On Wednesday 31 August 2005 09:27 am, CityK wrote: > Mac Michaels wrote: > >On Monday 29 August 2005 08:11 pm, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > >>I've looked at the Dvico site, and I've done some > >>googling, and read past threads on this board, but I'm > >> a little confused. How does the analog tuner fit into > >> the picture? Specifically: > >> > >>2) Assuming yes to #1, does the analog tuner include a > >>hardware encoder like a WinTv 250 or 150? Or is it a > >>software tuner? Does it require the use of a sound > >> card while recording to handle audio? > > > >The CX238801 chip has the hardware encoder for both > > audio and video. > > Decoder! The cx2388x Video decoder is decoding the > baseband signals to RGB or YCbCr (aka, incorrectly, YUV). Right CityK! I used the wrong name. It is indeed a decoder. -- Mac