[mythtv-users] Raspberry Pi suitability for MythFrontend OR maybe better as a backend!?

[Mark Hutchinson]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Tyler T <tylernt at gmail.com> wrote:

> >>> The plan is for the RPis to only capture video and store on the NAS.
>
> > Something like a mac mini as a master backend(No transcoding)
>
> If you're going to leave the MBE running all the time anyway, just
> hook all those tuners straight into it. The RPis would only be useful
> inasmuch as they can record stuff efficiently while your MBE is
> asleep.
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The RPi vB has a 100 meg interface and 256 RAM so at least the network
speed should certainly be adequate.
Perhaps an optimized backend/frontend could be devised just for this
hardware.......
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