[mythtv-users] Happauge PVR-500 Linux Support Feedback

Erik Pettersen pettersen at gmail.com
Sat Aug 20 03:07:42 UTC 2005


That's where this additional backplane/header comes in

http://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/hardware1.asp#av_cable

e.
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On 8/19/05, David Ellis <david at ellisonline.ca> wrote:
> There is nothing stopping you from using the PVR-500 with 2x Digital Cable
> Boxes...........EXCEPT the following. Digital Cable looks REALLY nice with
> SVideo cabling - the PVR-500 has only ONE Svideo input.......So if your
> really sweating it - get 2x150's. My advice would be to get 1x150 and
> 1x500........that way you get two digital cable inputs and one basic cable
> input.
> 
> David
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Erik Pettersen
> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 10:41 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Happauge PVR-500 Linux Support Feedback
> 
> I may have misread the original poster, but...  The PVR500 MCE doesn't
> have any IR blasting action built in.  So, you'd be using a 3rd party
> IR blaster regardless in that scenario.  But what I don't understand
> is why you think you couldn't control two cable boxes with a PVR 500
> (especially since the 500 has little to say in that regard/department
> it's more LIRC/mythtv config than anything).  You'd probably want the
> additional svideo/audio header for the 500 if you went that route
> though I imagine.
> 
> Someone correct me if i'm off base on my assumptions here =)
> 
> E.
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> http://www.byopvr.com
> 
> On 8/19/05, Joe Votour <joevph at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > See inline.
> >
> > -- Joe
> >
> > --- "Zach.Burlingame" <zach.burlingame at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >    I am reading up on creating my own MythTV setup
> > > in our apartment and one
> > > of the things I am currently debating is using 2
> > > Hauppauge PVR-150s or 1
> > > Hauppauge PVR-500 because of its dual
> > > tuners/encoders. I noticed that in the
> > > case of the PVR-150 there is both a "vanilla"
> > > version and an "MCE" (for
> > > Windows XP Media Center Edition). However, I can
> > > only find the PVR-500 in
> > > the MCE flavor. I will be receiving one signal from
> > > digital cable using an
> > > IR blaster to control the cable box and the other
> > > signal from the basic
> > > cable. I do PLAN on moving both to digital cable, so
> > > if the PVR-500 does not
> > > support dual IR blasters, that would break its
> > > contention in my decision. My
> > > questions are as follows:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Is the Hauppauge PVR-500 only offered as the
> > > "PVR-500MCE"?
> > >
> > That appears to be the case.  I figure that if
> > Hauppauge was selling the cards in the non-MCE
> > version, they likely would, because lots of people
> > would be interested in it.  (On the other hand, it
> > might cut into their sales of PVR-x50 cards too).
> > >
> > >
> > > How is the support in Linux for the PVR-500 (e.g. is
> > > it any more difficult
> > > running two tuners/encoders on the PVR-500 versus 2
> > > separate PVR-150s)?
> > >
> > The ivtv driver sees PVR-500 as two PVR-150 cards.  I
> > don't know about the radio though, I haven't tried it.
> > >
> > >
> > > What is your general experience / recommendation on
> > > the single PVR-500
> > > versus dual PVR-150 decision?
> > >
> > I've never used a PVR-150, but I'm very happy with my
> > PVR-500.  I use it along with a PVR-250 for a total of
> > three tuners.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for any and all help/feedback.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > - Zach
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Here is some background on what type of
> > > hardware/software environment I am
> > > currently looking at:
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Backend:
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Linux Distro:     Gentoo Linux
> > >
> > > Processor:        AMD Athlon64 3000+ (Winchester
> > > Core)
> > >
> > > Mobo:              Asus A8N-E (w/ Nforce4 Ultra
> > > chipset, PCI-E, and SATAII)
> > >
> > > RAM:                2x 512MB DDR 400 PC-3200 CAS 2.5
> > >
> > > Storage:           2x 40GB 7200 RPM 2MB cache ATA133
> > > in RAID 1 (system)
> > >
> > >                         3x 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB cache
> > > SATA in software RAID 5
> > > (data, video)
> > >
> > > Network:           100Mbit switched LAN
> > >
> > > Tuners:             2 x Hauppauge PVR-150 or 1 x
> > > Hauppauge PVR-500
> > >
> > > Signal:              For starters, 1 digital cable +
> > > 1 basic cable signal.
> > > Moving to dual digital cable signal.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Frontend(s):
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------
> > >
> > > TBD
> > >
> > >
> > >
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