[mythtv-users] Building HTPC with Mythtv on weak configuration
Kevin Kuphal
kuphal at dls.net
Mon Nov 15 15:22:00 UTC 2004
FeNiX wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I want to turn my old computer to HTPC. I am thinking using linux with
> mythtv.
>
> Computer specs are:
>
> Celeron 400
> Asus P2B-F (BX chipset)
> 64 MB SDRAM
> Matrox G400 DH
>
> I want to be able to record and live pause tv program. I am thinking
> of buying Hauppauge PVR-250. Is this enough? Maybe i should replace
> cpu with P3 say 800MHz. Does someone have similar configuration?
> Is it better to buy tv tuner without hardware mpeg2 encoding and
> invest more in motherboard/cpu power?
> Thanks in advance...
Sounds to me like you might have better luck with a PVR-350 so you can
be certain to take advantage of the hardware accelerated TV-OUT as well
as the hardware MPEG-2 encoding.
Kevin
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