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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 786144" data-attributes="member: 82144"><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />Hmmm, something isn't right there. If you check task manager (ctrl + alt + delete) while the recording is taking place, which process is using all the CPU? My guess would be anti-virus software or something scanning the recording folder.Definitely not too underpowered to record - the system should use very little (&lt; 10%) CPU when recording.Very possibly underpowered for playback of 1080i h.264. You could try using a codec that doesn't support hardware acceleration to put the video decoding load on the CPU, but I suspect you would be better off with a video card.<a href="http://www.leadtek.com/eng/multimedia/overview.asp?lineid=6&amp;pronameid=169&amp;check=f" target="_blank">This one</a>? I can't tell for sure if that card has <a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/9_Glossary/Encoder" target="_blank">hardware encoding</a>, but I suspect it does - that would mean that the recording load on your CPU would be very low. All recordings would have been encoded in MPEG 2 format which your current hardware can handle easily.It could do if the HDD is operating in PIO mode. You can check this in device manager by looking at the &quot;advanced settings&quot; tab in the properties for each IDE ATA/ATAPI controller in your system. The mode should be some DMA mode, not PIO.mm</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 786144, member: 82144"] :D Hmmm, something isn't right there. If you check task manager (ctrl + alt + delete) while the recording is taking place, which process is using all the CPU? My guess would be anti-virus software or something scanning the recording folder. Definitely not too underpowered to record - the system should use very little (< 10%) CPU when recording. Very possibly underpowered for playback of 1080i h.264. You could try using a codec that doesn't support hardware acceleration to put the video decoding load on the CPU, but I suspect you would be better off with a video card. [URL="http://www.leadtek.com/eng/multimedia/overview.asp?lineid=6&pronameid=169&check=f"]This one[/URL]? I can't tell for sure if that card has [URL="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/9_Glossary/Encoder"]hardware encoding[/URL], but I suspect it does - that would mean that the recording load on your CPU would be very low. All recordings would have been encoded in MPEG 2 format which your current hardware can handle easily. It could do if the HDD is operating in PIO mode. You can check this in device manager by looking at the "advanced settings" tab in the properties for each IDE ATA/ATAPI controller in your system. The mode should be some DMA mode, not PIO. mm [/QUOTE]

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