[mythtv-users] PVR-350 and PVR-500

[mrwester]

On 11/21/05, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
>
> I've currently got everything running VERY nicely (except
> transcoding) on my FC4 box with a PVR-350. I was thinking about
> adding a PVR-500 into the same box. I would continue to use the 350
> for watching Live TV and playing back recordings, but would use the
> 500 for scheduled recordings and maybe a little picture-in-picture
> action. Anyone have experience with this? Plug it in and set it up
> like the 350? Will MythTV see that I have 3 encoders, 1 decoder and
> accommodate properly? Should I keep it simple and get myself a 150
> instead?


I've got a 350 and 500 in one box and they work great together with ivtv
0.4.0. Had some issues with earlier versions of the driver 0.2.7? and a via
KT400 mobo, but switched to geforce2 mobo and had no issues. Don't know if
the new drivers would be good with the via board or not, I'd be willing to
bet they would,(I think my issues were with an immature driver for these
cards) but I haven't tried the cards in the old box to find out... I don't
think adding a 150 would be any easier than a 500- as a 500 is essentially
2x150 on one card. So, if you're going to go for it, you might as well do
the 500... Once every few weeks, it's nice to have the extra tuner to
resolve a recording conflict. Since you have the 350 working already, adding
the 500 should be pretty straightforward.

Mike
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