[mythtv-users] New User System Setup Questions

[Micah Morton]

Before reading this, note: I have never gotten mythtv working and have
only once tried to with my Pinnacle BTTV card... So, here's what I've been
gathering over the last couple months of viewing this list.

I see TONS of people complain about their ATI All-In-Wonder cards....
   1) They can't record and playback at the same time...
   2) there are tons of auto-detection problems
   3) the VE model seems to be more problematic than others.

I don't see any problems with Hauppauge cards... everybody seems to have
really good luck with those.  I'm wondering what peoples opinions are with
these cards - what problems do they have, if any?

As for TV-Out, my GeForce2 MX400 has excellent TV-Out and was super-easy
to set up...  Why do people fuss with matrox g200/400/450 cards when there
is such a cheap alternative? is it because the g200 has a tv-tuner?  Can
it record and playback at the same time?

Thats all I have for now... :)

--Micah

> Thanks for the info so far! I think I am going to drop the creative
> infra remote and go with the ATI Remote Wonder, unless anyone else has
> another suggestion.  I also think I am going to drop the 2.0ghz Celeron
> in exchange for a AMD 1800+ tbred core. Hopefully that will run cooler
> or at least as cool. If need be I can always downclock it a bit. In
> response to:
>
>>Your question about recording and watching at the same time: I couldn't
>> tell what exactly you meant. So I'll just tell you how it is. Mythtv
>> can record one stream per tuner card. It can also play one stream at
>> the same time  (assuming you have backend and frontend on one machine.
>> "Live" tv is really just recording a stream, and then playing the same
>> stream right away. So while your tuner is recording a stream you can a)
>> watch that stream (ie "live" tv), or b)watch a different, prerecorded
>> stream. Finally, if you have two tuners you can record two streams at a
>> time and watch one of them, or a different prerecorded stream. That
>> make sense? My *guess* is that a 2ghz celeron could handle two tuners,
>> but I'm not sure.
>
> I am not really looking to do 2 TV tuners. What I was wondering about
> is if I am recording a show at say 8:00 - 9:00 can I start watching a
> previously recorded show at 8:15 while the other show is recording?
> Would a AMD 1800+ be able to handle both at once? Was wondering how
> much luck others have had on the board. I would be recording probably
> at 480x480.
>
> If anyone else has any suggestions or comments please let me know, this
> really is helping me out a lot. Thanks again.
>
> -D
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