The hauppague cards are the way to go. My system is built on a P3 700, and the PVR-250 works like a champ. Note, however, that this only handles the coding on the way in. If you're trying to send the signal to a TV, you'll need a video card that supports TV-out.
I use an old nvidia geforce 2 card with an S-Video port. I've got an S-Video to RCA adapter plugged into that, and the RCA cable goes to the aux-in of my TV. For sound, the on-board sound card is good enough routed to the aux-in of my stereo. This is hardly HD, but the system works well for me, and was built for under $500. What exactly do you mean that the hauppage cards are hard to come by? Where are you located? On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:54:36 -0500, Aaron Aguilar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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