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

Stef Coene stef.coene at docum.org
Sat Jul 15 15:43:52 UTC 2006


On Saturday 15 July 2006 17:27, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> 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.
Transcoding: the 120 GB is more then enough
Commercial flagging: I programmed a forward jump of 30sec and a back jump of 
5sec and skip the commercials myself.  Commercial detection is not 100% 
accurate :(


Stef


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