[mythtv-users] HDMI capture card with linux drivers

[Raymond Wagner]

On 4/15/2010 20:49, Kevin Ross wrote:
> Actually if it's the software doing the MJPEG compression, that implies that
> the output from the device is uncompressed video.  That would mean the only
> problem you would have is finding enough hard drive space to put it, and
> drives fast enough to keep up with real-time writing and reading
> simultaneously.  The CPU wouldn't be the bottleneck, nor would the PCIe bus
> or the video card.
>    

You're talking about 100-180MB/s depending on resolution and framerate.  
You do NOT want to store this uncompressed to disk.