[mythtv-users] Multi-Input Cards

Eric Sharkey eric at lisaneric.org
Fri Sep 10 15:11:28 UTC 2010


On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Devin Heitmueller
<dheitmueller at kernellabs.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:25 AM, mike at grounded.net <mike at grounded.net> wrote:
>> Are there any multi-input capture cards which are known to work with myth.
>> For example, say 2 to 4 ports of either/or a combination of composite, s-video or component inputs?
>> Perhaps even being able to add more than one card into a system?
>
> There aren't many cards which have multiple video decoders, as they
> are typically targeted at surveillance DVRs.  You can look at the
> HVR-2250 which has two ports, or the Hauppauge ImpactVCB, which has
> three or four composite inputs).  Both of these should work under
> Linux (although the HVR-2250 analog support is brand new and probably
> still has some issues).

For SD analog input, the Hauppauge PVR-500 should fit the bill.  It
has two encoders and is well supported.

Eric


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