[mythtv-users] newbi questions

Keith C linux at keithandjill.com
Fri Sep 19 22:40:56 EDT 2003


On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 21:20, al bean wrote:
> I?ve been poking around the mythetv website and mailing list for a few
> days now and I have a couple newbi questions:
>  
> 1) Could I record two shows simultaneously on a P4-1300 if I got two
> PVR 250/350?s (since they do most of the work and not the CPU)?

Yes
> 2) I?m sort of fussy about the quality of the picture so I would want
> to go with the lowest compression format - would that make a
> difference given the above setup?
Not as far as I know with the PVR-250. It will increase CPU for
transcoding and playback, but you should probably still be fine.

> 3)  I would like to watch the recorded shows on a TV.  Would I need to
> get a separate TV out card?
There may be support for the TV Out on the PVR-350 in the near future,
but don't bet everything on it.
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