[mythtv-users] Hardware h264 via plug-in card?

[jedi]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 11:19:53AM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> > On Oct 3, 2008, at 9:58 AM, jedi wrote:
> > 
> >> On Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 01:02:38AM +1000, Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
> >>> Brian Wood wrote:
> >>>> This one looks interesting:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/08/10/02/2244229.shtml
> >>>>
> >>>> A PCI Express card with a Cel processor that can do h264 and mpeg2
> >>>> encoding and decoding.
> >>>>
> >>> And until it has linux drivers *and* mythtv supports more than mpeg2
> >>> acceleration it will be quite useless.
> >>    You make it sound like Linux never gets support for this sort of  
> >> thing.
> >>
> >>    Given how things are going with the Hauppauge 1212, that's a  
> >> somewhat
> >> narrowminded view of how things have gone lately when it comes to  
> >> Linux
> >> and 3rd party support.
> > 
> > I thought he was stating a fact. He's warning people to not rush out  
> > and buy this expecting it to work until there is support under linux  
> > and support in mythtv for it - just like people shouldn't run out and  
> > buy the Hauppauge 1212 unless they want to run an unstable version of  
> > mythtv, compile experimental software, etc.
> 
> I "ran out" (actually walked over to my keyboard) and bought a 1212, and
> I do not wish to run an unstable version of Myth, or compile
> experimental S/W etc.
> 
> I bought it because:
> 
> I was afraid it might be stopped by the Hollywood types.
> 
> I knew it could capture under Windows, and vmware was heading towards
> USB 2.0 support.
> 
> I knew Linux and Myth support would happen eventually.
> 
> I love new toys.

    Yeah... what that other guy said.