[mythtv-users] Client-server configuration, horsepower and pvr-150lp usability

Joao Carlos de Lima Roscoe joao.roscoe at magnetimarelli.com.br
Mon Jan 24 08:58:02 EST 2005


Hi, everyone,

I'm planning my tv home setup, and I think that the idea
of a client server is great. At this point, the plan is to
run a cheap celeron or something with 500M RAM in a hidden
place, with three (!) hadware encoding capture cards,
and use several (3 or more) EPIA M II 6000 around the house
as silent clients (maybe diskless, via net boot, that would
be great).

However, I don't know if that will be enough horsepower.
Do you guys think that a cheap celeron will be able to encode
and save three streams (with hardware encoding) and
serve 3 or more remote frontends, with pause, replay, etc?

And what about the capture cards? I've just foud this one,
<http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150lp.html>,
which looks great (and is low profile, nice). But I could not
find anything in the net about its linux/mythtv usability.

Also, I have been told some ugly stories about PAL-M (brazilian
variant of PAL) trouble.

Any hints?

Thanks a lot,
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Joao


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