Plextor ConvertX

From MythTV

The Plextor ConvertX series are external devices that connect to your computer via USB 2.0. The following hardware encoder models support M-JPEG, MPEG-1 (VCD), MPEG-2 (SVCD, DVD) and MPEG-4 (DivX) with PCM (uncompressed) audio. Native Linux support is provided by GPL kernel drivers; they work with the V4L2 (video4linux) modules.

PX-M402U
S-video input
Composite input

PX-TV402U-NA ("North American"/NTSC)
S-video input
Composite input
RF/Coaxial (NTSC) input

PX-TV402U (PAL/SECAM)
S-video input
Composite input
RF/Coaxial (PAL/SECAM) input
The video capture feature works with both PAL/SECAM and NTSC.
Apparently they would work with the same drivers as the North American PX-TV402U-NA and PX-M402U devices:
http://oss.wischip.com/

Two additional ConvertX models exist: the PX-AV100U and PX-TV100U. Plextor's Web site describes these models as supporting MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoding but not MPEG-4. The specifications mention software encoding. Whether these devices can be made to work with MythTV is unknown.

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Drivers

see

Linux Drivers for Plextor TV402U

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Multiple Devices

It is possible to use more than one of these devices on the same machine, at least I (SDibb) have two of them working with 0.18.1. This *should* scale up to the limit of the USB bus.

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