[mythtv-users] Athlon xp 2000+ enough for HD backend server?

[James Armstrong]

On 10/19/2006 11:44 AM, Mache Creeger wrote:
> I use an Athlon 2200+ XP for my SD frontend/backend system and it runs 
> great.  Given that the HD tuners to not have hardware MPEG encode, 
> while I cannot say for sure, I would think that your sub 2Ghz 
> processor would not have enough horsepower to keep up with the HD 
> stream.  Given what I have read, I think you will need a processor 
> that runs at 3Ghz or above.
>
The HD tuners don't need encoders. HD is broadcast in mpeg2 and are just 
streamed to the hard drive. I was recording HD on a 900 Celeron before 
upgrading.

- James

> -- Mache Creeger
>
> At 08:22 AM 10/19/2006, Alan Marchiori wrote:
>> I have an old Athlon 2000+ KT600 chip set with 512mb of DDR266 Ram; 
>> if I add a HD 5500 or HD 3000 tuner (and a big hard drive) will it be 
>> able to record HD + serve HD data to 1 front end client at the same time?
>>
>> This would be for my 1st MythTv setup, and I'd like to keep it cheap 
>> as a proof of concept--Maybe upgrade later as needed to support 
>> recording 2 HD channels + 3 HD frontends. 
>>
>> Any advice for a cheap but nice looking frontend setup would be 
>> appreciated also.  I was hoping to keep it under $300-400 for the 
>> frontend (ebay!).