[OT] Re: [ale] pci video card with TV in

[Pete Hardie]

Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> Pete Hardie wrote:
> 
>> Geoffrey wrote:
>>
>>> George Carless wrote:
>>>
>>>> I doubt that
>>>> the "viewing" element is nearly as processor-intensive as the 
>>>> recording,
>>>> either -- I'm not really familiar with the technology, but my 
>>>> impression
>>>> was that simply watching tv with a tv tuner card added almost no cpu 
>>>> load.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I can verify that.  Appears to be no hit whatsoever.
>>
>>
>>
>> But that's a different thing from viewing a recorded show while 
>> recording another show.  Both of those will use the {en_de}coder and 
>> disk.
> 
> 
> Exactly and that's what George's  statement 'I doubt that the "viewing" 
> element is nearly as processor-intensive as the recording' was 
> addressing, the viewing element of the process.

I thought that someone prior was asking about recording while watching, and that 
would require 2 tuner cards, or watching a recorded program - so you can record 
what you're watching w/o fear, but replaying while recording requires a macho CPU.



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