[mythtv-users] Help with hardware setup
DaveD
mythtv at guiplot.com
Sat Oct 18 16:11:30 UTC 2008
Chaitanya Atluru wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> I just joined this mailing list, I have a couple of questions
> regarding setting up the hardware for the mythtv. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> This is the setup I am looking for:
>
> Backend:
> An Intel based 2+ Ghz processor, 1GB RAM and 500 GB harddisk. I am
> planning to buy a HD TV tuner card. Any good Linux distribution and
> Mythtv source.
>
> Frontend:
> I have two HD tvs in two rooms, which are far away from the server. I
> plan to buy two MediaMVP boxes (the new version, which has a 802.11g
> wireless interface).
> I am planning to stream video(and audio) to the HD tv's through these
> MediaMVP boxes and these boxes recieve the stream on the wireless
> network. (is my approach right?)
>
> The questions I have is this:
> 1. Can I stream live TV to both the boxes at the same time? If both
> the boxes intend to view a different channel at once, is it possible
> for mythtv to decode two live channels with just one TV tuner card? or
> do I need two different TV tuner cards?
I just installed Dvico FusionHDTV7 Dual Express which gives me the dual
channel capability with one card. Installed per help from this post:
http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2008-August/229796.html
It is a PCIE card. I don't know of any PCI duals so you might need
two. There is also the HD Homerun (external ethernet).
>
> 2. Is the Backend system described above sufficient enough for
> operation in point 1.
In my experience, the backend doesn't need to be all that powerful.
Your 2G system should be fine.
>
> 3. Is 802.11g sufficient to broadcast two channels to two different
> MVP boxes.
Don't know.
>
> 4. How good is the MediaMVP box with mythtv.
Sorry, can't help you again except to say that the frontend needs to be
pretty beefy for HD playback.
>
> 5. I have seen some sites which say MediaMVP doesnt support all the
> features of mythtv.
>
>
> I am a novice in this area and am looking to setup a media server
> environment in my home which can stream stored movies, live tv, video
> sites, weather, news sites, photos to my two HD's. All my HD's are
> wall mounted and I dont want to setup a PC as a frontend near them,
> rather a small box and preferrably use wireless broadcast rather than
> a wired setup.
Please post back and let us know how the MediaMVP works out with Myth.
DaveD
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