[mythtv-users] Re: Recomend an MPEG-4 capture card?

[Boyd II, Willy]

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>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Adam Felson
>Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 3:25 PM
>To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: Recomend an MPEG-4 capture card?
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>Cecil wrote:
>>Adam Felson wrote:
>>>Are there any cards that do mpeg-4 on the card (like MSI's
>>pc at nywhere)
>>>that work well with MythTv?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>No.
>>
>>Cecil
>
>OK.  I'd have to budget for another hard drive to double the 
>space I have now.  My early tests w/ a g200 w/ mpeg2 h/w was 
>4GB/hr.  With software mpeg-4 compression I'm doing 
>0.7-1.0GB/hr depending on wether I do it at 480x480 or 640x480.
>
>Recomendation for mpeg-2 capture cards?
>Is the hauppage PVR250 or PVR350 software working reliably?  
>I really don't like the idea of buying three PVR250's as 
>they're rather expensive even when bought used.

The 250 is working quite reliably for me.  4GB/hour sounds really high.
I'm doing about 1.2GB/hour with a pvr-250 and the quality is perfectly
acceptable to me -- in some cases better than cable due to the quickdnr
filter.  Of course that's all relative.



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