Thanks for the information, it was very helpful. I think I will go for the 350. If it doesn't work on MDK, I will just use it on my windows XP boot.
Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Mazur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] TV Card recommendation > On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 13:47:56 -0400, Michael Adolf wrote > > I am ready to purchase a TV Card > > > > Requirements: > > Include cable ready tuner > > have s-video in/out > > accept antenna or cable > > PCI > > > > TVWin (TV-PVR-350) does everything I want. Is this the one to get. > > Any cheaper available. > > > > Recommendations?? > > PVR-350 contains an mpeg encoder and decoder hardware. In other words you > can capture directly to an mpeg file and save a ton of processing power. > Likewise you can send an mpeg file directly to the card and get video out. > Again saving a ton of processing power. > > The catch is support. PVR-350 output is still bleeding edge. You won't > easily find drivers for Mandrake. The encoder part (capture) is not so > bleeding edge, but you'll still have trouble finding drivers for Mandrake. > The 2.6 kernel support is still pretty fresh. > > You can get around the decoder (output) poor support with any number of > graphic cards that have TV out. In that case the TV-PVR-250 is a cheaper > option. It's exactly the same as the 350, but without the output. The PVR- > 250 has been supported in the 2.4 kernel for some time now and near as I can > tell, 2.6 kernel support is there too. (at least that's what I've been > told, I'm still trying). You'll have to do your own leg work, it's not part > of the Mandrake config tools. > > If you can stand living on the edge, the PVR-350 should be a nicely > supported hardware before too long, but the card may sit not fully used > until then. > > In theory, ATI TV Wonder (capture only) cards should be supported, but I've > yet to produce proof of that. Stay away from ATI all-in-wonder cards (as > I've learned). > > Win-TV GO cards are easily installed and supported well. Great if you're > looking to get TV up on the monitor with a minum fuss (and they're > relatively cheap). I never had much luck capturing anything to file (never > tried very hard) but install and config is fully supported in Mdk. > > Other than these I can't comment. > > Scott > > -- > Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! > (http://www.littlefish.ca) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > ____________________________________________________ >
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