Thanks for your insight!!! Mandrake install to the SATA drive went w/o problem. Will have to be alert as I proceed. I'm not familiar with KnoppMyth, I'll have to look into it. as this system will be used solely as a PVR. I once set up a small Apache web site for the family, nation wide, to share photos so I have a little experience w/Linux but from what I'm reading on this list, MythTV might be a challenge.
Can anyone comment on a hardware decode/encode tuner supported by MythTV?
Thanks again, Richard
At 11:08 AM 1/31/2005 -0600, you wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:43:29 -0600, Computer Operator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> will my system support the (software encode/decode)of 2ea
> HD-3000s and a PVR-250/350.
>
> The equipment I bought is as follows:
>
> Intel D915PBL 800 FSB motherboard
> P4 550 3.4g CPU
more than enough power for NTSC. i'm sure it's enough for at least one ATSC stream, but i don't know enough to tell you if it can handle two simultaneous ATSC streams.
> 1024m DDR2/533 memory
plenty'o memory :)
> eVGA eGeFORCE 6600 Video (PCIe x16) > 300g SATA HD - to start (room for 3 more drives)
you may want to google to find out how well linux supports SATA at the moment. i don't think it's completely built in yet and may not be that reliable. please search before taking my word though.
> Audio is on-board Intel "High Def." (7.1 I think) > Plextor PX-716A double layer cd/dvd > Mandrake 10.1
if you're new to linux you may want to consider KnoppMyth instead of Mandrake (assuming you're setting this box up soley for a PVR). Mandrake is a great distro and generally easy for noobs to learn on if you plan on using it as a desktop. if you have no interest in linux other than using it for a PVR then KnoppMyth comes with everything you need for Myth pre-configured. just stick in the cd, run the auto setup and walk through the configuration.
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