[mythtv-users] Dedicated hardware recommendations

[Gabor Szelei]

HI

Steve Hill wrote:

> I've been running Myth on my server for a while, using a BTTV card.  Since 
> it's not a dedicated box it suffers from all the problems of running lots 
> of services at the same time, so I'm thinking of building a dedicated box.  
> I was hoping some of you with experience of dedicated Myth boxes could 
> answer some questions.
> 
> The box will be both frontend and backend...
> 
> 1. Has anyone captured MPEG4 from a bttv at full (720x576 25fps) 
> resolution, in with playback running at the same time (i.e. Live TV mode)?  
> What spec system is capable of doing that?
Ive tried with i845GV motherboard and Celeron 2.6, no success 
->framedrop with mytv, Im going to try with transcoder too.
> 2. What spec system would you recommend for capture from a PVR-250 or 
> PVR-350? (I'm guessing this is relatively low-spec since the hardware's 
> doing most of the work).
Any, read recommendation on hw pages: Min. PentiumII 450Mhz, 64MB Ram, 
CD-rom, CD /DVD burner for creating video CDs/DVDs, Soundcard, 
DirectDraw VGA card (PCI or AGP). So any modern hw will do, even VIA 
EPIA either.
> 3. Is there any particular reason to use the PVR-350 instead of the 
> PVR-250?
FM radio and TVout.

phoenix