[mythtv-users] Low End MythTV

Brad Templeton brad+myth at templetons.com
Sun Mar 6 21:12:02 UTC 2005


On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 09:00:19AM -0800, Andrew Lynch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently gave a briefing on building a KnoppMyth
> HTPC to the local Dayton Linux SIG and one of the main
> questions was on converting old PCs into HTPCs.  
> 
> Curiousity got the best of me so I built a low end
> MythTV system (P2 266 CPU) as an experiement.  I
> thought it worked out pretty good for an essentially
> "free" computer.  I thought others might be interested
> so I started a webpage to gather some of the lessons
> learned along the way.
> 
> There are links to other "low end" MythTV projects
> included and a discussion of my project.  I'd like to
> include other peoples low end MythTV projects so reply
> here or send me a message offline.
> 
> http://www.dma.org/day-mug/lowrider.shtml
> 
> Thanks!

Impressive?  So you are recording in mjpeg I presume?   I assume that
352 x 480, which is what the Tivo and many others record at, is not
within the power of this system to record?  If you could play it back you
would have a nifty frontend, though.


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