[mythtv-users] WinTV-PVR-250 MCE (Media Center Edition) Support

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Monday 03 November 2003 18:27, John Marrett wrote:
> Has anyone used a WinTV-PVR-250MCE card (Windows XP Media Center
> Edition) [ http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvr250mce_datasheet.htm
> ] with MythTV?
>
> I believe the only difference between the
> WinTV-PVR-250MCE and the
> WinTV-PVR-250 is the style of audio input jacks (RCA instead of ???)
>
> There are large quantites of them at reasonable prices on ebay,
> however if they aren't going to work with linux/ivtv/mythtv I don't
> want them.
>
> Thanks for your help and advice,

These are the 'Freestyle' cards.  Search the list archives for more 
info, but the short story is: they work.  The bonus is, the Freestyle 
cards have a HW decoder just like the PVR-350, but without the TV-out.  
Someday it may be supported by the ivtv project, and then possibly 
Myth...

-JAC