[mythtv-users] Hercules Smart TV Stereo
Joseph A. Caputo
jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Wed Jun 11 16:34:35 EDT 2003
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> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Orn Hansen
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 3:06 PM
> To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Hercules Smart TV Stereo
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> Does anyone have any knowledge about this card, it supposedly
> has a mpeg2
> encoding ability (PVR), and fits my budged. And does mythtv support it,
> beyond the bttv driver?
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> Orn
The MPEG-1/2 encoding ability advertised is NOT hardware-based. It is
Windows software that is shipped with the card. This card is only listed on
the European web site, but supposedly comes in PAL, NTSC & SECAM. According
to their website it is BT878-based, so it *should* work under Linux, and
also with Myth. However, you may want confirmation as I've never seen
anyone mention this card before.
The only cards that do hardware-based MPEG encoding & are supported under
Linux & MythTV are the Hauppauge PVR-250 & PVR-350. Even at that, the Linux
driver (ivtv) is still an alpha version.
-JAC
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