On 12/28/05, Abre Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't speak for the PVR-500. But, I just traded out my Plextor for > a PVR-150. The MPEG4 format was more trouble than it was worth for > me. I could not get it to play on the xbmcmythtv front end - even > with the patched mplayer. I also had some performance problems on my > machine because its fairly low end - just didn't have the horses to do > MPEG4 very well. > > The Plextor had good driver support from the chipmaker (WIS) through > the DIVX device forums, but all the devices features aren't available > in MythTV. You're must use MPEG4 although the device can also do > MPEG2. The Plextor/MythTV integration also did not support changing > the audio/video bitrates very well. > > It seems like there are a lot more people using the PVR150/250/500. > Because of the popularity, you get more of the card's features built > in MythTV and better support from the community. > > That was my experience in a nutshell.
How does the Hauppauge MPEG-2 compare to the Plextor MPEG-4? How about to transcoded Hauppauge MPEG-2 to MPEG-4? I realize quality is always tricky to describe but what would you say? _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users