On 12/16/05, Kirk Grell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Andrew Close <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 12/16/05, Kirk Grell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm building my first MythTV box. It'll be a back > end > > > box that I'll admin remotely (web, rsh, ftp, etc). > > > It's sole purpose right now will be to schedule > > > recordings and transcode them to smaller video > files > > > for pulling later to my PC at a different > location. > > > I'm not planning for any other MythTV modules or > front > > > end box at the moment. > > > > > > Below is the machine I'll be piecing together. > Anyone > > > know of any known issues with any of the following > > > hardware in Linux and/or MythTV? > > > > > > - Shuttle XPC SN85G4V3 > > > + nVIDIA nForce3 > > > + Realtek ALC655 Onboard Audio > > > + Onboard Lan > > > - AMD Athlon 64 3000 > > > - CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB DDR 400 > > > - Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200GB SATA150 > > > - NEC DVD Burner ND-3550A > > > - ASUS V9400 Geforce MX4000 128MB > > > - Hauppauge WinTV PVR 350 > > > - RedHat Fedora Core 4 > > > > > > BTW, this will be hooked up serially to a DirectTV > > > D10-100 receiver. > > > > > > Any info regarding this setup or conflicts between > it > > > and Fedora and/or MythTV would be greatly > appreciated. > > > > save a couple bucks and get the Hauppage PVR-150 or > > PVR-500 (two > > tuners) instead of the PVR-350. since you're only > > building a backend > > the 350 provides nothing extra. you can probably do > > with onboard > > video or a cheapy video card since this is only a > > backend; unless > > you're planning to use it for video editing or > > something. if it's > > just going to be a standalone backend video isn't > > neccessary. saving > > money on the parts you don't need may allow you to > > purchase a larger > > hard drive. ;) > > This XPC doesn't include onboard video. Which is why > I need to get a vid card. But, the card is only like > $30. > > As for the PVR-500, 2 tuners won't do me any good (I > believe), because I only have 1 satellite reciever. > > I could bump down to PVR-150. Main thing is that I > really want as high quality of video as I can get > before transcoding. In terms of MPEG2, does output > from the PVR-150 look as good as output from the > PVR-350? > > And, although I didn't mention it before, if it's > possible, I might want to record audio from the FM > receiver of the PVR-350. But that's just a perk if I > go with that card.
from what i understand the 250 and 350 are equivilent in quality as far as recording. the (possible) advantage of the 350 is that it will encode/decode various formats for you if you use it as your video output. you won't be using the 350's video output so you can save yourself a couple bucks by using the 250. the 150/500 is the newest card available. as far as i know the 150 has the same quality as the 250, it's just a different chipset and is cheaper. i have a 250 and a 500 (basically two 150s stuck together) and they record at the same quality. i can't tell the difference between a program recorded by the 250 or one recorded by the 150. i don't think the FM radio on the cards is usable in Myth. i know ppl have talked about it, but i don't think it's a supported feature and i don't know that there is widespread success in getting it to work. if it does work, i believe one of the 150 models comes with FM as well (MCE version - http://hauppage.com/pages/products/data_pvr150mce.html) so you should be able to get by with a 150 saving yourself some money. and it will probably be easier to set up than the 350 from what i've read. :) _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
