[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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