Le mardi 23 août 2005 à 08:25 -0400, Brian Stults a écrit : > Mark Gardner wrote: > > Can anyone comment on the quality comparison between the two > > abovementioned chipsets? > > > > Advantages / Disadvantages, I have a 350 and have struggled on and off > > now for about 5 months to get it to work (Got it to work once but then > > the HD died). > > Mostly interested in quality of TV playback. > > > > Initially I was using the 350 TV-out. However, it wasn't playing DVDs > very well, so I switched to an MX440 about a year ago. I used that for > about 8 months and was reasonably happy, but the TV quality was nowhere > near that of the 350. > > Having read that people were quite pleased with the FX5200, I bought one > about 4 months ago. It was a step up from the MX440 in TV quality, and > DVDs still played very well. > > About a month after that, John Harvey released his XV driver for the > 350's decoder, so I decided to give it a try.
How do you setup the Xv driver for the 350. I use it for tv out but have problem with it for dvd playing. cpu goes up to 45% usage on a x64 amd 3200+ and I have many frame dropping. > Well, now I'm right back > where I started - using the 350's TV-out. TV playback is still far > superior to the MX440 and FX5200. It's flawless. Perhaps even better > quality than going straight from my cable box. Now, DVD playing is much > better than it used to be, and I would say it is equal to the quality I > was getting with my FX5200. I can't remember for sure what my CPU usage > is when watching DVDs, but I think it was lower than with the FX5200. > Of course, just watching TV on it takes virtually no CPU. Using the > latest 0.3.x drivers, I haven't had any stability problems. > > The PVR350 TV-out has come a long way in the past few months, so I > encourage anyone who gave up on it to give it another try. > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- ----- Claude Gélinas agr., dta Phyto Ressources inc. ============================================================================== Varennes, Québec, Canada Tél.: (450) 652 9764, Fax.:(450) 652 6182 Des questions sur les insectes et maladies des plantes ornementales ? Want to know more about ornamental plant pest ? http://www.phyto.qc.ca
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