[mythtv-users] Advice on Proposed setup UK DVB-T

[Adam Retter]

Hi there,

I would like to get some advice on a proposed setup for MythTV, im
still in the planning stages at the moment.

My requirements -

Small quiet machine for the lounge that will sit by the TV, should be
able to playback almost any video/music/image format from other
machines on the home network - Windows networking SMB. Must be able to
also play DVD's and films burn to recordable DVD/CD as XViD or DivX
etc etc.
Should also be able to play and record a UK diggital terrestrial TV
Signal. I would like to be able to record a different channel to the
one I am watching and perhaps be able to record more than one thing at
once. It should record to an internal hard disk with the option of
later burning files to DVD/CD. Oh and it should have a remote control
of course!

MythTV seems to offer the software side of what I want I think, is
there anything above I have mentioned that it cant manage?

With regards to the hardware -

MSI Media Live as the base -
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1113&maincat_no=134
A decent AMD processor, memory, hard disk and PCI video capture card
are then needed - recommendations as to what to buy here is what I am
also looking for?

Tuner card - Hauppage WINTV-NOVAT500 looks pretty good as it has dual
tuners, but it doesnt have hardware encoding - how much extra CPU
power do I need for encoding two streams simultaneously?
CPU - I can get either a AMD Sempron, a mobile processor which I
assume means less power, less heat and so quieter cooling :-) Or an
AMD Athlon dual core - what should I be looking for here?
Memory - I assume something like 2GB will be fine?
Hard Disk - anything SATA 2 and large will be fine I guess?


Anyone know what the capture resolution for the NOVAT500 is?

Okay so any comments, thoughts or suggestions will be much appreciated...

Thanks


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Adam Retter