Mailing List Archive: My proposed HW setup, Please provide feedback..

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> My goal is to try to capture 2 streams (640x480) and watch
> a recorded file at the same time, so without further ado here
> is the list:

You don't need to capture at 640x480. I capture at 480x480 and can't
tell the difference between it and 640x480 captures. YMMV, but
analog TV is pretty crappy. Also, if you're going to capture at
something other than 720x480 on the PVR-250 you're going to need to
use the test_ioctl program to turn off DNR. The HOWTO has a section
on this.

> Case: Shuttle SN41G2 (onboard sound and video, plus s-video
> out, 1 PCI, 1
> AGP)
> Cpu: Barton 2500+
> Capture Card in PCI slot: Hauppauge PVR-250
> Vid Card in AGP slot: Matrox G-400 (this will provide me with
> the second
> capture device)

Did you check the archives for G-400? There are 207 posts in the
archive with "G400" in them.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/mailarc/gforum.cgi?do=search;gues
t=608364&t=search_engine

> Planning to use either RH9 or Mandrake.

Use what you're comfortable with; I like Mandrake because I didn't
have to do anything other than start compiling code.

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