[mythtv-users] PVR 250 vs 350 vs no hardware encoding; Dolby audio
Dan Christensen
jdc at uwo.ca
Fri Jan 7 23:31:59 EST 2005
I'm about to order the components for a system that will run MythTV
(as well as do other things), and I have a few questions.
I'm trying to decide between the PVR-250 and the 350, or maybe even
something without hardware encoding. I was thinking that I would
store video in a format that allows for higher compression,
e.g. MPEG-4. So is there any point in using a card which does
encoding in hardware? In fact, would using one of the Hauppauge cards
mean that video would need to be decoded and then re-encoded, and
would this cause a loss in quality?
For playback, I believe the 350 can only decode MPEG-2 in hardware.
Can it display video that is decoded in software? Or would such video
need to be played through a separate video card?
I'm not very familiar with Dolby audio. Is support for this something
that people find useful when using MythTV?
Thanks for any tips,
Dan
--
Dan Christensen
jdc at uwo.ca
More information about the mythtv-users
mailing list