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About to buy a TVTuner just 4 MediaPortal! Help?
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<blockquote data-quote="Paul S" data-source="post: 89623" data-attributes="member: 20531"><p>Here's a brief explanation on how a PC records a TV show.</p><p></p><p>An analog signal is received through your PC tuner and "captured" with it's capture chip. For analog, the captured signal is encoded so that it can be stored on your hard disk. Some applications that come with a capture card allow you to choose the format that the file is saved as (.avi, .mpeg etc). Media Portal records in the MPEG2 format. Encoding the TV signal with software encoders puts a load on your cpu. If your laptop has a small cpu, this could be a problem. That is why a hardware encoding card may be what you need.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps you in choosing a card. Take your time and study all the choices. Pay attention to the card's specs and requirements. If it is WMCE compatable it SHOULD be MP compatable.</p><p></p><p>Paul</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paul S, post: 89623, member: 20531"] Here's a brief explanation on how a PC records a TV show. An analog signal is received through your PC tuner and "captured" with it's capture chip. For analog, the captured signal is encoded so that it can be stored on your hard disk. Some applications that come with a capture card allow you to choose the format that the file is saved as (.avi, .mpeg etc). Media Portal records in the MPEG2 format. Encoding the TV signal with software encoders puts a load on your cpu. If your laptop has a small cpu, this could be a problem. That is why a hardware encoding card may be what you need. I hope this helps you in choosing a card. Take your time and study all the choices. Pay attention to the card's specs and requirements. If it is WMCE compatable it SHOULD be MP compatable. Paul [/QUOTE]
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