[mythtv-users] Newbie questions

[Thomas Börkel]

HI!

I am planning on building a MythTV box shortly. I have read the hardware
comments in the docs and also a bit through the list archives, but I
have still some questions.

This is what I want to be able to do:
1. record 2 shows at the same time
2. if possible, watch one of those or an older recording at the same time

2. is not a must, but would be nice to have.

As hardware, I could think of:
- P3/866
- 1x PVR-250, 1x PVR-350
- Soundblaster card
- some cheap VGA card

or

- Celeron 2.4 GHz
- 2x PVR-250
- onboard Audio
- NVideo GeForce with TV-out

Would both hardware constellation be OK for my requirements?


I have read, that the PVR-350's MPEG2 decoder output has some 
"limitations". What are they?

Is it OK to only have one hard disk (100 GB UDMA/100 Western Digital)?

Should the hard disk have 7200 rpm?

What filesystem should I use? Is reiserFs OK?

If recording from analog TV, what bitrate do I need to get an MPEG2 that 
is almost identical to the source? Thinking of the noisyness of analog 
TV, I could think about 6 MBit or something.

Thanks!

Thomas