[mythtv-users] Re: PVR-250, weak machine, and disk speed

[Allen T. Gilliland IV]

yeah ... i suspected that software decoding was a bit
too much for a weak box.  However I am planning
running the frontend on a separate box over the
network, probably an xbox, so the actual decoding is
then done by the frontend machine.  I am thinking that
in that case things should work alright.

Does anyone have any experience playing recordings
over the network from a weak machine like a PII 400?


--- Andrew Ingram <adingram at clara.co.uk> wrote:
> I've got a PVR 250 in a P2 450Mhz. Capture obviously
> is no problem, uses
> 1% CPU. However the playback is stuttery and not
> very good. I've tried
> changing resolutions but this doesn't help. I think
> it relates to the
> bitrate that the PVR250 uses, which is locked to
> 16Mb/s. There is
> support going into the driver to allow changing of
> this, and I'm sure
> that MythTV will support the changing of the bit
> rate as soon as this is
> all sorted and stable. Until then, a machine as slow
> as my 450 (or
> slower) is no good as a replay machine.
> 
> Andy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf
> Of Mike Frisch
> Sent: 22 May 2003 3:30 PM
> To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: PVR-250, weak machine,
> and disk speed
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 03:05:20PM -0700, Allen T.
> Gilliland IV wrote:
> > I'm wondering if anyone has experienced
> limitations on
> > disk speed when trying to use the PVR-250 on an
> older
> > pc.  I am about to try reusing an old PII-400 that
> > doesn't have a purpose right now, but I am worried
> > that it only has an old ATA-33 ide controller that
> > won't be enough bandwidth for PVR-250 recordings
> plus
> > network playback at the same time.  And would it
> be
> > possible to added a second PVR-250 for
> simultaneous recordings + 
> > playback.
> 
> You could always add a Promise ATA/100 (or better)
> PCI card and connect
> the recording drive to that.
> 
> > What's the weakest hardware people have been able
> to
> > get myth up and running on without problems?
> 
> My intentions are to try the PVR250 on my 'spare'
> PII 350 with a Promise
> card.
> 
> Mike.
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