[mythtv-users] First time MythTV project questions?

[Will Dormann]

At 02:26 PM 9/19/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>(1)  It seems to me that the PVR-250 is the capture card to go with, and
to take
>advantage of the ivtv drivers to use the hardware encoding and save CPU
usage. 
>Is this correct?

Yup, I'd say so.


>(2)  I have viewed through all docs/archives and I am a little confused, as I
>seem to find "conflicting reports" on this item:  can I just simply watch
live
>TV with MythTV without actually recording the program?  Like if I dont have
>anything scheduled to record, can I just sit down, turn on my TV and watch a
>program without recording it?? or do I have to record everything I watch, and
>then delete it afterwards if I dont want it?

Yeah, you can watch live TV.   It is "recording" the show in that it's
buffering it to the disc, but you don't have to schedule a recording or
delete it when you're done or anything like that.


>(3)  If I want to watch one program while I am recording another one on a
>different station will I need to have 2 capture cards?  One to watch
liveTV and
>the other to record?  or can I do it all with one card?  I assume I need 2
>cards.  and if I do need 2 cards how does that work?  do I just buy a coax
cable
>splitter for my cable input so I can input into both cards??

Either 2 capture cards with a coax splitter and/or amplifier, or just
select a different input on your TV.  For example, your MythTV machine is
going to be connected to one of the line-in connections on your TV.    Just
use the TV's internal tuner if you want to watch something while the MythTV
machine is recording something else.   (Kinda like what you'd do with a VCR)


-WD