[mythtv-users] WinTV-Theater ?

[Isaac Richards]

On Friday 06 June 2003 11:02 am, Dane Kantner wrote:
> > Since the PVR250 is hardware based, I suppose it just sends a stream to
> > mythtv including video,audio and surround data. So this should work, but
> > please ask someone who has a PVR250 :-)
>
> wait a sec... the PVR 250 can do surround sound??? can anyone confirm this?
> the hauppauge site lists it as dbx stereo, which afaik know is just a
> glorified way of saying "stereo" :P  (they have a sep category for dolby
> surround in their chart)

It doesn't need to.  Decoding the surround information out of the stereo audio 
would be up to whatever you're piping the audio to -- ie, a receiver.

Isaac