On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 05:57:58PM -0500, Nathan Lutchansky wrote: > On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 04:47:45PM -0600, Josh Burks wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:30:30 -0500, Dale E. Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > It would appear that you can download a Linux SDK for this guy here: > > > http://www.plextor.com/english/support/LinuxSDK.htm > > > > That's great that there's linux support, but (at this time): > > I'm probably best-equipped to answer questions about this gadget, since I > wrote the driver for Plextor. > > > * Only the MJPEG and MPEG4 compressed formats are currently supported. > > What format would you prefer? Hardware-based MPEG4 is the main selling > point of the device, and it would seem to be the optimal compressed format > for PVR systems at this time. If it makes a difference to you, MPEG1 and > MPEG2 support will be in there by the end of the week with H.263+ support > following shortly.
Indeed, it is the point of the device. There seem to be folks here who are keen to burn their recordings to DVD, perhaps that's why they are so hot for MP2? This could be a popular product, though with the pvr-150mce down at $65 it will be hard on the price question. Though the ease of setup for USB will of course be a big plus.
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