Question about EyeTV Hybrid...

steamboat26

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Dec 7, 2006

• #1

I am just wondering if the Elgato EyeTV hybrid would work well with my mini. I assume the dongle doesn't do the encoding, so that would fall on my processor. Could a 1.66 ghz core duo handle encoding without many problems?

EDIT: I am also wondering if the Miglia TVMax would be better for recording TV. How do they compare?

 

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klacbob

macrumors newbie

• Dec 7, 2006

• #2

have you considered the 250

i'm sure you know this already, but the 250 is only about $50 bucks more and the encoding is on it, not your computer. It's still small enough that I don't have a problem transporting it either. I would answer your question exactly, but I don't have the hybrid

 

barr08

macrumors 65816

• Dec 11, 2006

• #3

Your mac mini would be fine, it would just tie up a lot of your cpu when recording.

 

redeye be

macrumors 65816

• Dec 11, 2006

• #4

My 1.42 mini G4 does it just fine with 35 - 40 % processor usage. Recording or not doesn't make a difference, as it uses a Live TV buffer (always recording that is).

edit: this is DTT, haven't tried analog yet, don't think i ever will 😉