[mythtv-users] Newbie questions...

MagicITX magicitx at gmail.com
Wed May 25 04:43:56 UTC 2005


On 5/24/05, Jason Rhodes <jasonr at austcopolar.com.au> wrote:
> Pvr 150 = replaced 250....
> 
> Pvr 350 = 150 with tv-out
> 
> Pvr 500 = 2 x 150s stucktogether.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Bargabus [mailto:ben_b at ppdonline.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 May 2005 1:03 PM
> To: MagicITX; Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Newbie questions...
> 
> <snip>
> > 1. I've not had trouble with the VIA DMA problem.  I seem to recall
> > some talk that it could be an FC3 on VIA problem.  Maybe I shouldn't
> > say that since I can't recall specifics of the conversation.  YMMV
> 
> 
> FC3 as in Fedora?  I'm a debian guy, I assume then that would be fine.
> 
> 
> > 2. You don't need a 350 on the backend.  The decoding capability is a
> > frontend thing.
> 
> 
> I kind of thought that but wanted to check.  What then is the difference
> between the 150 and 250?  I went to their web page and it wasn't very
> clear.
> 
> 
> Thank you for your input!
> 
> 
> 
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> 

You are correct.  One thing to keep in mind though is the chipset in
the 150 is different than the 250.  The 150 needs the ivtv 0.3.x
driver while the 250 can use that or the older 0.2.0 driver.  The
0.3.x driver is newer and may not be as stable as the 0.2.0 driver.

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Tim
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