<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Bobby Gill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bobbygill@rogers.com">bobbygill@rogers.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Just out of curiousity, what kind of setups do our list regulars (or anyone!) have? ie., How many backends, frontends, which tuner card(s), remote(s), and how is the whole shebang connected and placed throughout the house/wherever? What kind of TV (HD, analog, etc.)? Do you use Myth for videos/pics/etc.? I'm trying to get ideas for myself as we move into a new house in a few months, I'd really appreciate feedback.<br>
<br>Myself, currently Myth server box in basement and desktop PC in room on upper level as frontend, cable TV, pvr150 w/usb IR remote-- pretty simple ;)<br><br>Bob<br> </div>
</blockquote><div><br>I'm really not sure you'd be interested in my setup since it's really not finished yet, but here it is:<br><br>1 back-end (dumpster dive style) gateway machine that I picked up for just doing some experimenting with. <br>
CPU: 1.5GHz Pentium 4<br>RAM: 1GB PC133 <br>Video: NVidia GeForce 6200 AGP 4x<br>Disk: 500GB total storage<br>Tuner: DVico FusionHDTV5 Gold RT<br>OS: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS<br><br>As a backend, not running any additional jobs such as transcoding or commflagging, it works great. It is incapable of playing back any HD video unless the original resolution video is NTSC or unless there is very little movement in the picture. I can store roughly 80 hours of content with this configuration.<br>
<br>For the frontend, I have my old desktop machine which is built around an ancient ASUS motherboard.<br>CPU: AthlonXP 2500+<br>RAM: 1GB DDR - Don't recall how fast..<br>Video: Fanless ATI video card, AGP 8x<br>Disk: Old 30GB PATA Drive<br>
OS: SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.2<br><br>I'm still compiling packages for mythtv dependencies at the moment, so I'm unsure what the ultimate playback experience will be like. It's not a very quick machine by today's standards, but I'm sure it can do more than the back-end machine can. I'm building this, I guess, as mostly a learning experience. If it's not fast enough for simple playback, I'll have no choice but to go for something more powerful, but I don't have the money to drop on a new machine.... <br>
<br>All of this because my Tivo S1 is going to become a doorstop in February and my OTA reception is awful due to living next to an airport. I tried out BeyondTV yesterday, but it seemed buggy to me and still required much more cpu power than I could give it on my budget.<br>
<br>For display, I will very likely use a 20 inch CRT computer monitor and run the audio through the stereo system. <br><br><br><br></div></div><br></div>