[mythtv-users] Computer needed for myth using a PVR350

[André]

Thanks Steve this was just the kind of info I wanted and as a the newb I
am in this I will take your recomendations. I got the PC lying around
somewhere and the 350 is in the mail so I guess I know what I'll be doing
this weekend.. =)

Gotta get this working god for the "Girlfriand approval factor"..

/André

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of André
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 2:36 AM
>> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>> Subject: [mythtv-users] Computer needed for myth using a PVR350
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>> Hey everyone, I am in the process of putting together my
>> first working PVR and I have settled on using myth for it.
>> But I have a few questions about what kind of hardware I need
>> besides my Haupaugge PVR350. What is the minimin CPU
>> rrequirements? Memory? and such...  Considering that the 350
>> will do all the heavy lifting with compressing and
>> decompressing video will it suffice with a low end PII och
>> perhaps a Celerin or will it require a PIII+ CPU?
>> And one other thing, is the OSD displayed on the TV using the
>> 350s TV Out?
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>> Thanks in advance for helping out a PVR newb.
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> I'm using a PVR350 with a Celeron 850 on an Intel board and 256M of RAM.
> It works fine, although the video/audio skips when bouncing around in the
> EPG.  Also, it crashes (which I believe is more of ivtv thing) if I leave
> live TV on overnight and let XMLTV do it's updates.  Day to day, it works
> fine. People are using 350's with EPIA boards with M10000 processors, and
> I'd say it's doable.
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> On an older P2, I cannot be sure because I haven't done it myself.
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> The OSD is displayed via your normal video card TVOut when decoding,
> unless you use the 350's TV out with the ivtv drivers. I got it to go for
> a while (as in, about an hour before hang), but there's still some
> immaturity in the drivers.  It will get there, believe me, just not quite
> there.  I would recommend as a newbie you start with standard video out
> and an Nvidia card--they are cheap, lots of experience out there to
> support you, and many have that sort of configuration going well.
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> I recommend, if you have something like a PII-450 or something lying
> about, get the 350, give it a whirl, and see. If it's not enough, upgrade
> your hardware then. This is how I get myself started in MythTV.  Next up
> for me is indeed a MB/CPU/Memory upgrade. It won't cost you much, and
> going through the process of installing more than once will help greatly
> in understanding this.
>
> Steve
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