Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-03 Thread Neale Swinnerton
>>Yes I don't understand this either. It could be some wierd setting on my >>system. I will investigate what's going on and report back. It won't be >>till the weekend tho. >> > > > Sounds like I am in good company then. :) > > Will be interested in the results. Actually I got back from the pub

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-03 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 12:02, Neale Swinnerton wrote: > > I don't think I understand. If the PVR-350/250 encodes a show in mpeg2 > > format what kind of transcoding is needed to get this to play through an > > epia board? > > Yes I don't understand this either. It could be some wierd setting on my

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-03 Thread Neale Swinnerton
> I don't think I understand. If the PVR-350/250 encodes a show in mpeg2 > format what kind of transcoding is needed to get this to play through an > epia board? Yes I don't understand this either. It could be some wierd setting on my system. I will investigate what's going on and report back. I

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-03 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 05:15, Neale Swinnerton wrote: > > > > Ah! So those boards have on board mpeg2 decoding that works with stuff > > recorded using a PVR-350 or PVR-250. I'm not really interested in using > > this for avi's, just for the TV recordings. > > > > You might have to mess around wit

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-03 Thread Neale Swinnerton
> > Ah! So those boards have on board mpeg2 decoding that works with stuff > recorded using a PVR-350 or PVR-250. I'm not really interested in using > this for avi's, just for the TV recordings. > You might have to mess around with transcode for this to get the recordings in the correct format.

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-02 Thread Richard Bronosky
Scot L. Harris wrote: On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 11:50, Chris Petersen wrote: One question I have is I would like to utilize a PVR-350 in the pundit system for output to the TV and as another tuner for recording. I have been very pleased with the PVR-350 in the existing system.

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-02 Thread Richard Bronosky
Scot L. Harris wrote: On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 10:47, Neale Swinnerton wrote: So which epia boards are you using as front ends? I looked at several on the mini-itx.com site and they do look interesting. I assume you are using the video output from the epia board and do not ha

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-02 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 11:50, Chris Petersen wrote: > >One question I have is I would like to utilize a PVR-350 in the pundit > >system for output to the TV and as another tuner for recording. I have > >been very pleased with the PVR-350 in the existing system. I read that > >this will be a tight

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-02 Thread Chris Petersen
One question I have is I would like to utilize a PVR-350 in the pundit system for output to the TV and as another tuner for recording. I have been very pleased with the PVR-350 in the existing system. I read that this will be a tight fit but appears that it should be workable. Is there any othe

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-02 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 10:47, Neale Swinnerton wrote: > > So which epia boards are you using as front ends? I looked at several > > on the mini-itx.com site and they do look interesting. I assume you are > > using the video output from the epia board and do not have any encoder > > cards installed

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-02 Thread Neale Swinnerton
> > are these frontends or is the 12000 a backend? > Both Frontends. the backend is the aforementionted Asus Pundit. Can't remember off hand what the processor is in the backend, it's a P4 around 2.2 or 2.4Ghz ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@m

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-02 Thread Greg Cope
On 02/08/05, Neale Swinnerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > While I was hoping to get a third capture card in the mix finding a good > > relatively cheap frontend only system is a goal. > > I found that with 3 cards I'm pushed to be able to watch all the stuff I > record. I can rapidly fill my

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-02 Thread Neale Swinnerton
> So which epia boards are you using as front ends? I looked at several > on the mini-itx.com site and they do look interesting. I assume you are > using the video output from the epia board and do not have any encoder > cards installed in such a front end. What speed CPU is needed to handle >

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-02 Thread Scot L. Harris
On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 08:04, Neale Swinnerton wrote: > > One question I have is I would like to utilize a PVR-350 in the pundit > > system for output to the TV and as another tuner for recording. I have > > been very pleased with the PVR-350 in the existing system. I read that > > this will be a

Re: [mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-02 Thread Neale Swinnerton
> One question I have is I would like to utilize a PVR-350 in the pundit > system for output to the TV and as another tuner for recording. I have > been very pleased with the PVR-350 in the existing system. I read that > this will be a tight fit but appears that it should be workable. Is > ther

[mythtv-users] Pundit mythtv

2005-08-01 Thread Scot L. Harris
I have been using a mythtv system for about 6 months now. Thanks to all the developers and others that put such a great package together. I am now interested in building another mythtv box primarily to be used as a frontend. The backend system will be existing box which has 1 TB for the /video f