[mythtv-users] rip DVD (I own) to storage with menus

[Michael Watson]

On 18/01/2012 2:22 AM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 1/17/2012 09:44, Michael Watson wrote:
>> Contrary to popular belief, you dont need a beefy machine to run as a
>> MBE, P4's with a 1Gb of memory do a rather good job (and are cheap as
>> chips, even with 500Gb+ HDD)
> Concordant with popular belief, your need for a beefy machine to run as
> an MBE depends on your application.  Transcoding and commflagging can be
> performed elsewhere, or not at all, guide data downloading and
> processing can be done over a long period, but the scheduler is time
> sensitive and cannot be offloaded or postponed.  With a couple broadcast
> channels, and a couple days worth of EIT data, you can probably get by
> with even an old Pentium.  With a large cable or satellite lineup,
> several weeks of data, and a hundred or more recording rules, an old P4
> or low end Atom won't come close.
>
> Problems generally occur once your scheduler runs hit around a minute.
> If you're anywhere around there, it's time to upgrade, or otherwise
> figure out why your SQL performance is so poor.
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With 18 channels, two weeks of guide data, several hundred recording 
rules and three tuners, the P4 3.2Ghz does its scheduling in around 6 
seconds.  Ubuntu 10.04 Server, Mythbuntu repos (0.24), with no MySQL 
tweaking, and does commercial flagging at around 80 FPS.  Its more than 
powerful enough to handle the channel line up I have.

"Scheduled items: Scheduled 555 items in 6.3 = 0.02 match + 6.28 place"