[mythtv-users] Specs

Curtis Wood curtis at penguinbrat.com
Wed Jan 7 18:17:16 EST 2004


Encoding = TV signal -> 250/350 -> MythTV
decoding = MythTV -> 350 -> TV signal

On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 04:06, Yuri wrote:

> Hmm, could you please explain the difference?
> 
> Encoding would be from video to digital (hdd) or the other way around? 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Brian
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:04 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Specs
> 
> The 1.33GHz Athlon should be enough for your needs.  Keep in mind that the 
> PVR-250 has only onboard encoding, unless you get the PVR-350, which has 
> both onboard encoding/decoding.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >Yello, I'd first like to note I'm a COMPLETE newbie to this, and although I
> >have been following the mailing list (in threaded nice archive on the
> >http://www.gossamer-threads.com/archive/MythTV_C2/Users_F11/ website) I am
> >still quite an idiot in this world :P
> >
> >This being said, I am a student and currently live at home. Next august
> I'll
> >be moving into a new house with my parents and will hopefully be setting up
> >a home theatre.
> 
> >With this in mind, I'd like to build an HTPC powered by Myth. My experience
> >with linux itself is not too great, but I get around it easily enough so
> >setting all of this up should Not be too much of a problem. My main issue
> is
> >actually with the hardware aspect.
> >
> >I have the following parts lying around right now:
> >
> >IWILL KK266 motherboard
> >1.33Ghz Athlon (not XP)
> >512MB pc133 SDRAM
> >
> >I will most likely be purchasing the PVR-250 in addition to a 160GB HDD (or
> >something of the like) as well as a DVD-ROM drive (maybe dvd+rw/)
> >
> >My main concern is with my existing hardware. This is hardware that I have
> >left over after I upgraded my machine to a 2400+ AXP on an epox board.
> >
> >Will the 1.33GHz athlon with 512mb SDram be able to handle live
> >television/pausing/etc. seeing as the PVR-250 should be doing most of the
> >Encoding/decoding?
> 
> >If not, this motherboard is *supposedly* athlon XP ready, so I will most
> >likely purchase an athlon XP 1800+ and overclock it to around 2300+ (the
> >batch my local enthusiast store sells are known to run at around 2500MHz
> >with no super doper cooling)
> 
> >Also, will PC133 SDram as opposed to the latest and greatest DDR make a
> >significant difference?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Mystro.
> 
> 
> 
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