[OT] Re: [ale] pci video card with TV in

[Geoffrey]

Pete Hardie wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>> George Carless wrote:
>>
>>> I doubt that
>>> the "viewing" element is nearly as processor-intensive as the recording,
>>> either -- I'm not really familiar with the technology, but my impression
>>> was that simply watching tv with a tv tuner card added almost no cpu 
>>> load.
>>
>>
>>
>> I can verify that.  Appears to be no hit whatsoever.
> 
> 
> But that's a different thing from viewing a recorded show while 
> recording another show.  Both of those will use the {en_de}coder and disk.

Exactly and that's what George's  statement 'I doubt that the "viewing" 
element is nearly as processor-intensive as the recording' was 
addressing, the viewing element of the process.


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