[mythtv] hardware mpeg decoder

[Jason Pyeron]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Jason Pyeron wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Feb 2006, Chad wrote:
>
>> On 2/12/06, Jason Pyeron <jpyeron at pdinc.us> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 12 Feb 2006, Chad wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/12/06, Jason Pyeron <jpyeron at pdinc.us> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have an old dell inspiron 7100 with a mpeg decoder in it. I was
>>>>> wondering if anyone has looked into using such a beast with MythTV?
>>>>>
>>>>> -Jason
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> :D  What "Mpeg Decoder" does it have?  People definitely use mpeg
>>>> decoders in MythTV, ask all the PVR-350 folks ;)
>>>
>>> no not like the pvr-350, it is not an output device, but only a mpeg2
>>> decoder.
>>>
>>> dell describes it as "Luxsonar DVD Chipset"
>>>
>>> I used this machines as a (windows 2k) network DVD player for a few years.
>>> Now I would like to use it to play my MythTV recordings from my PVR-xxx
>>> cards in the basement.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chad
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> When booted into linux (even with a live CD) what does your output of:
>> lspci

here is the output:

[root at localhost ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:03.0 Multimedia video controller: M-Pact, Inc.: Unknown device 0020 (rev 01)
00:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1220 (rev 02)
00:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1220 (rev 02)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1968 Maestro 2
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage LT Pro AGP-133 (rev dc)


relevant entry from /proc/pci

PCI devices found:
   Bus  0, device   3, function  0:
     Class 0400: PCI device 1287:0020 (rev 1).
       IRQ 11.
       Master Capable.  Latency=64.
       Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfc000000 [0xfcffffff].

http://www.pcidatabase.com/vendor_details.php?id=1171

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