[mythtv-users] Minimum front end specs.....

[Peter A. Daly]

I've run MythTV on a 400Mhz system using a PVR-350 to take the video
encoding load off of the CPU.

In theory, I believe most video cards that support XvMC may be able to do
the same, although I don't have any firsthand experience with that.  Can any
one else comfirm or comment?

The PVR-350 is not supported on MythTV 0.20, but the concept is not
restricted to the PVR-350.  If you can offload the video processing from the
CPU, then a slow CPU is acceptable since it doesn't have to do much.

-Pete
http://www.mythpvr.com

On 10/15/06, Monkey Pet <monkeypet at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I run the frontend on the xbox (p3 733Mhz.  I can tell you that it is a
> slow.  Navigating the menus takes a few secs.  Booting takes forever.
> However, once the stream starts, it is okay.
>
> On 10/14/06, Chris Henderson <jchendo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I was doing some work at a customers place (i am a computer tech) and i
> > noticed a P3 600 with a mini atx board attached sitting unused in a a box.
> >
> > Coincidentally they have asked me to clean out the server room and throw
> > away all the crap.
> >
> > So my question is this.
> > Is a P3 600 fast enough to run a V.20 frontend with open GL?
> >
> > The reason I ask is that i could stuff that into a pretty box (WAF goes
> > up !!!) and stuff a big Heat sink onto it, and probably net boot it from the
> > server or something. Maybe get all spiffy and set the server and frontend to
> > shutdown / hibernate when they are not being used.
> >
> > I have searched the list using the following terms "frontend specs",
> > "minimum requirements" etc and turned up a heap for results from people
> > using current components, but nothing in the era of this beasty.
> >
> > Now, I will max out the memory on the board (don't know what is will
> > take but suspect 512 mb max)and stuff an FX5500 or similar onto it.
> >
> > I currently run a P31gig 1gb ram and dual Digaital tv cards, so it seems
> > like it will run.
> >
> > Anyone have any comments?
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
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