[mythtv-users] First time MythTV project questions?
Will Dormann
wd at pobox.com
Fri Sep 19 12:05:17 EDT 2003
At 02:26 PM 9/19/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>(1) It seems to me that the PVR-250 is the capture card to go with, and
to take
>advantage of the ivtv drivers to use the hardware encoding and save CPU
usage.
>Is this correct?
Yup, I'd say so.
>(2) I have viewed through all docs/archives and I am a little confused, as I
>seem to find "conflicting reports" on this item: can I just simply watch
live
>TV with MythTV without actually recording the program? Like if I dont have
>anything scheduled to record, can I just sit down, turn on my TV and watch a
>program without recording it?? or do I have to record everything I watch, and
>then delete it afterwards if I dont want it?
Yeah, you can watch live TV. It is "recording" the show in that it's
buffering it to the disc, but you don't have to schedule a recording or
delete it when you're done or anything like that.
>(3) If I want to watch one program while I am recording another one on a
>different station will I need to have 2 capture cards? One to watch
liveTV and
>the other to record? or can I do it all with one card? I assume I need 2
>cards. and if I do need 2 cards how does that work? do I just buy a coax
cable
>splitter for my cable input so I can input into both cards??
Either 2 capture cards with a coax splitter and/or amplifier, or just
select a different input on your TV. For example, your MythTV machine is
going to be connected to one of the line-in connections on your TV. Just
use the TV's internal tuner if you want to watch something while the MythTV
machine is recording something else. (Kinda like what you'd do with a VCR)
-WD
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