[mythtv-users] new user with questions

[Jason Richardson]

Thanks, I had ASSumed that it just used dma transfers to copy the video
stream into video card memory, but I see now that it has its own fb
device, very nice. so this really (for the most part) negates the need
for a "normal" video card altogether :)
I was unable to find any "official" docs, but a google search yielded a
message from this group from last month that has a fairly complete
how-to on getting it going.
some things that i didnt see were what tuner i should specifiy (though i
will probably never use it, it would be nice to have the option anyway),
and how to select the composite input (only because i cant seem to find
a vcr that has an svideo out for a decent price).
I will be using the card mainly for mythtv's pvr functions (hooked to my
directv reciever), but i also plan to use it for vhs->dvd transfer, so
any help, hints, techniques related to that would be appreciated :)

On 12/24/2003, "David Rees" <drees at greenhydrant.com> wrote:

>David Rees wrote:
>> Jason Richardson wrote:
>>> my question is related to what kinda video card i will need to have the
>>> 350's mpeg decoder work properly.
>>
>> You don't.  Basically, you will configure X to display to the 350's
>> TV-OUT.  There are plenty of docs on how to get this setup, have a look
>> at them and read them a few times...
>
>I should rephrase/clarify this:  You can use any video card with a
>PVR-350 since  to use the TV-OUT function of the PVR-250 you bypass the
>video card altogether.
>
>-Dave

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