[mythtv-users] Dvico Fusion HDTV DVB-T USB or something else?

sonofzev at iinet.net.au sonofzev at iinet.net.au
Wed Jul 22 05:51:49 UTC 2009



On Wed Jul 22 13:24 , "sonofzev at iinet.net.au"  sent:

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>>> Hi Iain, 
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>>> I don't know about this specific device, but I have a Fusion Lite (PCI) and
>>> Fusion Dual Express (PCIe).. and have had generally good experience with these
>>> devices.. 
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>>AFAICT the Fusion Dual has a PCI and a USB tuner, and the USB tuner is
>>the same as the one in the USB-only device.
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>No, that is the dual digital 4 on the PCI bus.. but the one using PCI express has
>both using the pci express bus no additional USB bridge that I can see through
>lspci. 
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>>Do you use both tuners?  

With regards to this.. there is a thread on another list (linux media).. that
basically suggests 2 streams over USB probably doesn't work very well.... 





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>Definitely.. I have both cards in one BE box and use all three available tuners..
>the second tuner on my express card is the default for live tv (to avoid
>conflicts with recordings) so it gets used alot
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>>Do you get full 1080p HD?  
>1080i .. there is no broadcast of 1080p ..  
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>>Do you know if yours has hw mpeg4?
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>AFAIK there is no hw mpeg4 decoder.. however no one is broadcasting in mpeg4 in
>Australia yet. 
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>However I have vdpau capable cards in my fe boxes which do the decoding (tested
>with mpeg4 encoded files.. works nicely... 
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>However, your 3Ghz p4 should be fine for decoding the stream (but not
>multitasking).. 
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