[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
what i am planning for my MythTv box is a Via EPIA MII 10000 and a PVR-350. what i want to know is what capabilities will that give me? can i only record the show i am currently watching, or can i record a show and watch a different one at the same time? will i need another card to do the later? any help would be appreciated.
chad
Sorry for the double post, forgot to answer all your questions :)
A single tunercard will allow your mythbox to "see" a single channel at a time. This means, you can record one channel at a time, or watch one livetv channel at a time, but not record a channel and watch livetv though the mythbox at the same time. You can however still change the channel on your tv and watch it "live" :)
While the mythbox is recording the single channel, you can of course still watch a recording. This recording can be the one still being recorded, allowing for chaseplay/timeskip. Since the pvr150/250/350/500 cards all have hardware encoding, recording takes near to none cpu, so there are plenty of juice to do chaseplay on the epiaboard, even without hardware playback.
The PVR-500 has dual tuners, and is very interesting for single slot users. I do not know the current status of the ivtv support, but the last I heard was sort of picture, no sound. When this card is supported, my pvr 250 is going to get replaced :) I am sure though, that two tuners will not make me watch more livetv on the mythbox, but it is just so much cooler :) If the support is close, perhaps the 500 would be an alternative to 150 and 350 for your box?
/henrik
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