[mythtv-users] USB video capture

[Marc Randolph]

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:09 PM, R G <rawgarlic at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/30/2010 15:20, R G wrote:
>
> I would like to install MythTV on a couple of
> boxes that have only USB ports available.
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>
> On Tue, 3/30/10, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
>
> Is there a reason you have to have the capture devices
> on these small machines with no expansion capability?
> Could you set up a single 'traditional' PC with a bunch
> of expansion slots in a basement or closet, and
> install all the capture cards in that?
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>
> A few reasons:
>
> 1.  The first "box" is actually a slightly older laptop with no PCI slots.
>
> 2.  The second box has no PCI slots and is already running in a
> tightly packed closet.
>     The only thing I am allowed to do there is make it a dual-boot
> with MythTV as the 2nd option.
>
> 3.  The third system (just added to my list) is a travelling laptop.
>
> 4.  Each of these systems is in a different physical location,
>     being used by different people for their respective needs.

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   Marc