[mythtv-users] Encoder/Decoder

Anil Gupte anil-list at icinema.com
Mon Mar 6 05:37:18 UTC 2006


Which nVidia card?

Anil Gupte
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael T. Dean" <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Encoder/Decoder


On 03/03/2006 12:25 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> Anil Gupte wrote:
>   
>> I am looking for a card that has both an encoder and a decoder 
>> built-in.  I am planning to use it for MythTV.  The only card that I 
>> know of is the Hauppauge PVR 350.  Is there any other card out there 
>> (preferably less expensive) that has Linux drivers (and therefore 
>> presumably works with MythTV).
>>     
> The only encoder/decoder combination I know if is the PVR-350. 
>   
And, my suggestion is to really consider whether you actually /need/ the 
decoder.  I bought a PVR-350 for my prototype and decided that I wasted 
$100 getting the decoder.  Within a week, I had switched to using 
software decoding and an NVIDIA video card.

Mike
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