[mythtv-users] Sigma Designs X-Card

[James L. Paul]

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On Tuesday 16 December 2003 08:25, Dale Weber wrote:
> 	Greets. :)
>
> 	Does anyone know of anybody working on Linux drivers for this card?  It's
> an MPEG decoder card that upscales everything to HDTV resolutions - MPEGs,
> DivX, etc.  I have one and it works great with another OS, but it would be
> great to be able to use it with Linux and MythTV.  Since this is an output
> only (decoding) card, it could be great for a second decoder when encoding
> using something like a WinTV PVR/250.
>
> 	Of course, the PVR/350 has the encoder and decoder in one card, but you
> can't use both at the same time.  The X-Card only costs $99.00 to get a
> second decoder with the necessary Y-Pb-R outputs to drive an HDTV directly.

Wow! Is this true? I highly suspect the assertion that the PVR-350 can't 
encode and decode at the same time, wouldn't that mean for our purposes it 
would serve as a TV-out card only and not be available as a capture tuner?

> 	8-Dale
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