[mythtv-users] Need Input, will my server handle it?

Muddy muddy at muddysmind.com
Wed Nov 19 15:29:19 EST 2003


On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 14:47, Jason Hunt wrote:
> Having this card will take a major load off your system, not tax it.
> 
> I have the PVR-350 which is same as the 250, except with TV out and a FM
> tuner -- which I haven't found a use for.. Need to do some searching for
> that.  Anyone?
> 
> Anyway, when I capture at 720x480 using a P3-1ghz, it uses around .5-.9 of
> the processor, never even over 1%  Can't complain about that.
> 
> 
> 
> > From: Muddy <muddy at muddysmind.com>
> > Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > Date: 19 Nov 2003 13:12:29 -0500
> > To: mythtv-users <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] Need Input, will my server handle it?
> > 
> > Hi all, 
> > 
> > I've been contemplating getting a pvr-250 for some time now but I'm not
> > sure my little server will handle it.
> > 
> > I've been running RH 7.3 on my server for some time just fine but wanted
> > to add a pvr-250 to it and use it for my backend. Right now my
> > workstation is both frontend and backend.
> > 
> > The server is a Dual PII300 with 512MB ram and 5x HD's. If I picked up a
> > PVR-250 for it I'll be wiping out the RH7.3 install and putting Gentoo
> > on it and picking up another HD just for Mythtv.
> > 
> > I use the server for Everything, serving up movies, music, ftp-ing and
> > as a test bed for my web site development.
> > 
> > I don't want to spend the cash for the tv card and a week installing
> > Gentoo just to have the server struggle in day to day operations.
> > 
> > If anyone has any thoughts on this I'd be interested in hearing them.
> > 
> > - Jeff "Muddy" Waters
> > 
> > 
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That's great, what about playback? If I have the 250 and my wife and I
are both watching a recording on our computers how much will that suck
down from the server? I've never run a separate backend, my current
workstation has both the frontend and backend running on it. My current
setup has both back and front end on my workstation running. 

Thanks



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