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2012-06-22 Thread VDR User
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Dieter BSD dieter...@engineer.com wrote: With very very very few exceptions, all analog NTSC broadcasts have been switched to digital, by the FCC mandated deadline of June 12, 2009. As long as there remain some NTSC broadcasts, there might be some that you

Re: how to turn my computer into a TV

2012-06-22 Thread VDR User
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Dieter BSD dieter...@engineer.com wrote: Yes, technically there are still some that exist, for now. However, their death certificate is signed and they're so few that it's not worth mentioning. If you don't think NTSC is worth mentioning, why do you keep

Re: how to turn my computer into a TV

2012-06-22 Thread VDR User
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Dieter BSD dieter...@engineer.com wrote: The cx88wiki URL above describes the cx88 software (in ports). For tuners without a hardware encoder, raw video/audio is the only thing you can get from the tuner when receiving NTSC. Nope. Prove me wrong.  Post the

Re: how to turn my computer into a TV

2012-06-19 Thread VDR User
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: An old Pentium 4 3ghz can decode HD with plenty of cpu resources to spare so unless a person using something older than that, they've certainly got modern cpu power. actually even intel atom D525 is OK if

Re: how to turn my computer into a TV

2012-06-18 Thread VDR User
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Dieter BSD dieter...@engineer.com wrote: [ Added multimedia@ as that is a more appropriate list than hackers ] I just moved into a very cramped apartment we are using a broadcast signal only [current US {NYC} standards] Recording ATSC takes very little CPU.  

Re: how to turn my computer into a TV

2012-06-18 Thread VDR User
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Dieter BSD dieter...@engineer.com wrote: user.vdr writes: Recording doesn't require any compression unless you are transcoding in real-time. There's no difference between recording ATSC, NTSC, PAL, etc, and it's actually irrelevant what the stream is. This