[mythtv-users] PVR-350 vs PVR-250 + GeForce4MX

[Thomas Börkel]

HI!

Mikhail D'Vane wrote:

> 1.  It doesn't take much horsepower to decode the stream with software.
>     Inexpensive Celeron's handle the job just fine.  As long as you are
>     encoding in hardware, a 1GHz Celeron/P3 does the job well as a
>     combo front/backend (for default capture settings, at least).

I have a 2.6 GHz Celeron and although decoding MPEG2 captures (full 
resolution, 7 MBit) uses only 30% CPU, it still is not always smooth 
(this issue has been discussed here).

Also, when using the GeForce drivers recommended in Jarod's guide, you 
get fuzzy motion.

So, IMHO, quality is much better with the 350 TV-out than with the 
GeForce TV-out.

Jarod was using ivtv 0.1.9 for his tests with the 350 TV-out AFAIK. So, 
for better stability, one should try the newer ck patches.

Thomas