[mythtv-users] pcHDTV 3000

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/04/2006 11:06 PM, Ray Lischner wrote:
> On Saturday 04 February 2006 10:44 am, Yan Seiner wrote:
>> Also, what sort of CPU horsepower is needed on the backend?  
>>     
> Very little. The signal arrives already encrypted. The backend merely
> copies the data to the disk (more or less). My backend is a dual
> PIII/600, with two HD-3000 cards. It has no difficulty at all.
>
> The frontend, however, needs a lot of CPU power or hardware assist to
> decode a high-def show.

However, commflagging and transcoding are very processor intensive, so 
having some power on the backend may be worthwhile.

Mike