[mythtv-users] Hardware resrouces required for s/w encode

[Nick Morrott]

On 4 February 2010 11:43, Michael PARKER <michael.parker at st.com> wrote:
>> The Wiki is about analog signals. DVB as the nam says is already digital
>> and is encoded already.
>
> It's the s/w encode of the analog/composite/S-video input I'm concerned
> about. I'm happy that the DVB doesn't require h/w or s/w encode.
>
> Quoting my original mail to Garry:
>
> ---
>
> Having just spoken with Hauppauge UK, it appears that the
> analogue/composite/S-video input of the HVR-4000 card doesn't have hardware
> encode. The DVB-T/S/S2 inputs don't need a h/w encoder (being already in
> either MPEG-2 or h.264), so the ana./comp./S-video input has to make do with
> s/w encode.
>
> For the time being, the majority of my recording will be done from a cable
> STB so I'll be using the composite input a lot. I may, at a late date,
> switch to DVB-T/S/S2 and dump the cable TV (which I only need for a few,
> non-free-to-air channels).

Have you already considered and ruled out the Huappauge HVR-1300?

This card has onboard DVB-T and hardware MPEG-2 analog capture, so
unless you are seriously thinking of using satellite in the future, it
may be a less expensive alternative. One other thing to bear mind is
that the HVR-4000 (and possibly the -1300 with its analog and DVB-T)
has mutually exclusive digital tuners, so that it can't simultaneously
record DVB-T and DVB-S/S2.

Cheers,
Nick

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