[mythtv-users] mpeg2 hardware decoder

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Tuesday 28 October 2003 14:27, Joel Anderson wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> New to myth, just reading docs and mailing-list in preparation to
> build my first box.  From what I've read so far, It seems that for
> the front-end there are only 2 hardware MPEG2 solutions supported at
> this time; the PVR-350, and the integrated decoder on the Via EPIA-M
> boards.  Is my understanding of this correct, and that the MPEG2
> hardware in the GF4 cards is currently NOT supported in Linux/Myth? 
> Are there any other options?  I already have a PVR-250, but would
> like to use MPEG2 hardware at both ends with an older mbd/cpu.

Those are the only options currently supported by Myth.  The DXR3 card 
has some Linux support, but is not supported in Myth.  Also, Rev 1 
PVR-250 cards and 'Freestyle' cards (OEM version of PVR-250) have 
MPEG-1/2 decoding, but no TV-out.  Support for this decoder as a 
generic framebuffer is planned (wished?) for the ivtv driver in the 
future; I don't know how that would mesh with Myth's current PVR-350 
decoder support.  It's the same decoder, but with no TV-out.

-JAC