[mythtv-users] Looking for good specifications for mythTV

Chris Weisiger cweisiger at i-55.com
Wed Jan 18 04:53:28 UTC 2006


Here is the link

http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/mini_itx/epia_sp/index.jsp

Chris Weisiger wrote:

>The thing is with the mini-itx stuff is that I have an old NES and i was 
>reading about
>building mini-itx systems and thought while im building it...to build it 
>in a way
>to use it as a pvr system.....which i was looking at getting a mini-itx 
>board
>that can handle a 1.3 or so processor 
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>This is the motherboard that I was looking into getting....thats if i 
>cant locate
>a mini-itx to handle a pentium processor
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>Gavin Haslett wrote:
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>>So long as you're not trying any HD content, this is probably good
>>(though that one's obvious given the 350). I run mine on an AMD 800 with
>>768MB RAM and it runs like a champ. Single PVR-250 and an NVIDIA card
>>running XvMC for playback. 
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Chris Weisiger
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 10:02 PM
>>To: Discussion about mythtv
>>Subject: [mythtv-users] Looking for good specifications for mythTV
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>>What are some good specs for a mythTV box..I have seen specs for high
>>end machines doing multiple recordings....I am not looking into doing
>>such things...
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>>All i am looking for is to record a single channel while watching
>>it....and the possibility to pause live tv...
>>just a basic recording box....
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>>I am looking into buiding a mini-itx box with laptop components....slim
>>line cd/dvd, laptop hard drive, dimm or sodimm memory depending on what
>>type of mini-itx motherboard i get or is recommended....
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>>What is the lowest possible processor speed to accomplish recording and
>>pausing live tv....
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>>i was looking into getting a mini-itx with a 1.3 processor? and a
>>pvr-350 card?
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>>i know memory helps the system..so i was planning on maxing out the
>>memory..i found a mini-itx board that can support 2 gig or ram...and the
>>hard drive space of course is not an issue for me to deal with...it is
>>basically the processor speed.. 
>>being this is the first
>>attempt at creating a mythTV box...
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