Tv tuner cards on older systems

newtolinux132 · 06-11-2008, 02:06 PM

Is it possible to run a ATSC tv tuner card with a lighter tv program on a computer with 128mb ram and 366mhz processor? I am not looking for hd here, just a an okay picture to watch and possibly record.
Can you recommend an ATSC PCI tuner card?
http://www.linux.com/articles/34790
This guy makes me think its possible
Thanks in advance!

lazlow · 06-11-2008, 03:14 PM

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You might be better off using a HDHomerun. It is a dual digital tuner that runs off of Ethernet. You just stream the video. It takes a lot of pressure off the machine. It is well support by most PVR software (MythTv, etc). If you go to record, the disk speed usually becomes the limiting factor.

newtolinux132 · 06-11-2008, 08:40 PM

Thanks!...I'll check it out