You'll want to remember in your evaluation of MythTV that a 650Mhz
machine will really affect your experience.  I'd suggest getting
something closer to 1Ghz if possible.  Either way, if you want to watch
while that box is recording you'd have to get something that would
decode in hardware like the Hauppauge PVR-350. 

-Khanh



-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Aguilar
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 5:55 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [mythtv-users] myth on an old machine(which video capture card)

I'm gonna try to use my old 650mhz machine to run MythTV.  (I will
probably buy a better machine if I'm happy with MythTV.)  Anyways, the
only thing I need is a video capture card.  I understand that I need one
that does MPEG encoding so my CPU doesn't choke, but do I need a card
that decodes as well?

The ideal situation would be for me to use it just like a TiVo where I
can pause, rewind, and fast forward live tv.  I would like the card to
work with minimal tweaking on KnoppMyth.

It seems that Hauppauge cards are hard to come by these days so feel
free to suggest other types as well.  But if you think the Hauppauge
card is the way to go by all means say so.

Thanks for helping a noob,
Aaron

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