[mythtv-users] DVB / deinterlacing setup

[Mark]

> > Q2) ... so I'm right in assuming that the tunerbox (aka mythtv backend)
> > doesn't need that much CPU when all it does is shovel data from the
tuner
> > to the network card?
>
> That is correct, but depending on how much data three DVB streams would
> write, you might want to consider disk I/O a possible bottleneck.

Just tried a quick 'stress test' with my setup - 3 nova-t cards, 3 frontends
(one local, two remote).
Playing 3 recordings on the frontends and recording 3 programmes with the
cards was flawless.

This is with standard Seagate drives.

> > For the other front ends I want to build some small EPIA-M boxes that
> > contain a DVD drive and an mpeg hardware decoder.
> > * One of them is going to use the tv-out port and analog onboard sound.
> > * The other will output VGA to my CRT projector, preferably scaled up
> > (1024x768) at a higher refreshrate (100/120Hz) and deinterlaced.
> >

Have you looked at minimyth (http://www.linpvr.org). This is what I use for
my diskless remote frontends with EPIA-M boxes (one has a DVD drive as
well). Easy to setup and maintain, though I'm not too sure about your VGA
output requirements -one of my EPIAs doesn't cope with 1024x768 (slightly
older CPU version).

Regards

Mark