[mythtv-users] Baby Steps 2

[mythtvster]

I think I am not going to rely on this box for HD.  Do you think it will
suffice for SD?

On 2/13/07, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/12/07, mythtvster <mythtvster at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am looking for advice on a system I have laying around that I would
> like
> > to use as a PVR. I have an old Dell Dimension Pentium III collecting
> dust
> > that I would like to upgrade to use solely as a PVR. It only has an
> onboard
> > video card and 128MB RAM so this would have to be upgraded correct?
> >
> >  Since it is only a PCI board what video card(s) are recommended? Do I
> need
> > a video card to encode and decode or will one card suffice? I would like
> to
> > hook this up to a 40" LCD via component or HDMI/DVI if at all possible -
> do
> > they even make a vanilla PCI card (with Linux drivers available) that
> will
> > handle this?
> >
> >  I plan on bulking the memory up to 512 (it's max), will this be
> sufficient?
> >
> > Would this system be OK for a backend?  I do not not want to dump a
> whole
> > lot into it (including time) if the core system is not good enough.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> If you plan on recording HD you will need to use XvMC for playback as
> the PCI bus is not fast enough without it. Just a heads up.
>
> --
> Steve
> Before you ask, read the FAQ!
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions
> then search the Wiki, and this list,
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/
> Mailinglist etiquette -
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List_etiquette
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/attachments/20070213/080957c9/attachment-0001.htm