[mythtv-users] Capture Card... Suggestions?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/05/2004 04:19 PM, Justin Hart wrote:

>I'm a soon to be graduate student looking to record some television
>while I'm out so I can watch it at my convenience (and to catch adult
>swim at an hour that allows me to wake up for early classes).
>  
>
A worthy goal, indeed.

>I'm using my old computer for the job, here's what's under the hood:
>AMD 2100+
>512 Megs DDR333
>80 Gigs
>On-board sound
>CD Burner
>DVD ROM
>
>I'd like to be able to record and watch live tv with pausing and
>rewind and all that goodness.  I've never built a MythTV box before,
>so I'm wondering what capture card will give me the most bang for my
>buck
>
I highly recommend a Hauppauge! WinTV PVR-250 or PVR-250MCE and a 
reasonable video card (i.e. nVidia GF4MX440).

> and if I'll need more drive space.
>
I use about 1.1 - 1.25 GB/hr with my PVR-x50's.  You won't "need" more 
space, but you'll probably want it.  (I mean, really, do you think you 
could actually delete episodes of Futurama?)

>  Also wondering if I'll need
>multiple capture cards to do the job.
>  
>
One capture card per channel.  If you want Picture-in-Picture, that 
requires two channels, so two captures cards.  If you want to record two 
different things off different channels at the same time, you'll need 
two capture cards.

Mike