[mythtv-users] PVR-350 output support being dropped!

[Jeff Simpson]

> Apart from this particular bug the quality using Xv or
> mpeg decoding is similar and the cpu usage is similar
> so there is no real loss in using Xv and the gain is
> that we don't have to maintain 2 sets of code.


Really? I hadn't thought of that as a possibility. I assumed that since we
were no longer using the MPEG2 decoder and stuck with the awful framebuffer
that even with XV it would still never be as good as a normal video card. I
figured that the high-quality of the PVR-350 was due to the MPEG decoder and
thus would be gone if you used just XV. I guess I haven't done a
side-by-side comparison of XV vs MEPG2 vs nvidia svideo out

Yes this is true but i am not convinced (haven't
> looked at it) that i can use the svideo output and the
> vga output of a single nvidia card from 2 different X
> sessions so i would need to go and buy a second VGA
> card to replace the 350 i allready have. Also the
> output quality is typically lower as well.


True, you would have to "go out and buy" another card, but I mean for
newcomers to myth - it is cheaper to buy a video-out card and a PVR150 than
it is to buy a PVR-350, and you'll get better results with the combination,
thanks to the poor hardware support for the PVR-350 (it's the nature of the
beast).

So the main thing is really that most people have
> working hardware and don't want to change it and have
> to buy new hardware.


Agreed - I certainly don't want to run out and replace my PVR-350 (my nvidia
card used to have TV-Out, but it no longer works thanks to some bad
grounding in an old apartment). I just wanted to make sure that I got the
word out to the community that PVR-350 support is going the way of the dodo,
and it's best to jump ship before investing in one of these cards. It's too
bad hauppauge doesn't make a PVR-350 that just has normal X output (nvidia?)
on the svideo overlayed with the MPEG2. That would be a beautiful card:
OpenGL Menus, transitions, MPEG2 and wonderful TV out.

 - Jeff
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