I think one of the main PVR350 stability issues is the chipset. It doesn't get on with VIA chipsets IIRC.
Cerainly I've had zero issues since I bought a Dell SC420 (with Intel chipset) and used that as my backend. David Erik Pettersen wrote: >Forgive the slight threadjack, but... > >Does the PVR350 suffer the same EOF lockups in mythtv/linux that >happen in the windows world? > >To the original poster: >In my opinion; the pvr350 and it's hardware decoder/svideo output >looks better than most software decoding / video card's svideo out ( >out of the box/stock ) > >That's not to say a name brand fx5200 or higher will look bad, just >that you have to give the nod to pvr350. I believe with tweaking, >proper settings, and a good software decoder you can get very >close/equal to PVR350's output. > >>From the windows side of things, instability when using the PVR350 >while forcing a gui "overlay" through the mpeg decoder/tv out drove me >to madness after some initial success/happiness. > >I'm of the opinion (unless ivtv and this xv patch mentioned >previously, which has piqued my interest) that what little the FX5200 >or the like lacks in PQ via svideo out makes up for in flexibility and >stability. Anything you can see on your monitor you can see on your >TV (mame, other applications, etc) with a regular video card, without >question. Plus you've got the option of DVI/HDTV. > >Of course, if you already have a pvr350 I'd consider trying to get it >to work, but if you were considering buying one or the other at the >start of a project IMHO video card + hw encoding tuner card is the >safer/easier route. > >e. >-- >http://www.byopvr.com >On 8/23/05, Brian Stults <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Mark Gardner wrote: >> >> >>>Can anyone comment on the quality comparison between the two >>>abovementioned chipsets? >>> >>>Advantages / Disadvantages, I have a 350 and have struggled on and off >>>now for about 5 months to get it to work (Got it to work once but then >>>the HD died). >>>Mostly interested in quality of TV playback. >>> >>> >>> >>Initially I was using the 350 TV-out. However, it wasn't playing DVDs >>very well, so I switched to an MX440 about a year ago. I used that for >>about 8 months and was reasonably happy, but the TV quality was nowhere >>near that of the 350. >> >>Having read that people were quite pleased with the FX5200, I bought one >>about 4 months ago. It was a step up from the MX440 in TV quality, and >>DVDs still played very well. >> >>About a month after that, John Harvey released his XV driver for the >>350's decoder, so I decided to give it a try. Well, now I'm right back >>where I started - using the 350's TV-out. TV playback is still far >>superior to the MX440 and FX5200. It's flawless. Perhaps even better >>quality than going straight from my cable box. Now, DVD playing is much >>better than it used to be, and I would say it is equal to the quality I >>was getting with my FX5200. I can't remember for sure what my CPU usage >>is when watching DVDs, but I think it was lower than with the FX5200. >>Of course, just watching TV on it takes virtually no CPU. Using the >>latest 0.3.x drivers, I haven't had any stability problems. >> >>The PVR350 TV-out has come a long way in the past few months, so I >>encourage anyone who gave up on it to give it another try. >>_______________________________________________ >>mythtv-users mailing list >>mythtv-users@mythtv.org >>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >mythtv-users mailing list >mythtv-users@mythtv.org >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users