I use twin Hauppauge NovaT PCIs on a Celeron 2.4Ghz, and there is CPU space aplenty for recording TV on both cards, and watching a recording at the same. They take very little CPU at all , its mainly the playback (mpeg decoding) that has the cpu hit, but even then, I'm well under <20% CPU usage. (Commerical flagging is an altogether different question, I have that turned off!)
But do try and get at least 2 cards or you'll get scheduling conflicts depressingly often, its worth the initial outlay, honest ;) - Ciaran On 26/09/05, Ben Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm new to this list but have thinking about building a MythTV box of a year > or so. I've now started ordering bits (well a antec overture II case) and > am planning on using a Hauppauge WinTV NOVA-t freeview PCI card and > Ubuntu/512MB memory. As you can probably imagine, I have a few questions. > > Firstly what processor should I get. I had a AMD Sempron 3000+ to 3400+ in > mind. What I was hoping on being able to do is allow the TV card to do the > recording and have enough oomth in the CPU to be able to decode/play at the > same time as recording or do I need two TV cards to do this. Being able to > play and record at the same time is very important to me. How do I wire > things up to record/play at the same time. If I had two cards would I have > one wired to record an the other to play and do they have to be the same > cards? > > Is the 'Hauppauge WinTV NOVA-t PCI card' a good choice or are there other > freeview cards I should consider (freeview is the relatively new free to > view TV service here in the UK). I am assuming here that I should go for a > internal PCI card because I am not sure about compatibility with external > USB cards although having a external card is better from the point of you of > interference. > > Regards, > Ben > > > > > > > > Ben Edwards > Analyst Programmer > > > > The backbone of UK travel > > Telephone: +44 (0) 01392 364520 > Fax: +44 (0)1392 366151 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Internet: www.flybe.com > > > > > > > DISCLAIMER: The information in this Internet E-mail or Fax is confidential > and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of > information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions > presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent > those of Flybe or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended > recipient please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Flybe is the trading name of Jersey European Airways (UK) Ltd, Jack Walker > House, Exeter International Airport, Exeter, Devon EX5 2HL > > Company Registration No. 2769768 > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > -- - Ciaran (I now have far too many G-Mail invites available, anyone who wants one, gets one) _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users