[mythtv-users] capture card

[Nick Morrott]

On 4 February 2010 10:01, sharifah ummu kulthum <kulthum91 at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi guys
>
> its me again. how many capture card do i need for my myth to be able to
> watch tv and record shows simultaneously?

To answer this question for your specific stuation, please tell us how
are you receiving your TV signal at the moment. In general, the
ability to watch TV and record simultaneously will require two
physical tuners. It is possible to buy cards that contain multiple
tuners (i.e. the newer Hauppauge HVR hybrid cards, or the older Nova-T
500 (DVB-T) or PVR-500 (analog hw MPEG-2 cards).

In some circumstances (i.e. you are using DVB/ATSC digital tuners that
support multirec) it may be possible to watch TV and record multiple
channels from a single physical tuner. However, it is very unlikely
(although not impossible depending on your TV service) to be able to
do this for all of the channels you can receive, so 2 physical tuners
is usually the minimum requirement.

Cheers,
Nick

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