[mythtv-users] Problem with remote backend

[Dave Anderson]

Having a little problem and I wanted some opinions. I have a Myth system 
currently running and working great. However, I wanted to be able to record 
2 shows at once.

The main system is a PIII 650 with 512M Ram, Nvidia 128M AGP and a PVR-350. 
It is running Redhat 9. I have it hooked to the TV via a VGA to NTCS box as 
the tv-out on the pvr350 was giving me too many headaches.

I have an extra Pinnicle Pro card but thought the small processor in the 
main system would not be able to handle it since it would need software 
decoding. So I had a spare computer and thought I would try setting it up 
as a remote backend just for recording.

The remote box is a PIII 700 with 128M Ram. I added an ATI Readon 9800 with 
128M. It's running Fedora Core 2. I'm not able to watch live tv with it, 
but I can watch shows already recorded.

The problem is recording on the remote. I started a recording on the main 
and then started one on the remote. The main records fine but the remote is 
nothing but a blue screen. I used the TV app that loaded with Fedora and I 
can watch TV fine, so I know the card works and I'm getting a signal.

So do you think the system is just too little for this? Would I be better 
off getting a pvr250 for capture? I was going to upgrade the ram but for 
some reason the box doesn't like my 256M DIMMS. The box currently has a 
128M PC133 DIMM, so I figured my 256M PC133 would work. I added 2 of the 
256 dimms and the system reported 16M. I guess the most it can handle is 
2x128M.

Thanks for the input.

Dave