[mythtv-users] DBOX2
Justin Hornsby
justin.hornsby at gmail.com
Tue Jan 17 14:31:11 UTC 2006
Another thing. DBOX2 doesn't have a disk controller onboard, so that
rules out sharing the dbox' 'drives' to mythvideo. Ooops.
It's really only any use as a video source, and even then only up to a point.
Before I build my EPIA-based frontend using minimyth, I was using an
xbox running XBMC with the python scripts for mythtv (with great
success I might add!).
You should be able to pick up a suitable box for less than £100 now.
Infact you could build a quiet system capable of playing xvid/divx&
MPEG2 for less than £200 (EPIA M-10000 & a nice case, DVD drive,
remote etc). CPU usage on my frontend playing back DVB-T recordings
is around 15% using xvmc. All my transcoded DVDs play back without
any problems too. I wouldn't rate the EPIA boards as suitable for use
as backend material though.
Justin.
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