[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun

[John P Poet]

On 7/31/06, Jafa <hdtv at silicondust.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> http://www.silicondust.com/main/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=5
> >>>>
> > I saw a comment along the way which indicated that data from the
> > HDHomeRun box could be lost if the computer was heavily loaded.  I got
> > the impression that no handshaking is performed, and the HDHomeRun box
> > has very little onboard buffer.  Is this true?  How much of a load can
> > the computer be under and not have this problem?
> >
> > With a dedicated backend computer, I doubt there would be any problem.
> >  However, if the computer is performing frontend duties, I could
> > easily see a load issue.
> >
> Hi John,
>
> Actually HDHomeRun has more socket buffering than a linux machine with a
> normal kernel build :-)
>
> Early in development there was an issue in the backend device code which
> meant it used a lot of CPU and could glitch.
>
> This has been fixed and my 2GHz Sempron uses about 3% CPU for the
> backend while recording from HDHomeRun.
>
> Nick

Sounds good.  I assume that 3% is per recording, so if using both
tuners it would 6%?

I don't really *need* another HD tuner, but am tempted to give one of
these boxes a try.

John