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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>I had this shoestring running for a while (actually - a 20Gb drive - but you get the picture - the more space you have the more you get for storage of recordings) running on a 800Mb Coppermine/128Mb ram (processor is more important than ram). Using an Avermedia 761 DVB-T card (in Australia). You'll be severely limited in what/howmuch you can store - but it should work "functionally" - I used it to watch TV in the garage and recorded the occasional program.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Now running with 1000Mb Coppermine backend and 180Gb of disk (scsi with LVM works great). </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Frontend is the 800Mhz coppermine and works perfectly!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>In Mythtv you can specify where to store your files... So if it is on the same partition as the OS... Then who cares?! Its only a folder as far as Myth is concerned.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>I simply added a new drive volume, moved all of the files from /recording to that new partition, then mounted the partition as /recording - worked fine!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Also..</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>You don't need to worry about the "subnet" thing.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>In essence if you can ping it then you *should* be fine.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>If you have a firewall in between - then you'll need to allow the ports (backend/sql) through...</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>But you also you mentioned "wireless" - be careful that your not using 802.11b ("11Mb") - I did - and it's not enough bandwidth.... Choppy video = ugly! 802.11b @ 56Mb or better!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Good luck!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [<A HREF="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org">mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org</A>] On Behalf Of Kichigai Mentat</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Thursday, 8 December 2005 3:16 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: [mythtv-users] Building a Basic MythTV box</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hello. I'm looking into making a basic MythTV box for now (with every intent of building a better one later when I have more money, so we're talking about minimal cash right now) out of an AMD Athlon 850 MHz and 256 MB RAM. I'm planning to use this only as a back end, and using my XBox as a front-end.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>The machine has a 10 GB hard disk, and I'm planning on using KnoppMyth. I have a hard disk with either 8 or 10 GB (not sure right</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>now) capacity. Is it possible to configure MythTV to use one hard disk for all the software and the live TV cache, and the other hard disk as a location for recording television shows?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>I also read in the MythTV documentation that hard disk usage is...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>"700 megabytes/hour for MPEG-4, 2 GB/hour for MPEG-2 and RTjpeg and 7 GB/hour for ATSC HDTV."</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(<A HREF="http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1" TARGET="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1</A>)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Are all these numbers for maximum quality? Is it possible to modify the bitrate for MPEG-4 and RTjpeg?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Also, do the MythTV Front end and the back end need to be on the same subnet? I'm thinking I may need to use an old laptop as a wired- wireless bridge for the XBox.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>"I said I was smart, I never said I was mature."</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>- --Ivan Kowalenko</FONT>
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