[mythtv-users] what cards and tools

[Tom Clark]

1) Eww about the HTML posting and colour
2) It's a bzip2 file, you should be able to extract it using standard tar
but with a j switch: tar -jxvf <filename.tar.bz2>

Regards,
Tom Clark 

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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Kenneth Klein
Sent: 30 November 2004 17:51
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] what cards and tools


What are these *.tar.bz2 files that I got to install MythTV? What kind of
format is that? What do I use to unzip and untar???

Cook, Garry wrote: 

		On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 16:07 -0600, Neil wrote:
		    

			hey guys,
			
			I'm overwhelmed by links that I've been finding. I
wanted to seek
			recommendation please. 
			
			FYI, the system will be linux.
			
			1. What card should I use to capture regular
channels?
			2. What card should I use to capture hdtv
signals(OTA is fine)?
			3. What software should I use to record those
signals to my harddisk?
			4. What card should I use to playback the recorded
to my HDTV set?
			
			Thanks guys,
			
			Neil
			      

	[snip]
	  

		1.  For standard definition tv I would highly recommend a
Hauppauge
		PVR-250 or PVR-350.  The 250 is strictly an mpeg-2 encoder.
You will
		also need a graphics card with tv out (see 4).  If you want
HDTV you
		probably won't want the 350 because it's mpeg-2 decoder only
		works with
		the built in s-video out and won't do Hi-def.
		
		    

	
	I've also just started looking into MythTV. I imagine it will be
another
	month or two before I actually have the time/money to start building
a
	box. So, I've been reading a lot, and joined the list yesterday. I
	managed to find answers to most of the questions above (I think),
	although the answer to #1 has me confused again.
	
	>From what Wayne says, the PVR250 may be better for me, because
while I
	don't have HDTV capabilities right now, I will most likely want them
in
	the future, and the 350 sounds like it's no good for this. Although
	previously I was leaning towards the 350's, thinking that the
decoder
	would be useful for keeping CPU low during playback (probably going
to
	run this on an old PIII 800).
	
	What are the trade-offs of using a PVR-250 instead of a PVR350?
	Since I want to be able to record a show while watching TV, I need
two
	cards (right?), so maybe I should get one of each and use the 350
for
	playback whenever possible?
	Has anyone put together a Pros and Cons document related to tuner
cards?
	Any recommendations on previous threads or search terms to look for
in
	the archives?
	
	Garry W. Cook, CCNA
	Network Infrastructure Manager
	MACTEC, Inc. - http://www.mactec.com/
	303.273.5050 (Office) - 720.220.1862 (Mobile)
	  
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