[mythtv-users] mpeg2 hardware decoder
Joel Anderson
myth at jobless.ca
Wed Oct 29 10:54:44 EST 2003
Thanks!
Joel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph A. Caputo" <jcaputo1 at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] mpeg2 hardware decoder
> 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
>
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