[mythtv-users] First stab at mythtv...

Isaac Richards ijr at po.cwru.edu
Sun Dec 7 23:30:20 EST 2003


On Sunday 07 December 2003 07:46 pm, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> And it didn't go so well.. (I've already spent several days trying to get
> it to work...)
>
> my all in one front/backend unit is built from the following parts:
> VIA EPIA M10k Nemiah w/ 256MB ram
> 80GB Seagate Baracuda 7200rpm (hdparm -t said ~56MBps)
> 12x LSD-081 DVD
> Happauge WinTV DBX stereo/radio TV card.

That processor doesn't have anywhere near enough power to do analog recording 
at decent quality levels.  It really needs to be a frontend-only machine, or 
paired with a hardware mpeg2 recorder.

Isaac


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