[olug] Hauppauge Win TV Card on Sale at CompUSA

[Daniel Pfile]

It doesn't have an onboard mpeg encoder, only the wintv-pvr-250/350s  
do. (As far as wintv goes) Mythtv has a feature that will transcode the  
video in the background after you capture though. So you could use the  
lowest cpu encoding myth has to offer, then transcode to mpeg2/4  
afterwards in the background (niced of course). As long as you're not  
recording 24/7 your pc should eventually get everything down to a  
reasonable size, you'll need more space until things get converted  
though.

Nice and cheap though...

-- Daniel


On Sep 5, 2004, at 12:42 PM, Aaron Grothe wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> Anybody building a PVR might be interested in the following.
>
> http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp? 
> product_code=260799&pfp=SEARCH
>
> It is only $20, after rebate.  I haven't played with this version of  
> the card yet.  I just got
> mine home.  Your mileage may vary, but I know a lot of people have  
> good luck with Hauppauge's
> cards.  With the encoder on board it lets an older machine PII handle  
> video streams pretty well.
>
> Regards,
>
> Aaron
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