in your logs you should probably read the page on PCI Latency.
Installation guides
Usually found upon install.
FAQs
Best info most likely found on the IVTV driver forum on Sourceforge. See also the wiki at: http://ivtvdriver.org/
