[mythtv-users] ATI TV Wonder Pro

[Stephen Atkins]

I have one of the newer Wonder Pro's and it is not btaudio compatible.  In fact
driver support is just starting to get to a point where its a usable card.  It
is not currently usable in MythTV (it might be but I haven't gotten it to work.)
I would do my self a favour and get two 250's instead.  They will give you a lot
more reliability.  The also have mpg2 compression where as the ATI's do not.
This will save your cpu a lot of cycles in trying to encrypt the stream then
decrypt it while watching live tv.  Just my two cents.

Stephen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Nathan Richardson
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 1:13 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] ATI TV Wonder Pro
>
>
> I'm trying to decide whether to go with a dual PVR-250 setup or a
> dual-Brooktree card setup with a box I'm building in an ASUS Pundit.
> Since the Pundit has only 2 pci slots, I can't use a second sound card
> for the audio - if I don't go with the 250, any card I get HAS to have
> btaudio support (as I understand it).
>
> Anyway, I've seen the ATI TV Wonder listed most places as a
> btaudio-compliant card - is the same true for the ATI TV-Wonder Pro?
> I'm inclined to think NO, since it appears to have some Conexant chip
> instead of the bt878, but according to the mythtv.info wiki here:
>
> http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/HardWare_2fVideoCaptureCards
>
> It is supposed to work.
>
> Does anyone know for sure whether this card will work with btaudio?
>
> Thanks
>