Read this before you buy: http://www.xpmce.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t55514-f-.html
...I luckily found out about the M179 performance in both research & actual testing of the card. I sent mine back the very next day after receiving it. Also, the M179 has been discontinued. That should tell ya something about the product. ... ...In the TV Tuner front, go with Hauppauge. ... --- Tom Eastmond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been looking at building a myth box (see > http://www.mythtv.org/) > and since I'm planning on using an older box I've > been looking at > cards with hardware encoding to take some of the > load of the > processor. I was considering purchasing a Hauppauge > 250 (about $130) > but then I came across a fellow on ebay with some > AVerMedia M179 > cards for only $49 > (see > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/archive/MythTV_C2/Users_F11/Cheap_MPEG_c > ards_P89011/ ). > > Anyway, sounds like the card should be fully > supported under Linux > very soon if not already - the company that produces > them seems very > friendly to open source. I'm going to pick up a > couple at this price > (picture in picture :) )and wanted to see if anyone > wanted to go in > with me - with 5 the seller will ship for free. > > tom > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ===== ----------------------------- Adrian Esteban Madrid HyperXMedia, Developer ================ ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
