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

Adam Retter adam.retter at googlemail.com
Fri Feb 15 11:10:31 UTC 2008


So for playback and converting to DivX etc I will need to process the
streams in software, what should I be thinking of in terms of CPU
power for this?


On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Nicolas Will <nico at youplala.net> wrote:
>
>  On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 17:49 +0000, Adam Retter wrote:
>  > Tuner card - Hauppage WINTV-NOVAT500 looks pretty good as it has dual
>  > tuners,
>
>  As long as you get the latest drivers, it's working like a champ.
>
>
>
>  > but it doesnt have hardware encoding - how much extra CPU
>  > power do I need for encoding two streams simultaneously?
>
>  Zero, as the TV is broadcasted in MPEG2 and the stream is just dumped to
>  disk without any processing.
>
>  You will need to decode it in software, using the general purpose CPU.
>  But it's not that taxing for SD.
>
>
>  > 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?
>
>  Say 1 GB, and that's already an overkill.
>
>
>
>  > Hard Disk - anything SATA 2 and large will be fine I guess?
>
>  Yup.
>
>  The Western Digital GP disk look great as far as noise is concerned.
>
>  I'm getting on 1 TB.
>
>  My setup had the same requirements as yours, without any media anywhere
>  on the network, all is on-board. My CPU is an overkill for SD, but it
>  was a gift.
>
>  http://www.youplala.net/linux/home-theater-pc
>
>  Nico
>
>
>
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