[mythtv-users] Hauppauge PVR-350 or ATI 9200SE TV-out ?

Nick knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Wed May 18 17:49:51 UTC 2005


On 5/18/05, Nick <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/18/05, Jeff Simpson <llcooljeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > PVR-350
> > > Cons - No Hardware Acceleration, possibly slow DIVX / XVID
> > >
> > > ATI 9200SE
> > > Cons - A PITA to setup
> >
> > I think that basically covers it.
> >
> > the TVOut on the PVR looks stunning - I don't have much to compare it
> > to, since I haven't used a normal tvout on my myth box yet, but it
> > looks just as good as it does right off the cable box into the TV. The
> > PVR-350 can be a PITA to set up, too, but it's def. possible. You may
> > want to set both up and try them out just to see what you think. With
> > that fast a system, you may want to look ahead to HD options, too.
> >
> > I'm considering using multiple video out ports on the mythbox into
> > some kind of switch. Destroys the WAF, but I get the nice output from
> > PVR and the acceleration from the normal graphics card
> 
> With the current leaps and bounds on XV support in the ivtv tv-out
> driver, it may soon be possible to have everything running through the
> 350 - the output quality is superb. Getting the ATI card working (if
> the 9200 has the same TVOut probs as the 9100IGP in the Pundit-R) is
> probably easier than for the PVR card! One hexedit, and voila -
> install the rpm, run fglrxconfig, and that should be the ATI card set
> up. It is also possible to adjust overscan on the ATI, something which
> at present is not possible on the 350 card.
> 
> Using multiple output is probably the best idea at the moment, as you
> get the best of both - acclerated video playback on the ATI, and
> beautiful Live TV and recordings on the PVR.
> 
> Nick
> 

Replying to my post - just saw your kernel version - the current ATI
driver (8.12.10) I think only installs cleanly on <=2.6.10. There are
patches out there for 2.6.11, but obviously this entails a bit more
work to get it installed.

Nick


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