[mythtv-users] Seeking hardware opinions

[Simon Kenyon]

> Hardware:
> VIA Epia MII 6000E mainboard w/ 600MHz Eden ESP fanless 
> processor Morex 3688 mini-ITX case Hauppauge PVR-250 MCE 2.5" 
> HD (probably 4-12 GB) slim DVD-RW/CD-RW drive 256MB DDR memory
> 
> That's about it.  I will be using NFS for the actual video 
> storage, as you might have guessed from the HD size.  The VIA 
> board has TV-out support and hardware MPEG-2 decoded, though 
> I'll probably just do software decoding because of the 
> support for more formats.

I don't think so.
I have several M-9000 boxes and software decode is not a runner.
Hardware support is required; albeit this is supplied by the motherboard.

> 
> 600 MHz is the fastest fanless CPU offered on that board.  
> Will that be sufficient since I'll be using hardware 
> encoding?  I've played DVDs with a 500MHz processor before 
> and didn't have any problems.  I'm fairly sure that the 
> onboard video has Xv support so that should help the CPU out a lot.

Remember this is a C3. what 500Mhz processor ae you talking about?
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simon