[mythtv-users] PVR 250 Install Procedure?

[Shannon Carver]

In that case I could use a Win TV dbx model 401?
It has a remote option.
Does this support btaudio?
 
How would I use this remote option to change my digital cable box
channels from myth?
 
Would this work?
 
Shannon
 
--Original Message----- 
>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of 
>Shannon Carver 
>Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 9:11 AM 
>To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org 
>Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR 250 Install Procedure? 
> 
> 
>I am going to add a second tuner to my mythtv box. 
>I am considering adding a pvr 250 because I can use the remote 
capabilities. 


If the remote capability is your driving factor, don't rule out the
older 
Hauppauge cards (WinTV PCI cards). The main advantages of the PVR-250
are 
that it encodes in hardware (so it doesn't tax your CPU), and it
produces 
standard MPEG-2 recordings that are viewable with other software on most

platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac). However, bear in mind that if you tend
to 
record a lot of shows and not watch them immediately, a PVR-250 will
fill up 
your disk very quickly, as the recordings can easily be 4GB - 6GB/hr, 
depending on your capture settings. Also, a PVR-250 will cost you USD$50
- 
$100 more than a regular V4L tuner card, plus (potentially) whatever you
end 
up spending on extra HD storage space. 

[snip] 

>Also, will I need a second audio card to use a second tuner? 

Depends on the tuner card. With a PVR-250, the audio & video are both 
captured by the card and multiplexed into a standard MPEG-2 stream, so
you 
don't need another sound card. If you get a standard V4L tuner card that

supports btaudio, you also don't need another sound card as the audio
will 
be recorded directly from the tuner card. If, however, you get a V4L
tuner 
card that doesn't support btaudio, then you'll need to dedicate a sound
card 
input to that tuner. 


Bottom line: your current system capabilities, budget, and overall
feature 
priorities will determine what kind of tuner you get. 

-JAC
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