Hardware vs software encoders (1 Viewer)

huma2000

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I'm thinking on a new tv card, but i'm not sure if is necesary that it will be hardware encoder... what will be the main benefits under mp?
 

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    Hi,
    Hardware encoder it's best choice!!!, with software cards your cpu does the work when encodeing & with hardware card the card does it,

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    huma2000

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    But hardware only is interesting if it supported by mp, i don't know if mp support all the hardware encoders. how can I know if a card will be suported?
    I'm thinking on the lifeview t2a2m or the t2a2.
    If i want the t2a2m I must wait till april (is the hardware version), the software version is avaible now.
     

    huma2000

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    Um... it say analog hardware encoding... so I suppose that dvb channels doesn't need the hardware encoder because they are streamed in mpeg format, isn't it?
     

    huma2000

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    Um... then maybe isn't as important as I thinked... at my city only 6-8 channels arrive by analog signal, and 25+ for digital, and some of the analog channels can be turned at dvb system aswell... maybe is not necesary the +30€ inversion on the hardware encoder... I must think about it...
    Thanks for help.
     

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