snip
After reviewing these products, I was under the impression that they're
hardware *tuners* that do not perform any hardware encoding (which is left
to the CPU/software). They have a new HD-5000 card that appears to boast
more features than the previous card, with limited hardware
Just wanted to add a few things to earlier posts.
On 9/22/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2. I would like to record HD stuff, however, it appears that the only way
to do this is
via encoding with CPU overhead (no hardware encoders), as there are
no video capture cards
On 9/26/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks
for the info, Brian.So I assume you're not using an nVidia
card with a hardware MPEG2 decoder?Or, are you using an
nVidia card, and its' MPEG2 decoder just doesn't cut it?
I'm using an nVidia card but I chose not to use XvMC for
On 9/26/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another gentleman by the name of Brian Steele responded to my post, also.He noted:
snipYou
are correct, they are hardware tuners and they don't perform any
hardware encoding.The reason they don't need to do this is
that ATSC video is already
On 9/22/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snipAfter
reviewing these products, I was under the impression that they're
hardware *tuners* that do not perform any hardware encoding (which is
left to the CPU/software).They have a new HD-5000 card that
appears to boast more features than
Just wanted to add a few things to earlier posts.
On 9/22/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good day Ladies and Gent's,
1. From what I've gathered, since the DirecTV receivers have tuners in them,
I do not need a tuner for my MythTV box. Is this correct?
You don't need a
Good day Ladies and Gent's,
Long time lurker, first time poster with a few questions up my sleeve regarding
hardware requirements for my type of setup.
Service Provider: DirecTV (from here on, referred to as D*)
Video Format: NTSC
Receiver: Any HD capable D* receiver
Television: Westinghouse
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good day Ladies and Gent's,
Long time lurker, first time poster with a few questions up my sleeve regarding hardware requirements for my type of setup.
Service Provider: DirecTV (from here on, referred to as D*)
Video Format: NTSC
Receiver: Any HD capable D*
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good day Ladies and Gent's,
Long time lurker, first time poster with a few questions up my sleeve regarding hardware requirements for my type of setup.
Service Provider: DirecTV (from here on, referred to as D*)
Video Format: NTSC
Receiver: Any HD capable D*
At 02:10 PM 9/22/2005, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
Video card. Highly recommend nVidia card of some kind since ATI has
poor linux support.
Your mileage may vary on this one. I'm using an ATI 9200 card in my
Myth box and have had excellent results with livna keeping the ATI
fglrx rpm package up to
Thanks so much for the quick replies!
Sort of. You need a card that can capture from s-video or composite
since this is the only output you can get from your DirecTV receiver
(unless they offer one with firewire). Most cards that have this (PVR
series from Hauppauge, etc) also have a tuner
Newer D* receivers have both DVI and HDMI outputs. The D* HD10-250 (POS) I just
bought has an HDMI port and comes with a HDMI - DVI cable. Are there any
cards that can support either a DVI or HDMI input?
Sadly ... no. Not yet anyway. Sure would be nice though, since I can't
get any
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