[mythtv-users] WinTV-PVR-350 hardware decoder only works for TV out?

[Andy Leung]

--- "Simpson, Richard" <Richard.Simpson at wgint.com>
wrote:

> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > 
> > Isn't s-video for output to TV? I want to watch TV
> on
> > my computer monitor but want to make use of
> hardware
> > MPEG decoder. Do you know if MythTV can use such
> MPEG
> > decoder (such as the one in Nvidia geforce) for
> VGA output?
> > 
> 
> "Play those videos onto your PC screen or your TV
> set with the WinTV-PVR-350's hardware MPEG decoder."
>
http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvr350_datasheet.htm
> 
> Richard.

That's strange. In another part of the hauppauge site
(http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr350.html)
-

"The encoded MPEG-2 video is sent over the PCI bus,
where it is stored on the PCs hard disk (for pause and
record) and simultaneously decoded in software for
display on the PC screen (in all modes). When playing
recorded video onto an external TV monitor, the
on-board hardware MPEG-2 video decoder is used."

Which implies that the MPEG decoder is only used for
TV-out, while VGA out uses software decoding. That's a
contradiction to the passage you quoted. I wonder
which version is correct.



	
		
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