[mythtv-users] Opinions on using a RAQ4 as a backend?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/15/2006 09:19 AM, Stef Coene wrote:
> On Saturday 15 July 2006 15:01, Andrew Welch wrote:
>   
>> I've got a Cobalt Raq4r lying around, and I'm wondering if I upgraded
>> the processor to an AMD K6-2 500Mhz processor, 512meg RAM, and put a
>> PVR-150 encoder card in would it be able to perform as a pure backend tv
>> recording server?
>>     
> I have a old compaq server with a P3 600 Mhz and pvr500 and it's a perfect 
> backend.  The CPU is more then enough for recording.  Before the PVR500 I had 
> a software based capture card and even that setup was working (CPU at 100%, 
> but no hickups).
>   

But note that commercial flagging and transcoding on that machine are 
probably not worthwhile.

Mike