[mythtv-users] PVR-350 mpeg decoder; limited to tv-output only or no?

Joe Votour joevph at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 6 21:05:56 UTC 2006



--- Nathan Vidican <mythtv at envieweb.net> wrote:

> 
> Recently purchased a PVR-500MCE; having
> compatability issues with the VIA
> chipsett'd motherboards I've got, and don't really
> need 2 tuners...
> 
> So looking to swap the PVR-500 for a PVR-350, noting
> that it has a hardware
> mpeg decoder too; but is this encoder of any use
> through the system's video
> card? Or, is the use of the hardware decoder only
> applicable if I use the
> output from the card itself? Basically, can I use
> the hardware decoder in lieu
> of a software decoder and still leave everything
> connected as it is?
> 
> I've got an AMD Athlon Xp 2600, 1Gb ram, 160GB S-ATA
> drive, connected to a
> Toshiba 46" dlp tv set via RGB (VGA 15pin) connector
> of the videocard - an
> nVidia 256Mb AGP8x 6200 based card.
> 
> 
> --
> Nathan Vidican
> nathan at vidican.com
> 
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The PVR-350's hardware decoder can only be used for
the TV-Out portion.  It will not help you out if you
are using another video card for displaying the MPEG
stream.

-- Joe

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