<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I've been researching MythTV for some time now. I've just come in to a<br>fair amount of money, so I think it's time to finally get off my duff and
<br>build the MythTV box.<br><br>I have already decided that I'm going to use the Hauppauge PVR-350 for the<br>video encoding / decoding (nothing fancy, probably just 640x480 for<br>personal use on the TV).<br><br>However, I'd like to know if it's necessary to have an additional video
<br>card for output. I've got plenty of plain-jane video cards with TV-out,<br>but if the Hauppauge card is doing my MPEG2 decoding, does the decoder also<br>handle the output of the stream to the TV-out port?<br><br>Also, what is the X Windows support like for the Hauppauge card? Since I
<br>intend on hooking the MythTV box directly to a TV, can the hauppauge card<br>drive the TV?</blockquote><div><br>
Some have succeeded in running X on the PVR-350. I tried (following
Jarods guide) but it did not work on my system. So I had to add a
videoboard with TV-Out (FX-5200).<br>
The TV-Out of the PVR-350 is said to provide a very good quality, but I am very satisfied with the quality of the FX5200 board.<br>
The performance of the PVR-350 for X and playing MPEG4s is bad (most
say too bad), so if I were going to build a new MythTV, I would go for
a PVR-150/250/500 and a FX-5200 instead.<br>
<br>
Niels Dybdahl<br>
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