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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why do you need to transcode anything? I assume
it's possible to use the output for whatever you want to.... I hope so, as I'm
getting mine January 6th (we don't share gifts on December 25th in Spain but Jan
6th) :-) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm good in linux and I program for a living, but I
can't make video drivers.... and if it's not possible to use the PVR350 to
display non-MPEG stuff it's definitely a driver issue.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=jgiddens@bigfoot.com href="mailto:jgiddens@bigfoot.com">Jason
Giddens</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mythtv-users@mythtv.org
href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 29, 2003
15:07</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [mythtv-users] PVR-350 - Should
I send it back?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>Ok,
<BR><BR>For Christmas my wife was wonderful enough to buy me an Asus Pundit, CPU, Memory and a Hauppauge PVR-350. I had given her the hardware list after reading the Mythtv web page, and lurking on the list for a while.
<BR><BR>Now that I have gotten the devices, I am wondering if I should send in the 350 and get a PVR-250 instead. Here is why I may want to:
<BR><BR>- I am a Linux Newbie- I know there are excellent docs out there to help me, but I am pretty much a rank beginner and the 350 seems like I need to be a little more "leet" to handle it.
<BR><BR>- I want to watch Divx shows- The main reason for the MythTv box is so that I can watch shows I download from BitTorrent on the big tv. Secondary purpose is to augment our Tivo.
<BR><BR>So. I know that the 350's output is beautiful, but I also know that I will have to transcode the Divx files into MPEG2 everytime I want to watch them.
<BR><BR>What does the list think?
<BR><BR>Jason Giddens <BR>jgiddens_ at _ bigfoot_dot_com
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