How do you add cable TV to your PC and be able to record?
Cable TV is provided by Direct TV. Receiver box is piped to living room TV and another cable is ready to hook up to whatever. I want to connect to a PC and be able to record shows and store on PC and burn if possible.
First, you need a TV Tuner card for your PC. This allows you to capture the video to your PC. There are generally two types of cards, frame grabbers and cards that have encoders built in. Encoder cards are less taxing on your PC’s CPU, and are in general a better choice for most applications. But before you buy, you need to figure out which software choice you want to go with.
If you are running Linux you can use MythTV. And depending upon the type of reciever you have for DirecTV, you can also find modules to be able to change stations on the reciever through MythTV. And best of all, it’s free. There’s also Freevo, another Linux PVR solution.
For Windows, there are many choices. There’s SageTV, Beyond TV, and WinDVR to name a few.
I would suggest you check out some of these choice, and determine the choice that is the best for you. (MythTV requires some linux knowledge. A novice can do it, but expect to invest some time on the learning curve.)
Also, here’s some sites to check out:
http://www.byopvr.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Video_Recorder
http://mythtv.org/
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV
For this you will need a TV tuner/Video Capture card. (Make sure it has video capture if you want to record.) These usually go for about $40 to $100 and come as both internal cards and external USB or 1394 devices.
I suggest searching at http://www.newegg.com under video devices.
References :
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=47&name=Video-Devices
Comment by Brandon CD — October 7, 2009 @ 1:27 pm
you will need a tv tunner card in your PC, they can do all the work of a cable box and plug into your PCI slot
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Comment by Paul S — October 7, 2009 @ 2:13 pm
First, you need a TV Tuner card for your PC. This allows you to capture the video to your PC. There are generally two types of cards, frame grabbers and cards that have encoders built in. Encoder cards are less taxing on your PC’s CPU, and are in general a better choice for most applications. But before you buy, you need to figure out which software choice you want to go with.
If you are running Linux you can use MythTV. And depending upon the type of reciever you have for DirecTV, you can also find modules to be able to change stations on the reciever through MythTV. And best of all, it’s free. There’s also Freevo, another Linux PVR solution.
For Windows, there are many choices. There’s SageTV, Beyond TV, and WinDVR to name a few.
I would suggest you check out some of these choice, and determine the choice that is the best for you. (MythTV requires some linux knowledge. A novice can do it, but expect to invest some time on the learning curve.)
Also, here’s some sites to check out:
http://www.byopvr.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Video_Recorder
http://mythtv.org/
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV
References :
Comment by deadtree9 — October 7, 2009 @ 2:21 pm