[mythtv-users] Xbox vs PVR350

[Jason Richardson]

the problem with your setup is the bttv card, not the tvout.
i do have a pvr-350 card now, and will probably not be the first to say
that linux isnt ready for it yet. after spending well over a week
loading/unloading modules, rebooting, recompiling ivtv, and tweaking
settings, i have not yet gotten all the functions to work. it will
capture video, sometimes, and usually stops before i tell it to. i did
get the framebuffer to work, sometimes. i never got the hardware decoder
to work, and when i tried to use it the framebuffer stopped working.
at this point i am finding myself seriously considering windows with
myhttpc or sage.
when it was working, the tvout and capture on the 350 was awesome quality
though, i will definantly recommend the hardware at least.

On 1/7/2004, "Tom Bojsen" <tbo at tombo.dk> wrote:
Hi All,

I wonder if anybody could comment on the quality of TV out on the Xbox
compared to PVR350 ?
It seems that the price of a new pvr350 is the same as the same as a new
Xbox, so I'm in doubt af what to buy.

I'm already running the back and frontend on a small quite pc under the
tv, but plan to put the PVR in my server which is anyway always running..

I have previously tried to run with a bt848 and tvout on the nvidia440mx
but the quallity was lousy even though its a 1.8Mhz PC, so I really is
considering to buy the PVR just for the TV out.

Comment on the noise level from the xbox is also appriciated.

Anyway, Mythtv is a fantastic peace of software

/Tom
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