[mythtv-users] Audio - PCM, Master

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/04/2006 01:49 AM, R wrote:
> The TV tuner card audio out is hard-wired to the sound card Line-in.
>
> If I add a 2nd TV tuner card to this box:
> a.  How do I wire it to this sound card?
> b.  Do I need to get a second sound card?
>   

I'd say--especially for a second or third or ... tuner--go with a 
hardware encoder, like the PVR-150 or PVR-500.  They encode the video 
/and/ audio into an MPEG stream, so you don't need sound cards for them 
(the same is true for a PVR-250 and PVR-350, but the 150 is better and 
cheaper than a 250 and the 350 is only useful if you need a TV out, and 
you probably already have a better one from a video card).  When you 
consider the cost of buying a software capture card (like a BTTV card) 
and a sound card, you're probably spending about as much as you would on 
a PVR-150.

Mike