[mythtv-users] The Ultimate Myth Setup

[Robbie Hughes]

Joe Barnhart wrote:

>--- Robbie Hughes <spam at dynsysgroup.com> wrote:
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>>I've built a few myth boxes before, but I've been
>>handed a challenge and
>>I wanted some advice and I thought you guys might
>>have some neat ideas.
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>Each TV will need its own "frontend" system which will
>handle decoding and playback.  Because the work is
>distributed, having a dual-Xeon backend is probably
>overkill.  
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Thats interesting.
there is no way i can have the server do all the encoding and stream the 
mpg files over the network to make the clients as light as possible? 
(with a second or two delay obv...)

>You are receiving satellite signals, which
>means you will need two sat receivers and an encoder
>card for each one (probably a PVR-250).  Backend
>computation needs are pretty modest, except when
>commercial flagging or transcoding.  I would advise
>you to use at least a 4x multiswitch on the sat
>antenna, so you could add more receivers in the
>future.  Don't forget to pull at least four RG-6 coax
>from the attic to your backend system, for future
>expansion.
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>I hope your rich friend has somewhat an "early
>adopter" mindset, because he will need to learn how to
>reboot the frontend and backend from time to time. 
>Mine is getting more stable each week, but I still
>need to kick off the backend multiple times if it
>should be shutdown while flagging commercials.  It's
>just the nature of the project -- at least at present.
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