I just installed a PVR250 last night as well and didn't have to patch or recompile my kernel either. I also had to set the tuner input to 4 instead of the stated 0. I actually found the mythtv docs had some helpful information on setting the card up as well. These are the docs I found helpful:
http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-19.html#pvr250 Mark Nysen On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 10:06, Aubin Paul wrote: > If this is the PVR250, I didn't need to patch my kernel at all; just > extract the firmware, build the modules, and modprobe them. The only > weirdness was that the documentation claims that the tuner input is > input 0, but in my card, it was 4. > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 09:13:41AM -0700, Ralph Buchanan wrote: > > Cool Simon, > > I just bought a WinTV 250 to replace my old ADS Channel Surfer bttv > > card. I tried installing the WinTV card last night but I'm having driver > > issues. Did you have to recompile your kernel with the ivtv drivers as > > modules? Any pointers on setting this WinTV card up would be > > appreciated. What did you have to do to get your WinTV card to function? > > > > Ralph > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 08:45, Simon Kenyon wrote: > > > Paul Onley wrote: > > > > > > >Has anyone set up Freevo with a WinTV PVR 350 card? I need to get a capture > > > >card and would like to get the 350 as it has the onboard mpeg decoder and tv > > > >out. I think in the long run I would be happier with this card if it is > > > >supported. Does anyone have any experience with it? Good OR bad! > > > > > > > > > > > i have a 350 and it is working > > > i don't have it working with tv-out - but then again i haven't tried > > > i have a epia-m9000 motherboard > > > i have got the hauppauge supplied remote to work > > > i have playing CDs working > > > i have playing DVDs working > > > i got SP/DIF output working last night > > > > > > i will answer questions that people might have > > > for what it is worth - i also got mythtv working last night > > > and i have been playing with freevix > > > > > > the picture quality with freevo is much better that i get with mythtv > > > but as i said i only got it working last night > > > > > > so to answer your question > > > it seems like a good card > > > it gets quite hot > > > the remote is good > > > the cpu load (with freevo) is low - with mythtv is is 85% > > > > > > only issue is that it is bleeding edge - so stuff is moving very rapidly > > > but then again - that is a good thing > > > -- > > > simon > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware > > > With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. > > > WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the > > > same time. Free trial click here: http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Freevo-users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware > > With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. > > WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the > > same time. Free trial click here: http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 > > _______________________________________________ > > Freevo-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware > With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. > WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the > same time. Free trial click here: http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users -- Mark Nysen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here: http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
