[mythtv-users] using hauppauge pvr-x50 + pcHDTV3000

[Brad Fuller]

Ron Garrison wrote:
> My understanding is that the hardware encoder is used to encode the 
> PVR-350 NTSC/PAL digitized signal into mpeg2 and has nothing to do 
> with the PCHDTV-3000 and vice-versa.  The PCHDTV-3000 will deliver 
> already encoded data.  This is all done at the driver level I believe 
> so MythTV should take advantage of the hardware encoder.
But, if you want to use it for analog, then you'll be using sw encoding.
>  
> Now - about the PCHDTV3000.  You cannot buy them new anymore (I don't 
> believe), and if you have any thoughts of grabbing HD content off of 
> cable using QAM256, you will want something other than the PCHDTV3000 
> - it just doesn't deal with QAM256 very well.  I'm using an 
> Air2PC-5000 and I suspect that the new PCHDTV-5500 will work as well.
my pcHDTV3000 works absolutely fine for QAM256