Hi, Scott Serr wrote: > I want the cheapest setup and a couple other more expensive setups for > my LUG talk. > > Correct me or give me more ideas.... here is what I think: > > Cheap: > 600Mhz CPU > G400-TV > - I've run the G400-TV for output before, I guess capture is ok... comments?
That is fine for cheap. What about recording? Video encoding in software takes a lot of CPU for good quality. Maybe this should be 600-1000 Mhz. A low end system could handle encoding video to mpeg1 or nupplevideo formats in software, or use a hardware mpeg encoder like a pvr-150 card. This system will be slower for doing things like ripping CDs to mp3 or other CPU intensive tasks (plugins for whatever). > Mid-Range: > 600+ CPU > G400DH > SBLive > - My setup How about 1-2 Ghz? CPUs in that range are pretty cheap these days and you can't find anything new at slower speeds (intel/AMD anyways). You should mention commercially available video cards that do tv-out. The most popular are nvidia and ATI based, and both have XFree86 or Xorg drivers that support the tv-out, and can be had for cheap. > High-End: > 600+ CPU > PVR350 > - Does a SBLive add anything? Doesn't a PVR350 have audio and video out. And high end I would suggest 2+ Ghz. With the higher CPU the intensive tasks will be much quicker (think ripping a CD in way less time) and give you the freedom of utilizing a plugin for transcoding your videos into DVD format and burning them much faster. Everything will be more responsive and you could take advantage of animations and picture in picture support (not that we have that yet, maybe in 2.0). Also be careful of the pvr-350. It's good on paper but I don't think the drivers are good enough to have a great experience with mplayer or xine (audio / video sync problems). HTH, -Rob P.S. - There's a PVR hardware database site running somewhere you might want to search for. -- ------------------------------------------------------- Rob Shortt | http://tvcentric.com | Freevo [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://freevo.sf.net | Free your TV ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
