[mythtv-users] DVICo Fusion Gold ... way to use Analog AND DTVfrom the same card?

[Michael Freeman]

1. i swore i read a spec pdf or something on the dvico site that claimed
hardware mpeg encoding, as well as something on the linuxtv website but i
dunno anymore
(and i don't care, since i just use it for ota hd, since none of the tuner
makers have the desire to pur a qpsk demod on their cards...so we can't lock
onto the digital cable information stream [if you hdhomerun guys are
listening, i don't need 4 qam tuners at home, but i'd sure as hell buy one
if it could provide the qpsk forward data channel to my linux box for me to
parse...so if it's not too late consider cramming a qpsk demod in there])

2. if it's a certified windows mce tuner, then it's supposed to do hw mpeg
encoding.  if it's not certified, then all bets are off. they claim support,
but they don't mention certification, so i dunno what to say about that.



On 2/11/06, Jason Gabriele <jason.gabriele at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Where do you see that it has an onboard mpeg encoder? Looking at the specs
> and from my experience setting mine up, this board has no onboard mpeg
> encoder. You need to set it up using V4L. It mentions on the web site that
> it comes with an mpeg encoder but to my knowledge it is included with the
> windows driver. I am still not using the card because I could never get
> the
> analog video quality up to where my old wintv is.
>
> > on my fusionhdtv lite, the analog showed up as a different entry in /dev
> > (/dev/videon vs /dev/dvb/adaptern ) so i figured it was a driver issue.
> > but like i said the presence of mpeg encoding for the analog should make
> > unified drivers possible...drivers that just guess how to tune and
> return
> > a
> > mpeg stream no matter what.
> >
> > On 2/11/06, Rob <djrobx at djrobx.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >  I don't know if I can agree that it's a driver issue ? the drivers
> are
> > > perfectly capable of doing either digital or analog video.  Myth
> simply
> > > doesn't offer a way to manage those two interfaces together
> > intelligently.
> > >  PVR-150 cards may be somewhat inexpensive, but slots are often at a
> > > premium.  I'd rather have two DVICo Fusion cards and be able to have
> > more
> > > possibities, than have separate analog and digital tuners.   Given the
> > > enormously complex configurations that Myth allows one to create, I'm
> > > surprised this hasn't been implemented yet.
> > >
> > >
> > >  ------------------------------
> > >
> > > *From:* mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:
> > > mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] *On Behalf Of *Michael Freeman
> > > *Sent:* Friday, February 10, 2006 8:34 PM
> > > *To:* Discussion about mythtv
> > > *Subject:* Re: [mythtv-users] DVICo Fusion Gold ... way to use Analog
> > AND
> > > DTVfrom the same card?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > i think that's a driver issue...get the driver maintainers to merge
> the
> > > functionality and myth will probably play nicely with it.
> > > i think that could be done though...the fusion cards have a mpeg
> encoder
> > > for the analog channels and they pull mpeg from digital feeds, so it
> > ought
> > > to be possible to make a driver that simply returns mpeg for
> everything.
> > > (disclaimer: i know nothing about linux driver development but i'd
> sure
> > as
> > > hell use these drivers if someone made them and needed a tester).
> > >
> > > On 2/10/06, *Rob* <djrobx at djrobx.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > The Fusion Gold (and Lite) are capable of recording Analog channels.
> > > Myth supports it as a V4L card.   However, I can't seem to have both
> > HDTV
> > > Digital and Analog at the same time.    Myth seems to think they're
> > separate
> > > cards, and that causes problems when Myth tries to do something with
> the
> > DVB
> > > and "analog" sides of the card at the same time.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Most people seem to be using multiple cards for analog and digital
> > > (HDTV).   But I would really like to take full advantage of the
> > > possibilities available on the Fusion.     I only use analog TV
> > sporadically
> > > so it seems silly to buy an expensive PVR-150 card when the Fusion
> > should do
> > > what I need on its own.  Has anyone gotten this to work?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -- Rob
> > >
> > >
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