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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am building a Myth box. I
have:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3Ghz Intel Prescott CPU</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Intel D865PERL Motherboard (Integrated optical
SPDIF, Hyperthreading)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hauppauge PVR-350</FONT></DIV>2 200Gig SATA hard
drives</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>512 M RAM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>FX5200 GeForce Card</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2 HD3000 cards (not installed yet).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fedore Core 3, 2.6.10</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My question is in regard to the hardware encoding /
decoding capabilities of the PVR-350. Am I required to use the TV Out of
the PVR-350 to enjoy the MPEG decoding capabilities of the card? Can the
card encode and decode at the same time (live TV)?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had problems with Myth getting video to
initialize, and finally was able to get live TV to display. It was very
choppy, stuttery, and ultimately just locked up. I am not using the TV out
of the card, and am presently just using the PC monitor. I have a long
ways to go on this, but I need to start with a better understanding of how the
PVR350 works with the system.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Redeye</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>