On 5/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Oliver Martini</b> <<a href="mailto:mythtv@x-surfing.ch">mythtv@x-surfing.ch</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
What kind of DVB-S card are you using? How are you able to get the Sky Card to work with the T-Rex cam? Is it just working out of the box? I am asking, because I was thinking about getting a dreambox and stream the TS-Stream to the myth-box, but when it is working directly, I would prefer the DVB-S card solution.
<br><br><br></blockquote></div><br>I'm using the Technotrend TT-budget S-1500 DVB-S card with add-on CI daughter card - <a href="http://shop.technotrend.de/shop.php?mode=show_detail&lang=de&group=3&sid=e8909ae0b43b65f072a2e12cdd06e4d5&s=&id=12">
http://shop.technotrend.de/shop.php?mode=show_detail&lang=de&group=3&sid=e8909ae0b43b65f072a2e12cdd06e4d5&s=&id=12</a> and <a href="http://shop.technotrend.de/shop.php?mode=show_detail&lang=de&group=6&sid=e8909ae0b43b65f072a2e12cdd06e4d5&s=&id=27">
http://shop.technotrend.de/shop.php?mode=show_detail&lang=de&group=6&sid=e8909ae0b43b65f072a2e12cdd06e4d5&s=&id=27</a><br><br>Works 'out the box' with Myth (I am using SVN) and a valid Sky card.
<br><br>and on the backend / frontend question - a Mac Mini is more than enough for my frontend needs. Running Fedora Core 6 - works a treat for me (struggles a little with H.264 encoded BBC HD - but then you need a LOT of power for that). I think the Mac is a very good frontend - it's almost completely silent, it's quick (I've got the Core Duo), it looks good, and it's got a very high WAF. I found Mythfrontend under OSX not so great though. I've retained the ability to dual boot - so can still use it as a Mac connected to my plasma if I want.
<br><br>On the power for a backend - you can get away with not a lot - but I personally like having a snappy responsive backend - jobs run quickly, it never chokes, I can stream multiple streams, and recompiling SVN is a doddle.
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