[mythtv-users] Plans for front & back end Myth boxes

[jedi]

On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 10:50:23AM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Friday, August 06, 2010 10:38:17 am Jessica Perry Hekman wrote:
> > You all may remember that a week or so ago I was trying to get tv-out to
> > work on my nvidia card so I could use my Ubuntu desktop for both normal
> > desktop use + as a Myth box. You guys helped me realize it wasn't going
> > to be able to act as Myth frontend unless I bought it a new graphics
> > card.
> > 
> > I sat down with my boyfriend and we decided if we were going to get into
> > purchasing hardware, it probably made some sense to have a dedicated
> > box. So here is the current, extremely tentative plan:
> > 
> > * Front end: leaning towards Acer Aspire Revo: inexpensive, and looks
> > like it will support HDTV (I do not have an HDTV TV, but would like the
> > option for the future)
> > 
> > * Back end: for now, keep using my HP Pavilion Slimline 3020n + Ubuntu
> > Lucid. Can purchase a new back end in the future if need be. Location is
> > such that it can be connected by ethernet to the front end.
> > 
> > * Data input: for now, just bittorrent stuff. My roommate is about to

     Regardless of what your 3rd party source is, the real thing you need
to worry about is the format of the data. Will it work well with the current
release of mythvideo? If not, you might want to consider an external player
as an alternative. Although the devs want to do away with external players..

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