[mythtvnz] Frame buffer ver Hardware Cards

[criggie]

On 05/10/11 00:00, Mallett wrote:
>  From what I understand Hardware cards convert the video stream to MPEG-4
> But freeveiw is already in MPEG-4 format. So is there an advantage in
> having a hardware card
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Video_capture_card#caveats

You'd be nuts to use an old framebuffer card these days.  Freeview is 
digital, so you now want a DVB  S or T card.   So even analogue is now 
relegated to reading in from a Video tape or other analogue sources.




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