[mythtv-users] PVR-350 vs. Geforce 5200/PVR-150

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/17/2006 01:52 AM, Nick wrote:

>Using MythTV plugins like MythVideo and MythMusic will be work much
>better with X-video and OpenGL  acceleration support, which the FX5200
>card also has.
>

And, in 0.20, MythTV (i.e. mythfrontend) will work better with OpenGL 
support (i.e. the 5200).

>There is an accelerated X-driver for the PVR-350, but
>I'd go for the dedicated video card for better performance and
>OpenGL/XvMC support. Dedicated PVR-350 TV-Out support
>
technically, PVR-350 hardware decoding support

> in MythTV itself will be
>
may be

> phased out in the future, so this will require using the
>PVR-350 X driver as I understand it.
>

If someone steps up to maintain the hardware decoding support, I'm sure 
they'll keep support for the decoder.  However, it seems most of those 
who could do the dev/maintenance work for it don't use the PVR-350 decoder.

Mike