MythTV hw question

Paul Lussier p.lussier at comcast.net
Fri Nov 10 09:04:10 EST 2006


Dave Johnson <dave-gnhlug at davej.org> writes:

> That's probably fine for a backend, but may be a bit slow for decoding
> for the frontend.  I've noticed cpu power requirements for playing
> are perportional to the bitrate of the MPEG2 so you can always crank
> down the bitrate setting when recording to find what it can handle.

But wouldn't the 350 be able to handle that decoding for me?  That's
why I was thinking of getting that card, it can do both.

> At least on my PVR-250 you can set any width/height/bitrate you want
> and it'll do MPEG2 hardware encoding on that.  You should have no
> problems cranking them way down just for the experimentation phase.
> At least that'll give you time to play around with the functionality
> even if the video quality isn't great.

Okay, that's good to know.  I guess I'll start looking for a card now.
Can anyone here recommend a decent vendor for Haupage cards?

Thanks.
-- 
Seeya,
Paul


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