[mythtv-users] PVR-250 or 350?

[Colin Morey]

On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 15:39, John Wells wrote:
> Colin Morey said:
> > yeah, as it stands the base G400 will only do TV-out, you'll need the
> > Rainbow Runner add on, (for G series cards, which may or may not work
> > under linux) or the Marvel G400 :)
> 
> Colin,
> 
> Thanks for the reply.  The Marvel G400 is still significantly cheaper (at
> least used) than the PVR-250 or 350.  What should I be aware of before
> making a purchase (which I'm prepared to do)?  Can I get fairly equivalent
> functionality from the Marvel G400?
> 
the PVR cards both record MPEG2, and the quality is great, I've not seen
or used a Matrox Marvel card, so for the quality of the MJPEG capture of
the Marvel series, I'll have to pass.

The Matrox card will also provide a good output as well, so until the
PVR-350 decoder support stabilises and is supported by MythTV, the
Marvel may be the best solution for an all-in-one capture/playback
solution for MythTV.

I believe there is support for the marvel under linux, see
http://marvel.sourceforge.net/ for more info.

Cheers,
Colin

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