On Aug 28, 2005, at 12:29 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
Jarod Watkins wrote:
I was wondering what is the cheapest mythtv compatible capture
card with mpeg2 encoding? I have a satellite receiver, so a s-
video connector is required. Thanks ahead.
I would recommend using a Hauppauge (even if you can get a Yuan or
something else cheaper). Currently the cheapest of the Hauppauge
line is the PVR-150 (it's also the best--the PVR-500 is basically
just two PVR-150's, so it's not really "better," just two of the
best).
You can find the PVR-150 for about $70 after rebates at local
retailers (CompUSA, Circuit City, Best Buy, etc.). If you don't
want to wait for a special, it will cost about $90.
Does anyone know if the minimum system requirements listed on the
Hauppauge site (ie PII 733Mhz for the PVR-150 and PIII 1.2GHz)
applies to using the cards under Linux and MythTV, or are those just
for the bundled windows software? Any point in trying the PVR-150 in
a box with a PII 713Mhz?
Also the PVR Database (http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/) is down (looks
like it has been for a while), are there any mirrors, or alternative
sources of configuration information?
Thanks,
James
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