[mythtv-users] Just got back to a Myth box
Stephen Atkins
satkins at inetdesign.org
Sat Sep 18 02:16:37 UTC 2010
On 9/17/2010 7:33 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
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> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Stephen Atkins <satkins at inetdesign.org
> <mailto:satkins at inetdesign.org>> wrote:
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> Hello everyone. Well after a year dealing with Tivo I've decided my
> wife isn't the ruler of the house and we're going back to a Myth
> box! BTW yes I am sleeping with one eye open now:)
>
> I've been trying to find some info on these atom processors and how
> well they might work with myth to do both a front and back end. I
> currently have a Asus AT3N7A-I which is a Atom 330 1.6Ghz dual core
> with nVidia Ion graphics.
>
> I can receive three OTA HD channels and a few old school SD channels
> (I'm in Canada). So I'm just wondering if this thing can handle it
> or am I going to need some more power? If it can does anyone have
> some settings that would optimize it?
>
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> An ion box will certainly play back pretty well anything you throw at
> it, providing you are comfortable running the nvidia drivers.
>
> Use as a backend depends on your usage case. recording digital tv will
> be fine. transcoding and comm flagging will not be as fast as a more
> powerful processor.
Thanks for the reply. I kinda thought it should be powerful enough to
do at least play back. Still a little concerned about recording and
playback at the same time either live it or record one and watch
another. I did install the nvidia drivers but haven't really got much
farther then that. Are there any settings I should be looking at? I
forgot to mention my capture card currently is a Hauppauge HVR-950Q.
Stephen
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