PCI vs USB
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2007-09-11, 12:48 PM
if it's really the PSU or MB causing the interference (easiest way to check: stick your card in another computer, if it behaves the same, your card is most probably faulty) an USB capture device might be your only option...
sub Wrote:Yep, what he said. curiosity killed the cat 
2007-10-30, 02:51 PM
Hi,
I'm planning on building a DVR with Dell Pentium IV 2.0GHz, 1GB RAM Desktop, and I'm looking at hauppauge TV cards. 1) Is PVR-500 is the only on with dual tuners? or are there any other USB tuners with dual tuners? 2) Does hauppauge USB tuners offer hardware encoding? 3) which is better PCI or USB? By reading this thread it seems like both woks fine. In that case if I can find a USB dual tuner I might go for that since USB tuners are cheaper in ebay rather than PVR-500. Thanks in advance
2007-10-30, 03:47 PM
Quote:or are there any other USB tuners with dual tuners?No, I dont think so. Quote:2) Does hauppauge USB tuners offer hardware encoding?It depends which USB device you're talking about. The Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB2 has hardware MPEG2 encoding. Most of their other USB products do not.
2007-10-30, 04:01 PM
sub Wrote:No, I dont think so. Thanks for the reply. My PC is a Dell Precision 340 Mini-Tower Computer and this is the back panel. As you can see there is a line out in built in sound card. How can I connect this single lint out to the Audio Left and Audio Right in the TV?
2007-10-30, 04:07 PM
radioshack or similar would carry the type of cable you need. 3.5mm plug on one end, with 2xRCA connector on the other.
2007-10-30, 04:11 PM
sub Wrote:radioshack or similar would carry the type of cable you need. 3.5mm plug on one end, with 2xRCA connector on the other. wow.... u guys are fast. Thanks for the quick reply. I'll have lot more questions when I installed GB-PVR and start configuring it. 
2007-10-30, 11:21 PM
Dhanu Wrote:...or are there any other USB tuners with dual tuners?... Adaptec makes (made?) a unit called the AVC-3610 that has two tuners, hardware MPEG-2 encoding, USB 2.0. It was also sourced to HP for an identical unit under the HP label. According to answers I received on this forum, the tuners can be made to work with GBPVR but the IR blasters (for controlling cable /satellite boxes) may not.
[SIZE="2"][COLOR="Gray"]PVR-2 Generic Box (512MB RAM, ECS K7S5A, AthlonXP 2000+); 400GB Seagate; 2x Hauppauge PVR-500; ATI Radeon 9000 (ATI driver 8.221.0.0); WinXP Home SP2; GB-PVR (1.0.16); DScaler MPEG decoder
PVR-1: A cast off HP Pavilion 750n (512MB RAM, 1.6GHz Pentium 4); 320GB Seagate; Hauppauge PVR-500; ATI Radeon 9550 (ATI driver 8.391.0.0); WinXP Home SP2; GB-PVR (1.0.16); DScaler MPEG decoder[/COLOR][/SIZE]
2007-10-30, 11:24 PM
prouton Wrote:Adaptec makes (made?) a unit called the AVC-3610 that has two tuners, hardware MPEG-2 encoding, USB 2.0. It was also sourced to HP for an identical unit under the HP label. According to answers I received on this forum, the tuners can be made to work with GBPVR but the IR blasters (for controlling cable /satellite boxes) may not. Thank for the reply. I bought a used PVR-500 today. Got another question now. Could you pls look in to here. |
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