On 7/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul</b> <<a href="mailto:pjs@fripptv.com">pjs@fripptv.com</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;">
I'm planning my first MythTV setup and need some advice.<br><br>I have a Shuttle XPC (SN41G2) that I'm planning to install Ubuntu on. It's<br>got an Athlon XP 3000 processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB HD, 1 PCI slot, and 1 AGP...
<br>etc. More detailed specs can be found here:<br><a href="http://hq1.shuttle.com/products_page03.jsp?PLLI=86&PI=471">http://hq1.shuttle.com/products_page03.jsp?PLLI=86&PI=471</a><br><br>Mainly I want to be able to skip commercials and watch MP4 encoded movies on
<br>its hard drive. There might be some TV recording but very little.<br><br>Is this a suitable system for my MythTV needs? Which video card is<br>recommended?<br><br>Any help would be greatly appreciated.<br><br>Paul<br>
</blockquote></div><br>Paul,<br><br>It sounds to me that you already own this box and are asking whether this will work as a MythTV frontend/backend combo. <br><br>If so, I have a couple of similar configurations that work well.
<br><br>I would recommend a fanless nVidia card. I use FX5200s.<br><br>An HDHomeRun tuner would work well since you don't have to fit it inside. <br><br>If you plan to watch HD content, you are borderline with this hardware. You can probably watch HD content on an SD screen; but you will probably need to turn on XvMC if you want to drive a real HD display.
<br><br>Also, you'll be adding more hard drive space real soon...<br><br>Tom<br>