Plextor ConvertX PX-M402U USB 2.0 Real-Time Digital Video Converter. Converts to DivX®, MPEG-4, MPEG-1 and 2.
- Real-time hardware and MPEG-1/2/4 digital video converter
- Fast digital video conversion and lower CPU usage with hardware encoder
- Easy-to-use personal or VCD video creation software
- Official DivX Certified product
- Save hard disk space with DivX and MPEG-4
The ConvertX PX-M402U is an external USB 2.0 capture device that can encode external analog inputs to MPEG2/DivX in realtime. It has a full Linux SDK which has an open license. While the firmware is included with the SDK, this firmware does not have an open license.
There is a similar model, the Plextor ConvertX PVR PX-TV402U, that includes a tv tuner.
Review
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Using with MythTV
driver and system recognition
The device was recognized in Mythubuntu immediately upon connection. The output of lsusb shows the device as:
Plextor Corp. ConvertX M402U A/V Capture
testing video input
Any video player shows video from a connected source by simply opening the file
/dev/video0
If your device is on video0, it may be on video1 or another if you have other capture devices.
testing audio input
Adding to MythTV back-end configuration
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- Hauppauge USB Live-2
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