Hi Steven, Thanks, appreciate the help. More below:
>-----Original Message----- >Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Myth running, submitted patch now user >questions.:) > >James Harrell schreef: >>Hardware Questions: >> >> 1) Anyone sell a "myth-frontent" embedded-style box? ie: Something >> like a nice little Via-EPIA with a PVR150, or some other cool >> little device? I've considered just buying parts and making >> one, doesn't seem I can do this for under $400 though. >> >> >> >Why do you need a pvr150 in a frontend machine? Good point, I misread the specs. I was looking for a hardware decoder so I could run a minimal box with a low-end CPU. Having trouble finding a PCI MPEG2 decoder (without an encoder). Recommendations? >> 2) Anyone aware of other very-low-cost off-the-shelf hardware >> (preferably with a hardware decoder) that would make a good >> mythfrontend? I've seen some references saying an old Tivo >> or ReplayTV can't be used for this... but surely it's possible! :) >> >> >> >You could use the Hauppauge mvpc device. That will give you access to >your recordings for about 80$ Interesting. This looks like an embedded linux box with a hardware decoder. Just what I'm looking for. Has anyone hacked this to add mythfrontend to it? Regards, james _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
