[mythtv-users] Time to take the next step...

[VCRAddict]

At 02:09 PM 11/17/08 -0800, you wrote:
 > VCRAddict <MythTV_01 at appropriate-tech.net> says:
 > > That said, can you offer any suggestions for how to make that combination
 > > work (if only temporarily, while a new/upgraded FE box is built), if it
 > > turns out you are right about the 720p/1080i playback?
 > 
 > No good ones.
 > 
 > Recording profiles won't help with the HDHomerun or any ATSC input
 > because everything's recorded verbatim; there's no opportunity in the
 > recording food chain to "decrease video quality during encoding to
 > reduce file size" or somesuch.
 > 
 > People can and sometimes do transcode down HD recordings to something
 > a less-powerful system can play back, but the transcoding process
 > would take forever; much longer than a 1:1 ratio of recording to
 > transcoding time, especially on your box.
 > 
 > > do you agree that the proposed donor system -- to review, it's an
 > > Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe mobo w/ AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (2.167 GHz actual
 > > clock rate) CPU and 1GB DDR RAM -- *will* be more than adequate
 > 
 > Yes. That's never been a question.
 > 
 > -- 
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 > Backend:		Quad-core Xeon 1.6GHz, 6.6TB sw RAID 6
 > Video inputs:		Four high-definition over FireWire/OTA
 > Accessories:		47" 1080p LCD, 5.1 digital, and MX-600
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