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

[Keith Davey]

Hi,

I am planning to buy something more powerful but as a proof of concept I 
built myth on an old
p3 600 I had lying around. I stuck the pvr 350 in, and  512 mb of ram.

Everything seems to work fine, I can record no problem and I can watch 
Live tv with no visble
problems. The Myth GUI works well. The only thing I don't like is how 
slow it is to change channels,
but I am not sure what causes this, the 350, Myth or ivtv. I suspect its 
myth because its spooling to disk
all the time.

It does lock up from time to time, which I think is a myth problem which 
has been fixed in CVS. Can
anyone confirm that?

Keith

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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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