Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:14:57 +1300 From: Richard Scobie r.scobie@clear.net.nz Subject: [vdr] FF card substitute - Budget and PVR 350?

I note that Hauppauge no longer list the Nexus DVB-S FF card and was wondering if anyone has succeeded in using the PVR 350, which has a hardware MPEG2 decoder and OSD, in conjuction with a budget DVB-S card.

What I am looking for is the full functionality of VDR, for display on a television set via the video output on the PVR 350 - no VGA card outputs.

If this is not yet possible, which pieces of the puzzle are still missing?

Regards,

Richard

You can use the pvr350-plugin. It uses the hardware mpeg2 decoder on the PVR350 (ivtv driver).

The plugin is out of development, but I managed to do some changes to get it work with new ivtv drivers. I also found a way to improve the channel switching duration from 4-5 sec to 2-3 seconds. Have a look at http://www.vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=55637

I use it in combination with a DVB-T card and think it works better than a dxr3. Unfortunately, the DVD-plugin does not work.