A friend of mine just gave me a WinTV-D card that he wasn't using. I've done some research on the web and the forum here, and it seems like there really isn't that much you can do with this card. I suppose that what I'd like to use it for is for PVRing HD (OTA) and SD (cable). It's not clear to me what software, if any, will let me use this card for this purpose. Hauppauge's WinTV-Scheduler? Intervideo's WinDVR? Any tips for what software might generally be useful with this card would be great, too.
FWIW, I'm not too concerned with image quality. What would be great is if I could capture directly into VCD-compatible MPEG 1, but I don't think that's going to happen on my P3 1Ghz without dedicated HW encoding, which probably would be incompatible with the WinTV-D, anyway. (Am I the only person to whom it seems like the various kinds of codec standards (avi, directshow, dedicated app (like Premiere, etc.) are an absolutely nightmare for the consumer?)
I appreciate any tips anyone can give me for making productive use of this card.
FWIW, I'm not too concerned with image quality. What would be great is if I could capture directly into VCD-compatible MPEG 1, but I don't think that's going to happen on my P3 1Ghz without dedicated HW encoding, which probably would be incompatible with the WinTV-D, anyway. (Am I the only person to whom it seems like the various kinds of codec standards (avi, directshow, dedicated app (like Premiere, etc.) are an absolutely nightmare for the consumer?)
I appreciate any tips anyone can give me for making productive use of this card.