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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=427020614-12112008>Hey
Andrew,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=427020614-12112008>Have
you considered one of these as an alternative platform that might be a slightly
easier ride for a myth setup?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Just my tuppence</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Nick</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Andrew
Leung<BR><B>Sent:</B> 12 November 2008 13:57<BR><B>To:</B>
mythtv-users@mythtv.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mythtv-users] mythTV + USB MPEG
Tuner + NSLU2 ?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Hello,<BR clear=all><BR>MythTV is great. I really appreciate all
the work everyone has put into it. It's definitely made my life
easier.<BR><BR>I am wondering what experiences people have had with mythTV,
external USB MPEG tuners (i.e. a plextor convertx PXTV402), and a LinkSys
NSLU2? Is it possible to just run the backend with a USB tuner on something
low powered like a NSLU2? (I don't need the mythtv front end working. I am
utilizing mythtv's web interface to record shows and I am downloading the
shows to view on a different computer. )<BR><BR>My mythTV setup now is using a
small intel-based shuttle running Mythdora + the Plextor Convertx. Since the
Convertx outputs MPEG-4 SP, the system almost has no load... So I am toying
with the idea of replacing the shuttle with a lower powered system... maybe
even just a NSLU2 running debian. What is the lowest power setup you have run
mythtv using an external encoder?<BR><BR>Thanks for the info,<BR>andrew<BR>--
<BR>andrew leung<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>