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| Thread ID: 111969 | 2010-08-18 21:44:00 | USB TV tuners + low spec computers. | Nomad (952) | Press F1 |
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| 1129284 | 2010-08-18 21:44:00 | Has anyone tried these USB Freeview capable sticks? For general work running Windows 7 x32, how does a single core these days fare with 2GB RAM? How do they for instance compare to a Netbook afaik is a Dual Core. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1129285 | 2010-08-18 23:46:00 | You'll be able to record without too much problem. Tuners don't use CPU - just disk. Unlike the old analogue days where the broadcast stream was converted to an MEG2 file - the digital cards take the broadcast stream and dump it to disk. Playback, however, is a completely different issue alltogether. Unless you've got a H.264 decoding GPU and a probably capable of using the GPU you wont be able to playback files from DVB-T. You might be able to find a DVB-S usb tuner, which is mpeg2 and therefore if you have a DVD capable system you should be able to playback. |
psycik (12851) | ||
| 1129286 | 2010-08-19 01:13:00 | Tuners don't use CPU - just disk. They do use CPU 'bandwidth'. If you can get GPU acceleration supported, it reduces the load on the CPU but it still uses some. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 1129287 | 2010-08-19 02:10:00 | For the "tuning" part they use very little CPU. And the GPU is only involved in playback, not recording. :pf1mobmini: |
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