[ale] mythtv hardware question

[Chris Farris]

If your video card has TV-Out then get the 250 and use the video card to 
drive X. If your video card lacks TV-Out then get the 350 and use the 
ivtv-fb to drive X.

Other than that, I'd stick w/ 1GB and spend the money on HD space.

Chris

Daniel Howard wrote:
> Pardon me if I missed the summary of the recent MythTV build-in, I get 
> ALE in digest mode and do occasionally miss things.
> 
> I'm fed up with my Windows MCE platform for video capture/editing/DVD 
> creation, and even my Snapstream Win2k box with a Hauppauge USB PVR add 
> on, which used to do a wonderful job of PVR and video capture, is 
> refusing to see the capture device now.
> 
> So, I've got a P4, 2.66 GHz box I'm going to add some RAM to get at 
> least 1 GB, maybe 2GB, add a bigger hard drive, and add a video capture 
> card to turn it into a MythTV PVR/video editing box using, e.g., Kino.
> 
> After initial Googling, I see that the Hauppauge-PVR 250 is quite 
> popular for MythTV, and the 350 more capable, but lacking in OpenGL and 
> optimum X support.  I want to use this box for PVR, video capture from 
> my digital camcorder, video editing and DVD production, and audio 
> capture from old vinyl records and reel-to-reel and cassette tapes, 
> editing, and studio production if possible.  The MythTV site is somewhat 
> ambiguous about recommending a particular video capture card, does 
> anyone have a recommendation?
> 
> Thanks,
> Daniel
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