[mythtv-users] Backend / Frontend advise

N Dugas normdugas at yahoo.ca
Mon Jan 9 22:10:33 UTC 2006


Steve Adeff wrote:
> On Monday 09 January 2006 14:00, N Dugas wrote:
> 
>>After having Myth running for about 6 months, I and thinking of changing
>>how I have it set up.  Right now, both the front and back ends are on
>>the same box which has a PVR-350 tuner.  What I'd like to do is this:
>>
>>Make my current Myth box a backend only but also add a firewire
>>connection to my DCT-6412.  I then plan on setting up another Myth box
>>as a frontend only.  My understanding is that the frontend has lower HW
>>requirements.
>>
>>Hardware config for my current Myth box (to become my backend) is:
>>
>>Mobo: A7N8X-E Deluxe
>>CPU: Athlon XP 3000
>>RAM: 1G Dual DDR
>>Video: ATI Radeon 9550 w/ 256M
>>Disk: Seagate 200G
>>Lan: D-LINK DWL-G520 Wireless NIC
>>Connected to my 26" Samsung LCD HDTV.
>>
>>I have at my disposal (to use/swap into this box if needed, based on
>>feedback):
>>GeForce FX5500 w/ 256M
>>Seagate 200G
>>Extra 512M Dual DDR stick
>>
>>For my new frontend:
>>Mobo: MSI KT4V-L
>>CPU: Athlon XP 1800
>>RAM: 512M
>>Video: Whatever is left, ATI Radeon 9550 or ATI Radeon 9550
>>Disk: Seagate 200G
>>Lan: D-LINK DWL-G520 Wireless NIC
>>
>>
>>Will this work?
> 
> 
> Are you planning on doing HD? If not, your current BE/FE machine is more than 
> adequate to handle the PVR350 and DCT6412.
> 

I'm hoping to do HD since I've got a handful of HD chanels.  I've been 
hearing that the Nvidia card should be able to do it if I enable XvMC.

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