[mythtv-users] Has anybody tried AverMedia M179 card instead ofPVR250?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Kaushik Mallick
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 6:02 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Has anybody tried AverMedia M179 card instead
> ofPVR250?
>
>
> Looks like there is moderate success with the PVR250
> in MythTV. I was wondering if I can use a smilar card
> Avermedia M179. According to this link at
> ivtv(http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html#_jump03),
> "the AVerMedia M179 AVerTV uses a Sony SBX1637 audio
> module which is not supported by the current driver so
> while you can capture video, you get no audio yet".
>
> Did anybody have any success in using a M179 as a
> hardware mpeg encoder with MythTV? Any comments or
> ideas how to get the sound working? Can I use an
> external cable to get the sound from the M179 to the
> onboard sound port of the motherboard?

No, an audio patch cable won't work with a hardward MPEG encoder board, as
the audio needs to be part of the muxed MPEG stream.  Even if you could use
the board to capture video with Myth, the Myth software won't even try to
record audio from your sound card if you tell it you have a hardware MPEG
encoder.

-JAC