[mythtv-users] Playing back PVR500 recordings on PVR350 decoder

[Ole Andre Schistad]

I recently added a PVR500 to my existing mythtv box, and am hoping there 
is a way to play back all recordings using the hardware decoder chip on 
the 350. My primary reason for this is simply that mpeg2 looks much 
better when output through the HW decoder than when played back in 
software, although I am also experiencing some problems getting sound 
when using software playback (complains about my alsa settings).

Since the encoder on the PVR500 should produce an identical mpeg2 stream 
to that on the PVR350, there should be no reason why it can't be done - 
only that mythtv may not be coded to actually do things this way out of 
the box.

I expect that there is a flag somewhere in the database which myth uses 
to determine wether to dump a given file to the PVR350s decoder chip or 
to software decode it to the framebuffer? If so, then one way of 
achieving what I want would be to run a periodic equivalent to UPDATE 
tablename SET flagname='recorded_by_350' where 
flagname='not_recorded_by_350' or similar .. but maybe there is a more 
elegant way ? Or am I not supposed to have this particular problem to 
begin with? :)

Anyway, appreciate any help from you guys.

Cheers,

Ole André