Re: [Freevo-users] PVR 250 vs. PVR 500

2006-11-02 Thread Evan Hisey
Alberto- No TV-out on the 150. As a capture card though it works great. No more work to set it up than for the 250/350 cards and I am guess a bit less than the 500. For tv-out I am just using an old Nvidia card wtih Tv out. Evan On 11/2/06, Alberto Hernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > >

Re: [Freevo-users] PVR 250 vs. PVR 500

2006-11-01 Thread Duncan Webb
Alberto Hernando wrote: > Hi. > >> The 250 doesn't has a mpeg decoder, it's the 350 that has one, all the >> ivtv cards have an mpeg encoder. I think the main differences is the >> chipset that are used between the 150 and the 250. > > Hmm... I still don't know what do to then. If the driver supp

Re: [Freevo-users] PVR 250 vs. PVR 500

2006-11-01 Thread Alberto Hernando
Hi. > Freevo rel-1 in svn has the encoder server, which I'm still working on, > which will encode DVDs and MPEGs to divx/avi files. I would prefer it to > use mkv and ogg audio as the compression is that mush better. Ah, yes. I think I tried the encoder server with my first contact with freevo (

Re: [Freevo-users] PVR 250 vs. PVR 500

2006-11-01 Thread Duncan Webb
Alberto Hernando wrote: > El Martes, 31 de Octubre de 2006 23:19, Duncan Webb escribió: >> Normally the decision is based on how much cash you have, rather than >> the quality. Anyway, I have both a 350 and a 500 (a 350 is a 250 with a >> decoder and a 500 is 2x150). > > Hi. > > I'm thinking abou

Re: [Freevo-users] PVR 250 vs. PVR 500

2006-11-01 Thread Alberto Hernando
El Martes, 31 de Octubre de 2006 23:19, Duncan Webb escribió: > Normally the decision is based on how much cash you have, rather than > the quality. Anyway, I have both a 350 and a 500 (a 350 is a 250 with a > decoder and a 500 is 2x150). Hi. I'm thinking about getting one of these. And you are r

Re: [Freevo-users] PVR 250 vs. PVR 500

2006-10-31 Thread Davin Desborough
Thanks for the feedback Duncan. Duncan Webb wrote: > Davin Desborough wrote: > >> I am currently building out a new Freevo box. One of the changes I am >> considering is swapping my PVR 250 for a PVR 500 so I can have dual >> tuners. I have seen that some folks have the 500 working in Freevo, s

Re: [Freevo-users] PVR 250 vs. PVR 500

2006-10-31 Thread Duncan Webb
Davin Desborough wrote: > I am currently building out a new Freevo box. One of the changes I am > considering is swapping my PVR 250 for a PVR 500 so I can have dual > tuners. I have seen that some folks have the 500 working in Freevo, so I > am not too worried about that. I am, however, concerned

[Freevo-users] PVR 250 vs. PVR 500

2006-10-30 Thread Davin Desborough
I am currently building out a new Freevo box. One of the changes I am considering is swapping my PVR 250 for a PVR 500 so I can have dual tuners. I have seen that some folks have the 500 working in Freevo, so I am not too worried about that. I am, however, concerned over reports of lower qualit