[mythtv-users] K-World/V-Stream Xpert TV-PVR MPEG4 TV Tuner?

[Scott Pouliot]

I think you may be right about the encoder Alan....I may have mis-read it.

It states:

MPEG ENCODER:
Video encoder generates any of the following output format MPEG 4/2/1 and
AVI!

No mention of hardware, but oh well...for $27?  I guess I can find a use for
it.  As soon as I get it...I'll examine it more and let you know.  If it
does have a hardware encoder it makes an even better buy...and if not.  Oh
well.  CPU's are cheap these days!

Scott
 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Alan Snyder
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 5:41 PM
To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] K-World/V-Stream Xpert TV-PVR MPEG4 TV Tuner?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf
Of Scott Pouliot
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 5:46 PM
> To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> Subject: [mythtv-users] K-World/V-Stream Xpert
TV-PVR MPEG4 TV Tuner?
> 
> 
> Does anyone know if these will work with MythTV?  I
got a 
> GREAT deal on it from eBay....with a built in
hardware decoder.
> 
> It's model # VS-TV878RF.  I figure if I can't use it
with 
> MythTV...I'll find another use for it....the price
was right!
> 
> Comes with a remote and all that jazz as well.  Just
curious 
> if anyone currently has or has tried one of these?
> 

I have a Kworld 878 card - can't recall the precise number.  
This card on ebay looks identical except mine has a Phillips tuner.  I'm
pretty sure this has NO hardware encode or decode.
All you see in the picture of the card is the tuner and the
bt878 chip.  The mention of MPEG 1/2/4 probably just refers to the included
Windows software.

My card works fine.  lirc was a little hard to set up because the card
wasn't recognized.  If I recall correctly it was listed in CVS lirc but I'm
not sure.  I know I had to specify the card id and tuner type on an option
line in modules.conf.

The remote is lacking a little.  The four FM Radio buttons in the silk
screened box on the left generate the same codes as the Ch+/- and Vol+/-.


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