[mythtv] Hardware encoding, software decoding?

kevin thayer mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Fri, 6 Dec 2002 02:58:06 -0800 (PST)


I'm going to take back most of this, as it's covered
in the archives. I didn't read back far enough. shame
on me :)

But replying to your own questions is always a good
way to join a mailing list, right? right? guys?....

I've seen iomega buz devices for ~$40 on ebay and such

thats not bad for video-in and mjpeg

-tmk

--- kevin thayer <nufan_wfk@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is this possible? 
> 
> I'm looking at some inexpensive mjpeg encoders which
> have v4l support and was wondering if this can be
> made
> to work with MythTV. (iomega buz for example)
> 
> I'm not sure how the mjpeg software decoders are,
> but
> usually encoding is the expensive part.. I'd like to
> try to get mythtv running on a p2 dual celeron 330
> (or
> overclocked to 500) with playback during recording,
> and hopefully for dvds as well.
> 
> Buying hardware for this project isn't something i
> want to do since tivo's are so cheap now anyways.
> 
> 
> 
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