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On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 08:00 -0400, Ben Dailey wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Hmm, so what do I need with an encoder? Since the digital signals are in</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> MPEG format I only need an encoder if I am watching analog?</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Thanks again,</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> CL</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Carl,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Correct you will only need to encode using the main cpu if you are</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">using the analog tuner/capture portion of the stick. If you just use</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">the ATSC/Digital portion the devices works almost exactly like a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">network device it gets the mpeg stream(s) off the air and dumps them</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">to disc using a very negligible amount of cpu.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Now for a question of my own, has any one tried/is it possible to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">capture from ATSC and the analog tuner/capture simultaneously?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">HTH,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Ben</FONT>
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Thank you, that was very helpful.<BR>
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Carl
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