[mythtv-users] Pro's and Con's of pvr 350s

Kevin Barsby Kevin.Barsby at Sun.COM
Tue Feb 17 09:18:24 EST 2004


Hi,

I am looking into building a MythTV box, I was (hopefully) going to get 
a hushpc (Fanless EPIA M based system) and have got a conundrum about 
capture board.

I have the following requirements:
- Monitor-less system (TV out only)
- Full use of Myth functions (MythGame etc)
- Digital Audio output (Dolby 5.1)
- High WAF factor :-)
- S-Video/Composite input for capture from digibox

So onto the questions...

- I read somewhere that with the EPIA M motherboards the digital audio
   uses the coax socket also used by the TV-out?

If this is the case then I'll need this functionality in the capture device.

- Does the PVR 350 support all of the MythTV modules when it it used as
   the TV-out device?

- Are there any (other) drawbacks to using the PVR-350 TV-out?

- Are there any other cards that provide an MPEG2 encoder / decoder and
   Composite / S-Video in?

Thanks
Kevin



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