[mythtv-users] Question about BT8x8 digital TV cards

[Brad]

I have just purchased a vision plus , will keep you posted on
installation. Once I have that working I would like to put my Leadtek
analog card in as well.


On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:42:30 +1000, David Whyte <david.whyte at gmail.com> wrote:
> With my sempron 2400, I use about 4% per tuner when recording.  I can
> record 2 different shows and watch another, using about 60-70% CPU!
> No IDE or PCI bus problems that I can tell.
> 
> Dave
> 
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:51:22 +1100, Phill Edwards
> <philledwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > 2) Do digital BT8x8 cards chew up CPU? I know the analogue ones do,
> > > > but I thought that the digital cards just wrote the incoming MPEG2
> > > > stream straight to disk which would mean very little CPU required. Am
> > > > I right or delusional?
> > >
> > > mythbackend uses about 6% CPU on my 1GHz system while recording SD
> > > using a VisionPlus card, so CPU use won't be a problem.
> >
> > Fantastic - I currently use around 40+% CPU per tuner with current
> > analogue --> MPEG4 so this will be a big improvement.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Phill
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