[mythtv-users] MythTV / HDTV: DVI vs S-Video Interface Suggestions
Jim Paris
jim at jtan.com
Fri Oct 31 18:00:41 EST 2003
> I haven't played with the actual hardware, but I know from what I've
> read on the ivtv mailing list that the card is capable of more than just
> playing back MPEG2 video. I don't think the developers have gotten
> around to adding standard YUV playback abilities yet, but they're
> working on that. However, the PVR-350 can be used just as a framebuffer
> device, so it's possible to have full software playback of anything you
> want.
No, the framebuffer device is way too slow to play back video. It's
good for OSD and menus, but don't expect to play any complicated games
or video on it.
-jim
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