[mythtv-users] Is myth tv overkill for very simple antenna based application

[jose rubio]

On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 01:41, Chris Germano wrote:
> It isn't overkill if it's helpfull, I couldn't live without mine ;-). Your 
> specs look fine, I recommend going with a WintTV pvr 250, it will cut back 
> on your cpu load and keep your quality high and it's very much supported in 
> myth and even available on ebay if you want to save some cash. You could get 
> away with a normal capture card (aka with no hardware encoding) but you 
> would have to run the quality kind of on the low side. I had a AMD Athlon 
> 1.33 and it couldn't handle 640x480, but worked fine with slightly lower 
> resolutions so it might be perfect for you, but these days the 250's are 
> pretty cheap. Some of the 250's come with remotes, depends where you get it, 
> but they aren't the greatest.
> 

I agree with the 250 part.  as far as mythtv being overkill?  it
probably is.  you could probably just run a script with cron to cat
/dev/video > file.mpg.
then you can view the file with xine or something.
now, if you want to watch live-tv and pause it then you'll need mythtv


-jose-