[mythtv-users] Netgear EVA9150 and MythTV

[Brian Wood]

On Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:14:43 am Tyler T wrote:
> > I'm not aware of any successful Myth install on an ARM, but I suppose
> > someone may have done it by now.
> > 
> > If anyone's aware of Myth running on non-Intel CPUs (ARM or MIPS) I'd be
> > very interested.
> 
> I'm running 0.23 BE on an ARM SheevaPlug right now. I had to pass
> armv5te to the Myth ./configure script but other than that it compiled
> and runs normally. I also ran the FE briefly just to confirm
> functionality (via vncserver as the Sheeva has no display hardware)
> and it successfully played a 720p recording (at about 1fps of course).
> IMHO small low-power devices like this make ideal Myth BE servers
> because they are low-power, low-heat, tiny, and silent. Just don't try
> to do commflagging or transcoding on these little guys. ;)

That sounds encouraging. I wonder if, as the database got larger, it would be a bottleneck. I assume you were using USB 
tuners of some sort? With everything from storage drives to the OS to tuners running on the USB bus that might become a 
problem as well.

But I certainly like to see the trend towards lower-power devices, especially for things that run 24/7.