[mythtv-users] graphic card in the backend

[Stephen P. Villano]

On 4/10/15 7:47 AM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> Hoi Mike,
>
> Friday, April 10, 2015, 1:32:52 PM, you wrote:
>
>> On 10/04/15 09:53, Josu Lazkano wrote:
>>> Hello again,
>>>
>>> I am writing lots of questions this week, I am migratin my mythtv
>>> frontends and backend to Debian Jessi from Wheezy and I want to
>>> configure well.
>>>
>>> I have a backend server that has a mother board with no VGA, so I need
>>> to add a graphic card. I have 2 options:
>>>
>>> NVIDIA GeForce 210
>>> AMD Radeon HD 5450
>>>
>>> I am not going to install any desktop on it. My question is: Could use
>>> the GPU power for something? Maybe transcoding? Which card would you
>>> choose for this?
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for your help.
>>>
>>> Kind regards.
>>>
>> I am surprisd that you can find any motherboard these days which doesn't have an
>> inbuilt video capability.
>> Providing you have enough to get the system booted and you can install the
>> software you need, just go with what is on the motherboard. Any further
>> tweaking, or even running mythtv-setup, can be done from any other host by using
>> ssh.
>> I once had an old motherboard running my server and it had no video at all. I
>> simply plugged in an old PCI VGA card just to get booted, then did all the rest
>> via ssh.
> It's a pity it probably won't boot without a videocard, else you could
> install a serial console for emergencies and remove the card after
> installation. Less waisted power. For it will use some, even if not
> used. Just like some refuse to boot without keyboard ;(
>
> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>
> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> Het eeuwige dilemma
> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>
> De lerende Mens
>
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I run two older Dell PowerEdge 2850 servers, with the standard cheap
video cards that came with the server, but serial console is enabled as
well, each tied to the other server for emergencies.
Of course, I get seasonal greeting cards from my local utility company.
Still, transcoding is quite rapid, due to it running on big iron.