[mythtv-users] MythTV on Embedded CPU

[Raymond Wagner]

YD wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am considering that poting the MythTV to STi7101 or STi7111.
> The CPU is 300MHz, and memory for system is 128MB.
> I know MythTV is made for PC like 1GHz, 2GHz with high memory.
> But the ST chip has the hardware decoder and demux.
> So If I am using that function well with MythTV, It will works.
>   
If you are using hardware decoding, the frontend does not need much 
power.  You still want a reasonable amount of power for the backend for 
database lookup, scheduling, commflagging, transcoding, etc...

However you're going to have two problems.

The frontend uses a lot of memory for the UI.  I'm currently running 
310MB on one frontend, 156MB on another.  That's just the difference 
between themes.  I remember a friend saying MePo used to suck down well 
over a GB (no personal experience with that one).  128MB for a full 
system just really doesn't cut it.

Specs on the DSPs in those embedded boxes are usually locked away behind 
NDAs.  You would only be able to release the kernel drivers and decoding 
modules as binary blobs, which severely limits their uptake on an open 
source project.