[mythtv-users] Stability and performance (noob to mythtv alert)

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Tue Jul 15 18:22:03 EDT 2003


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Mark Casey
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 4:37 PM
> To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Stability and performance (noob to mythtv alert)
>
>
> Okay, been meaning to get a freevo box up and running sometime..
> So I bought
> almost all the parts last week (turned out the old case I had is more dead
> than Gary Glitter's music career, so buying a new one on Saturday) P3 500,
> cheapo cmi8738 based soundcard, wintv (878 based) card, radeon
> 7000 with tv
> out (the only cheaper card was a sis card with tv out but wasn't
> sure of its
> support under linux) and have some spare memory (marked 128MB for it, but
> got more spare) and a 4GB hdd.
>
> For the most part (until I get a big hdd for it) I'm not too
> bothered about
> recording but what I am interested in is dvd, divx, music (ogg
> vorbis & mp3)
> playback and playing games under an emulator.
> So, came across the MythTV project.. At the moment I'm currently
> planning on
> using Freevo under Gentoo, however its emulator support is essentially
> alpha/beta..
> So, what is everyones experiences with MythTV?
> Is it stable and under a P3 500 is it usable?
> Emulator support is a bonus but not absolutely necessary.
>
> Come on, convince me to use MythTV instead of Freevo.  :)

I don't think a P3 500 will cut it, unless you get a PVR-250 (hardware MPEG
encoder/tuner).  It could be useful as a frontend, if you have a beefier
machine for the backend...

-JAC



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