You are preaching to the .. Whatever I suck at clichés. :) I was in exactly the same boat as you. bought the "new pvr" I was hoping they had a stable, "cheap to produce" card now that hadn't changed in a while. Maybe I can pick up an older pvr-250 off eBay or something.
As for configuration, should I get 2 cards with the same tuner in it (if possible) or get a different tuner to help clarify troubleshooting. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Symms Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 9:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ivtv-devel] new tuner card One thing is for sure, no card is perfect. Order a pvr-150 from newegg and one from amazon and you get 2 different cards. They're constantly changing. I had this question about 2 months ago and I ended up making a mistake. I got a pvr-150mce which, even though is running nicely now (thanks guys), doesn't have the great quality of my pvr-350. I think the standard pvr-150 is significantly better and should be ok. Regardless, anything you buy will eventually be supported. It took about 4 months for my pvr-350 to be supported after I bought it but it was a brand new run of tuners and everyone was busy on other projects. The turn around time seems to be getting much better so worst case would probably be 2 months. If you can find an old (i.e. 6mo-1yr card from ebay; ask seller where it was purchased and when) pvr-250 that should run with no problems. WARNING: stay away from any OEM hauppauges or hauppauges labeled "Freestyle". Brent Kilgore wrote: > I am contemplating adding a second tuner card to my system. I am > currently using a 1 yr old pvr-350. > > Which tuner-only card is the most supported at the moment? Also, is > there any way I can easily test to see if my box can handle another > video stream? I was having DMA conflict issues several hundred > versions ago that has long since been fixed. Im worried they might > come back if I add another card. The box is a 700mzh running at about > 3-7% cpu while watching TV. 2-3% while just recording. Cost is a big > issue also. > > Actually I really shouldnt even be thinking of this since Im > recently unemployed. But, I guess its cheaper than strangling inept > government workers. J Im just glad my drivers license has 3 more > years on it .. I couldnt take a trip to dmv right now.) > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
