[mythtv-users] mpeg2 hardware decoder

[Joel Anderson]

Thanks!

Joel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph A. Caputo" <jcaputo1 at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] mpeg2 hardware decoder


> On Tuesday 28 October 2003 14:27, Joel Anderson wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > New to myth, just reading docs and mailing-list in preparation to
> > build my first box.  From what I've read so far, It seems that for
> > the front-end there are only 2 hardware MPEG2 solutions supported at
> > this time; the PVR-350, and the integrated decoder on the Via EPIA-M
> > boards.  Is my understanding of this correct, and that the MPEG2
> > hardware in the GF4 cards is currently NOT supported in Linux/Myth? 
> > Are there any other options?  I already have a PVR-250, but would
> > like to use MPEG2 hardware at both ends with an older mbd/cpu.
> 
> Those are the only options currently supported by Myth.  The DXR3 card 
> has some Linux support, but is not supported in Myth.  Also, Rev 1 
> PVR-250 cards and 'Freestyle' cards (OEM version of PVR-250) have 
> MPEG-1/2 decoding, but no TV-out.  Support for this decoder as a 
> generic framebuffer is planned (wished?) for the ivtv driver in the 
> future; I don't know how that would mesh with Myth's current PVR-350 
> decoder support.  It's the same decoder, but with no TV-out.
> 
> -JAC
> 
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