[mythtv-users] TV Out Question (PVR-350 vs Nvidia TV Out)

[Glenn Sommer]

Personally I have a PVR350 card for output.

When watching TV the card encodes and decodes the mpeg stream - and
uses it's own audio-out... That works like a charm - with perfect
quality!

When watching other stuff then mpeg2 I'm using mplayer og xine (which
can be launched from mythvideo) and then the PVR350 xorg driver.
Since it's not a mpeg2 stream I use my spdif out for audio here.

This is run on a AMD1,5Ghz machine - and can easily do DVD playback
using the xorg driver (non accelerated).

Please see: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_PVR-350 for
more details.


So, it IS possible to use the PVR350 - though... unless you need a
tuner more - it is cheaper to get a nvidia card! :)


2008/9/27 Mitch Gore <mitchell.gore at gmail.com>:
>>
>> My question is: i understand that the 350 will not hardware accelerate
>> anything other than MPEG2, but will it actually hinder the output from CPU
>> based MythVideo or will it just pass it along to the TV as normal?
>>
>> Second question being, if anyone has any recommendations for me (buy a
>> PVR-350, buy a Nvidia card with TV Out or any other method) i'm all ears.
>>
>> Many Thanks,
>> Kevin R. Marshall
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> use a nvidia tv out.  the 350 is legacy and doesnt support open-gl.  Plus a
> video card is only $30.
>
> mitchell
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