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<blockquote data-quote="enco" data-source="post: 192233" data-attributes="member: 57728">Hey,I've been reading a couple posts on the forums about hardware and software encoding and decoding on analog TV cards recently, but I need some confirmation as to what's used for what.From what I've read so far, I understand that hardware encoding is used primarily for recording and timeshifting, whereas decoding is used for watching live TV, is that correct?However, in one thread I read that MP actually can't make use of hardware decoders because time shifting wouldn't be possible otherwise - is this true?I'm currently using an old analog WinTV PCI card (both software de- and encoding) on my rather slow HTPC (Athlon 1200 plus non-DirectX9 graphics card), and watching live TV with it is impossible (CPU at 100% and a framerate of about 1 fps).I don't care much about timeshifting (though it would be nice to have), my primary concern is watching live TV.So, would a TV card with hardware decoder help or should I try a DirectX9 graphics card first or will I actually need both?Any thoughts on this?Thanks a lot in advance...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="enco, post: 192233, member: 57728"] Hey, I've been reading a couple posts on the forums about hardware and software encoding and decoding on analog TV cards recently, but I need some confirmation as to what's used for what. From what I've read so far, I understand that hardware [b]en[/b]coding is used primarily for recording and timeshifting, whereas [b]de[/b]coding is used for watching live TV, is that correct? However, in one thread I read that MP actually can't make use of hardware decoders because time shifting wouldn't be possible otherwise - is this true? I'm currently using an old analog WinTV PCI card (both software de- and encoding) on my rather slow HTPC (Athlon 1200 plus non-DirectX9 graphics card), and watching live TV with it is impossible (CPU at 100% and a framerate of about 1 fps). I don't care much about timeshifting (though it would be nice to have), my primary concern is watching live TV. So, would a TV card with hardware decoder help or should I try a DirectX9 graphics card first or will I actually need both? Any thoughts on this? Thanks a lot in advance... [/QUOTE]

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