On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 10:51:48AM -0600, David G. Mackay wrote:
On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 21:51 +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> Because audio cabling is static and audio devices are at the same stage
> today as non-networked printers were two decade ago. There are systems
> connected to audio devices by virtue of being near the audio devices,
> and there is no 1:1 relashionship between the user sitting on the local
> system in the current dekstop session and the user making use of audio
> devices.
>
> It's perfectly legitimate to have a desktop system sitting in the living
> room that simultaneously plays a DVD for one user on the TV/projector
> output, records analog video for another through PVR card, while a third
> is connected in dekstop session and checks his mails or does some quick
> browsing.
The problem that you're discussing centers more around poorly designed
video capture cards than audio capability. The Hauppage PVR-150 and
PVR-350 cards (and probably others) don't require the use of the sound
card to record audio.
Good point.
HD cards can also capture audio/video without the use of a sound card.
--
Michael