[mythtv-users] Plextor M402U. Supported or not?

[Jesse Guardiani]

Jim Minihane wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse at wingnet.net>
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:16:48 -0500
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Plextor M402U. Supported or not?
>
>   
>> Jim Minihane wrote:
>>     
>>> I'll be capturing S-Video from a DirecTV receiver. That's about as
>>>       
>> good as
>>     
>>> I can get to feed it. We'll see about the quality. When I rip a DVD,
>>>       
>> I'll
>>     
>>> use MPEG2.
>>> The Plextor is capable of MPEG2, it's just the Linux driver that
>>>       
>> won't
>>     
>>> allow for it. If there's one thing I've learned from lurking in Linux
>>> groups is that there are a lot of really inventive people out there.
>>>   
>>>       
>> Actually I think it's just that MythTV doesn't support it. I think the 
>> linux driver does support it.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jesse Guardiani
>> Programmer/Sys Admin
>> jesse at wingnet.net
>>
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> So what would have to be done to get mythTV to support it? Wouldn't it be just some initiaization parameters to pass to the drivers?
>   

I thought so too, but someone mentioned a while back that it would be a 
bit more difficult.
I can't remember what exactly was said.

-- 
Jesse Guardiani
Programmer/Sys Admin
jesse at wingnet.net