On mythtv, I've had great luck with nVidia Gforce cards and their TV-out capabilities. I use the binary drivers from nvidia. Or just "apt-get install nvidia-kernel-2.4.26" (your version may vary) under debian.
-David On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 03:47:37PM -0500, Myrhillion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David, > > Thanks for the post, missed this before I made a few new posts. > I'm feeling more comfortable about my older hardware now. I think the > only obstacle at this point is deciding > on which PVR-XXX to actually go with... > > However, > > I just spoke to a friend today, that has a pvr-350 and a pvr-250 in the > same rig usin ga p4 1.4ghz. > He had initially used a pvr-250 and had some trouble with getting the tv > to display the output properly. > This is why he added the pvr-350. > > I'm wondering if there are particular graphics cards I should be wary of > regarding using in conjunction with one pvr-250. > yes yes, I should probably be trolling the mythtv forums for this info, > but you folks have been so helpful. > > David Rasch wrote: > > >I've recently setup a MythTV machine with a Duron 800Mhz and a WinTV PE > >which requires software encoding of video. This machine functions > >perfectly well when recording at a reasonable resolution (352x240). The > >picture is quite nice and the user is very happy. The only point here is > >that I'd be very suprised if this processor were unable to handle a > >capture card using hardware encoding since it can handle software encoding > >and playback/decoding simultaneously. > > > >-David > > > >On Monday 21 March 2005 16:28, Myrhillion wrote: > > > > > >>Hmm, I hadn't realized how "cheap" relatively the athlon xp's have > >>become (haven't built a rig in a while). I might just have to build > >>a whole new computer for this project (*laughs maniacally*). > >> > >>However, I'm wondering if the duron 800 I have will do with a hauppauge > >>PVR-250. > >>Do you have any problems recording and watching a totally different show > >>with your setup, even when it's like > >>timeshifted to skip commercials? > >> > >>Anyway, I'm getting more excited about actually doing this from the > >>feedback I've received from the list. > >>I had actually read up on the FC3 mythtv howto you mentioned. It seems > >>a bit complicated but doable. > >> > >>I may still stick with gentoo for the distro. I'll have to sign-up to > >>that myth user list next. > >>Thanks for info Ken, it's appreciated seeing what other folks are using. > >> > >>Doug Taggart > >> > >>Ken Mink wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I just finished building a MythTV box a couple of months ago. I'm now > >>>using it full time. I'm very happ with it and rarely switch over to my > >>>TiVo. > >>> > >>>I'm using a 2600 Barton processor(overkill) and 512MB RAM. I bought a > >>>Samsung SP160N HD. The Samsung drives are QUIET. I mean I thought the > >>>drive was DOA when I installed it because I couldn't even hear it spin > >>>up. The motherboard is an ASUS A7N8X-VM/400. I'm using it's built-in > >>>Geforce4 w/tv-out and it's built-in sound. I'm also using a Hauppauge > >>>PVR-250 as a tuner. > >>> > >>>I went with FC3 as a base and used the ATRPMS repostitory for the myth > >>>installation. There's a great how-to for installing MythTV on FC. As > >>>long as you read and follow it carefully, you'll have MythTV up and > >>>running in no time. > >>> > >>>As for your question about the PVR-250 vs 350. The 350 has it's own > >>>tv-out capabilities. This includes a built-in mpeg decode. Both cards > >>>have encoders. The theory is that with a 350, the card does both the > >>>encoding and decoding and your cpu doesn't have to get involved. From > >>>what I've read, the 350's tv-out can be a pain to configure. On the > >>>myth-users list, I see a lot of people that have 350s, but don't use > >>>it's output capabilities. > >>> > >>>Good Luck, > >>>Ken > >>> > >>>On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:50:02 -0500, Myrhillion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hello, > >>>> > >>>>I have recently gotten interested in building a mythtv box. > >>>>I checked my trilug messages and found there was a meeting in December > >>>>which featured mythtv. > >>>>Drats, I've missed my opportunity. > >>>> > >>>>Does anyone know if the presentation is available online somewhere? > >>>>I'd like to discuss what people have for hardware too. > >>>> > >>>>Here is the basic machine I'm considering. > >>>> > >>>>I'm considering recycling an athlon duron 800 with 512 mb ram. > >>>>I'm thinking gentoo or a debian based distro like ubuntu for the OS. > >>>>The machine by itself would be too slow so, I'm going to buy a tv card, > >>>>probably a hauppage (sp?) wintv 250 or 350. > >>>>Has anyone seen any benefit of the 350 over the 250 in practice? > >>>> Any other tv tuners people have been impressed with to use for this > >>>>purpose? > >>>>I'll be adding a larger hard drive, probably 200gb range. > >>>>A wireless nic so I can save some of the shows I want to keep to a > >>>>larger file server and to grab the xmltv feed. > >>>>This will also make it simple to keep downstairs with the stereo tv > >>>>etc.. > >>>> > >>>>Doug Taggart > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>TriLUG mailing list : > >>>>http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ > >>>>: http://trilug.org/faq/ > >>>>TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > >>>>TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > >>>> > >>>> > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
