[mythtv-users] OT: VIA EPIA-M as a tiny frontend

[Jarod Wilson]

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On Tuesday 08 June 2004 00:55, anders smith wrote:
> :: Not all of them. I generally rip with either forty-two on my Mac or
> :: dvd::rip on my Linux box. I believe all the forty-two rips work
> :: perfectly, as do the dvd::rip rips done using either xvid or ffmpeg
> :: mpeg4. 
>
> Jarod,
> How long does your Mac take to do a forty-two rip of a dvd?

Not entirely certain. I typically drop a DVD in and go to bed, and it does its 
thing, straight from DVD to encoded file, no ripping the vobs off first like 
I usually do with dvd::rip. My Mac is a dual 800MHz G4 w/1.5GB of RAM, and I 
think it still takes at least 5 or 6 hours, but then I always use the highest 
quality mpeg4 setting in forty-two. In contrast, with about the same quality 
settings or higher, after ripping the vobs off with dvd::rip, my dual Athlon 
MP 2000 w/2GB of RAM takes around 3 hours, IIRC.

> Is there a specific howto you can recommend to do a front-backend set-up to
> yours with nfs booting?.

I based everything off Red Hat's "Diskless Environments" chapter in the RHEL3 
system administration guide, which you can find on their web site. However, 
its missing a number of details pertaining to getting the system to boot, and 
obviously doesn't touch on any of the tweaks you have to make for Myth to 
work. I plan on commiting everything I've done to paper, one of these days...

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