>
> In my case, I've
> been trying to setup xbmcmythtv as a frontend, but it doesn't appear
> to work so well with mpeg4.
>
I seem to recall that the problem with the xbmc is the version of the
mplayer.dll and there is a better version that allows mplayer to play
MPEG4 type files.
I would go ta
> What about USB tuners? I've never used them
> myself and I don't if USB 1.1 is fast enough for decent video, but it's
just a thought.
1.1 won't be fast enough, I don't think.
--cro
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I'm using the Plextor on an old P3-500 and the motherboard is a total
piece of crap (Acer). I've got 384MB RAM. Suprisingly, it all works
really well. Since the Plextor does hardware encoding, you don't need
too much horsepower.
I did upgrade my video card to an nvidia 5200 ($35), which is prob
Interesting...
So, a USB 2.0 card (would also allow a card reader to work for
photos, etc.) and the Plextor?
MythTV supports the Plextor out of the box...so to speak. One
limitation I've found is that although the unit can natively encode
mpeg2, MythTV only supports mpeg4 on the Plextor. In
I've been using the Plextor ConvertX with Myth. It does have linux
drivers. I've been using it with Suse 9.3.
http://oss.wischip.com/
MythTV supports the Plextor out of the box...so to speak. One
limitation I've found is that although the unit can natively encode
mpeg2, MythTV only supports mp
On Wednesday 09 November 2005 07:51 am, Josh Burks wrote:
> On 11/8/05, Brandon Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> > I'm eyeing an old laptop to use as a MythTV box, but without PCI
> > slots, I need a PCMCIA card. I found this one: http://
> > store.yahoo.com/saveateaglesto
Any thoughts on T.V. tuners other than PCI and USB?
What about USB tuners? I've never used them myself and I don't if
USB 1.1 is fast enough for decent video, but it's just a thought.
Jeff
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On 11/8/05, Brandon Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> I'm eyeing an old laptop to use as a MythTV box, but without PCI
> slots, I need a PCMCIA card. I found this one: http://
> store.yahoo.com/saveateaglestore/mtvcbmcew.html?
> ovchn=OTHER&ovcpn=Froogle&ovcrn=MTVCBMCEW&ovtac
Hello everybody,
I'm eyeing an old laptop to use as a MythTV box, but without PCI
slots, I need a PCMCIA card. I found this one: http://
store.yahoo.com/saveateaglestore/mtvcbmcew.html?
ovchn=OTHER&ovcpn=Froogle&ovcrn=MTVCBMCEW&ovtac=CMP however I can't
find anything in the MythTV documenta
