[mythtv-users] Mythtv noob questions...

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On 24 Mar 2008, at 18:37, allene222 wrote:
> ...
> Specifically, would the 1.2GHz embedded microATX Intel computer be  
> enough
> power for the backend?

Certainly so. I would reckon you could do it with half that - in fact  
(although I haven't yet built MythTV) I have a 730mhz Pentium III  
earmarked for my backend. I am sure others have posted in the past  
that they're using machines of 500mhz and less, and don't recall  
reading anything that would rule out my 700mhz processor.

I am expecting to record HD on my 700mhz PC, also (but not play it  
back) - if no-one replies correcting me then you can be assured that  
this is plenty (in HD the overhead is playback - a backend merely  
dumps the data to disk & streams it over the network, far less than  
the bandwidth of the harddrive or a 100mBit NIC).

Stroller.