[mythtv-users] Sigma Designs X-Card
Dale Weber
linuxgeek at thedynaplex.net
Tue Dec 16 13:57:07 EST 2003
On Tuesday 16 December 2003 10:39 am, James L. Paul wrote:
> > 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?
Well, unless the hardware on the PVR/350 is very powerful, I would think it
could not do both operations at the same time on the same card. It would be
able to do ONE or the other, but not both simultaneously.
I forgot that the PVR/350 has both decoding and encoding hardware, so maybe
it can do both at the same time. Personally, I'd rather use separate cards
if I want to encode and decode at the same time - less stress on individual
hardware and perhaps drivers also.
I'm going to get at least two cards to use with video encoding - a WinTV
PVR/350 and probably that HDTV card that's designed for Linux. I definitely
want HDTV recording capability at some point, but don't have easy access to
HD content right now, except via my DirecTV box. I can't put up an outdoor
HDTV antenna where I am currently living, but may be able to get acceptable
quality from a good indoor antenna - I can get some HTDV stations on my
standard antanna, but quality is not good.
8-Dale
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