[mythtv-users] Building new Mythtv Box
Kevin Ross
kevin at familyross.net
Tue Jan 11 06:28:40 UTC 2011
On 1/9/2011 5:33 PM, Jim Gifford wrote:
> Getting ready to build a new Mythtv box.
>
> Was wondering what was the recommended Linux Distro these days for
> Mythtv.
>
> System build is:
>
> Intel CoreDuo 2.4
> MCE Remote (1039)
> MCE Keyboard
> Nvidia 6200
> Hauppage PVR-1600
> 2GB RAM
> 1GB HD
> FIOS TV
With FIOS, the only way to record HD is with a Hauppauge HD-PVR. The
HD-PVR creates h.264 recordings,the decoding of which is much more
demanding on CPU resources than MPEG2. You'll want either a faster CPU,
or a newer nVidia video card, one that supports VDPAU.
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