mindfuq at fairfieldi wrote [snip]
> I think adding an MPEG2 encoder would definitely > increase performance as would an NVidia card but then > it wouldn't be practically free anymore. A decent > PVR-250 on special dealnews is $100 and an NVidia card > is $40. A PVR-350 is an easy $150. Add any of those > to practically ANY computer and you'd get decent > performance. Your article stated that you are using a ATI TV Wonder VE PCI tuner, which has an mpeg2 chip onboard, if I understood the specs correctly. Unless I'm missing something, you have an MPEG2 encoder already. Mindfuq; Dude, don't I wish! No, I am pretty much certain that the ATI TV Wonder VE PCI tuner is bt878 uses bttv modules and is generally not a very good tuner. It is also a PITA to configure right because for some reason the kernel/bttv wants to force it to tuner=19 rather than the normal tuner=2. I have long since upgraded to dual PVR-250's that do have MPEG2 encoder chips. They are much nicer. Hey, but if I am wrong, feel free to show me what I've missed! I'd LOVE another card with MPEG2 encoding! Thanks! Andrew Lynch
_______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
