[mythtv-users] Question about BT8x8 digital TV cards

[David Whyte]

With my sempron 2400, I use about 4% per tuner when recording.  I can
record 2 different shows and watch another, using about 60-70% CPU! 
No IDE or PCI bus problems that I can tell.

Dave


On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:51:22 +1100, Phill Edwards
<philledwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 2) Do digital BT8x8 cards chew up CPU? I know the analogue ones do,
> > > but I thought that the digital cards just wrote the incoming MPEG2
> > > stream straight to disk which would mean very little CPU required. Am
> > > I right or delusional?
> >
> > mythbackend uses about 6% CPU on my 1GHz system while recording SD
> > using a VisionPlus card, so CPU use won't be a problem.
> 
> Fantastic - I currently use around 40+% CPU per tuner with current
> analogue --> MPEG4 so this will be a big improvement.
> 
> Regards,
> Phill
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