[mythtv-users] Newbie questions...

Craig Betts mythmail at gmail.com
Wed May 25 05:21:32 UTC 2005


After going through a headache setting up a 150... I'd recomend the
better supported 250, especially if you're new to it.  I went the
fedora core 3 route because things are much easier if you follow
Jarod's fedora howto, which does require any compiling.

On 5/24/05, Jason Rhodes <jasonr at austcopolar.com.au> wrote:
> Getting better each day 8)...3rd compile this week 8) upto 3.2f I think
> now
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MagicITX [mailto:magicitx at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 May 2005 2:44 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Newbie questions...
> 
> 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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