[mythtv-users] graphic card in the backend

Gary Buhrmaster gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com
Fri Apr 10 09:09:15 UTC 2015


On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Josu Lazkano <josu.lazkano at gmail.com> wrote:
....
> I have a backend server that has a mother board with no VGA, so I need
> to add a graphic card.

There is no particular reason you need any adapter, unless your
MB does not support serial bios (some do, some do not), and
you are comfortable using it.

> ... My question is: Could use
> the GPU power for something? Maybe transcoding?

While there have been past rumblings to consider using a GPU
to perform commercial flagging, and/or transcoding (perhaps including
real time HLS), that is all they have been, rumblings, at this point.
So, for a dedicated BE, go for cheap, low power.


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