Re: Re: [OT}: how to make PVR any ideas welcome

[David Greaves <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Get yourself over to http://www.mythtv.info/ and have a good
browse
around :)
[yes I'm biased when I suggest that site]

I think that the consensus is that Hauppage make the best capture cards.
Their 350 card is also the best TV-out card - but it can be tricky to
get working with Myth.

IMHO If you are after absolute top quality then you don't want a TV set
anyway, you want something that takes a VGA type signal like a plasma or
projector - in which case you want a decent video card (which usually
means NVidia because of driver support under Linux). If you're not that
bothered about top notch quality then an NVidia card with s-video output
gives a damned good image.

Freeview is easy - you need a dvb card.

Oh, do yourself a favour - read the archives for the myth-users mailing
list before just launching in and asking questions. Unlike ukha they're
not the most tolerant folk if beginners just come along and ask
questions which 10 minutes on Google would answer :)

David
PS I have a PC/projector in the lounge running Myth and a diskless PC/TV
in the bedroom. My sky box is in the study along with my freeview ariel
and they both plug into a backend system with 1.2Tb of disk space - you
can fit quite a few episodes of Bob The Builder on that ;)

Gary wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> thanks, you are helping me a lot!
>
> in your opinion what's the best for value, TV card for input to my PC.
>
> i would like to record freeview as well as the normal analogue signal
> in the UK.
>
> also does anyone know of a forum or web page that is already
> discussing how to make a PVR using PC.
>
> Regards Gary
>
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Davey" <DB1001@e...> wrote:
> >
> > I have to say I wasn't very impressed with the TV out from my
Radeon
> 9xxx
> > card... I admit I didn't spend too much time playing with this as
> I'd hoped
> > that...
> > a) I could sneak past the guardian of spending  a HD LCD  - nope
:-(
> > b) Wait until the xbox 360 came out and buy an original XBox
(cheap
> !) and
> > mod it to be the front end for the main PC.
> >
> > I've bought a nebula electronics TV card and this has the ability
to
> stream
> > TV or (I think.. but not tried) the recorded PVR TV across the
LAN
> .. so I'm
> > really not sure as to what I should do next.
> >
> > If you do get a good solution for CRT TV with scart etc. I'd be
> interested
> > in following
> >
> > Davey.
> >
> > PS.  - Dave C ... look out for something in the snail post over
the
> next
> > couple of days.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gary" <questuk1@h...>
> > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 4:27 PM
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT}: how to make PVR any ideas welcome
> >
> >
> > > thanks for your help
> > >
> > > what is the quality like on video playback on TV with these
cards
> > > (similar to a VCR or better}?
> > >
> > > Is there any distortion, or blurring, or black border around
picture
> > > seen on TV?
> > >
> > >
> > > and any recommendations for a cheap TV out video card.
> > >
> > >
> > > regards Gary
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, patrick doocey
> <patrick.doocey@g...> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On 04/11/05, Gary <questuk1@h...> wrote:
> > >> > hello,
> > >> >
> > >> > I would like to build a personal video recorder
using my PC, I can
> > >> > find a lot of ways of getting video into my PC, WIN
TV etc.
> > >> >
> > >> > but I cannot find any way of getting the video
signal out to a
> normal
> > >> > television by a scart or coax socket.
> > >> >
> > >> > Has anyone achieved this on the group, as I know
you're an
> inventive
> > >> > lot on here.
> > >> >
> > >> > I have had a brief look at software and MythTV
maybe what i use
> as the
> > >> > front-end, again has had experience of this or
anything similar
> > >> > preferably freeware.
> > >> >
> > >> > thanks in anticipation,
> > >> >
> > >> > Regards Gary
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> You need a video card with tv-out on it. it will
probably have an
> > >> s-video connector which you can plug into your tv. if
you don't have
> > >> s-video, get a scart adaptor and use the scart input.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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