[mythtv-users] inexpensive frontend?

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Mon Nov 17 16:59:43 EST 2003


On Monday 17 November 2003 16:15, Lance Tost wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Brian Foddy wrote:
> > Yes, exactly...  I think you missed the point.
> > The PVR250 takes nothing to record, however to play the file
> > it takes more than my P2-450 can do with any resolution over
> > 512x480. I can record at any resolution I want, but can't play it.
>
> Ah, got ya.  Found a box with a Via C3 600Mhz cpu... for real
> cheap... would just need to add a hd and a tv-out card and maybe
> memory.. not sure.. considering it.  That should be enough cpu I
> think...  Also considering an xbox as others have mentioned.

Is it one of the VIA Epia mobos?  If so, check to see if it's got 
integrated video/TV-out and/or an MPEG decoder on-board.  Also, you 
might want to check out the 'MiniMyth' distribution for VIA Epia boxes, 
which (IIRC) supports net-booting, so you wouldn't need a hard disk, 
either (assuming you've got a backend somewhere...)

-JAC



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