[mythtv-users] [OT] First Nvidia Ion box - Acer Aspire Revo prices revealed

[Calvin Harrigan]

Tom Lichti wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Dave Johansen <davejohansen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
>>> Gerald Schepens wrote:
>>>> But would it make a decent frontend?  Would it run mythtv?  (I can't see
>>>> why not.)
>>>>
>>> 1GB RAM and 8GB flash is perfect for a frontend, but there are some
>>> problems.  This is the single core Atom, so even when the multithreaded
>>> ffmpeg stuff comes through, you're stuck using VDPAU for anything HD, which
>>> means you're on trunk instead of a release version.  Network is only
>>> 100mbit, which isn't a problem, but disappointing for people who may want to
>>> shift to all gigabit/jumbo.  Wireless is G instead of N, so if you want to
>>> go that route, you will not likely get HD recordings to work without
>>> throughput issues.
>> Is trunk stable enough to be used reliably?
> 
> I know I'll get jumped on for it, but I've been running trunk for
> years, and it's been quite stable for me for a long time. Even staying
> a week or so behind, I've never had any major problems. The theme
> stuff is still being worked out, but Terra is usable. I have 2 HDHR's
> using OTA, an HD-PVR, and two PVR-x50's, a master and slave backend,
> and 3 frontends.
> 
> As long as you are capable with Linux, don't mind getting your hands
> dirty, and follow the dev/commits lists, you shouldn't have a problem.
> 
> Tom
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This is somewhat off topic, but...
What in the world do you record with 7-9 sources?