[mythtv-users] New motherboard, no PCI

[Warren]

Jesse Guardiani wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 April 2006 8:13 am, Warren wrote:
>   
>> I am getting a prototype of a new motherboard, which, if it makes it
>> into mass production could be an amazing FE board.  I would however like
>> to see if it can make a good backend as well.  The problem is that it
>> has no PCI slots.  Only 2 miniPCI (actually 3 but 1 is used) and 2 PCMCIA.
>>
>> What are my choices for SDTV and HDTV capture given this configuration?
>>     
>
> If it has USB, then you could go with a plextor convertx. I'm not aware
> of any minipci capture boards.
>
>   
Yes, the spec does mention 4xUSB2.0 headers.  Does the plextor do
hardware compression?  I have not worked with any cards besides the
Hauppauge and the pcHDTV3000, so I know nothing of the USB capture devices.

Thanks,
Warren
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