[mythtv-users] Xeon procs with MythTV?

[Chris Ribe]

Unless you are planning on doing encoding in software, that is definitely
overkill. If you use capture cards that do hardware encoding, like the
Hauppauge PVR line of cards, the backend doesn't need much processor power
at all.

The frontend is where serious processing power can be needed.

On 10/10/05, Anand_Inala at dell.com <Anand_Inala at dell.com> wrote:
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> All,
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> I'm considering building a client server setup for mythtv and am wondering
> how appropriate a xeon processor (2.8ish GHz) would be for the back end.
> Is it overkill? Eventually, I'd like the setup to basically include
> everything myth has to offer (dvd jukebox, emulators, etc), and to be able
> to record 2 steams of video while watching a 3rd (possibly with an HD card
> in there too).
>
> Andy
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