[mythtv-users] WinTV-250 or 350 with LeadTek

Bruce Smith brucesmith at chartermi.net
Thu Mar 25 08:25:44 EST 2004


> Hello all.  I'm looking at adding a second tuner card to my myth box but I
> don't want to add a second sound card.  My first tv card is a WinFast TV2000
> XP Deluxe and it has to go through the sound card.  Will the 250 or 350 work
> together with the Leadtek nicely if one is using the sound card and one
> isn't.  Has anyone set this up already and has some tricks.  Thanks.

I started out with a Leadtek Winfast 2000, and added a PVR-250.
Short answer:  they work together fine.

Long answer, like an idiot, I upgraded my software at the same time I
added the PVR-250, which had a new version of video4linux, which broke
the Leadtek card.  Switching back to the old versions fixed it.  Moral:
do upgrades one at a time so you can tell what causes the problem if one
occurs.

Also, having the two cards side by side, I'm now thinking about
replacing the Leadtek with another PVR-250 since the quality of the
PVR-250 is noticeably better.   :-)

 - BS




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