On Saturday 26 February 2005 14:24, Justin Gombos wrote: > After reading that Tivo CPUs are around 33 MHz,
Was that the standard-def TiVo or the TiVo that handles HDTV as well? > I was surprised to > read on EFFs PVR Cookbook(1) that a P4 3GHz cpu is required, along > with a video card that has a hardware mpeg codec. For High Definition, yes, that's the recommendation. You can get by on much less for Standard Definition programming. TiVo handles almost everyting with proprietary decoder solutions that offload video decoding from the main processor. Myth needs to do the bulk of the heavy lifting with the cpu, hopefully with a bit of assistance from the video card. > This is disappointing and hard to believe. Not really. You have to understand what's trying to be accomplished and the hardware involved a bit better. > Is EFF on crack? No. > I was > hoping to recycle some old P2s by converting them into KnoppMyth PVRs, > expecting to only have to upgrade video cards. You don't have a prayer if you're thinking High Definition. You're probably around the edge of viability for Standard Definition. > >From the archives, the slowest machine someone mentioned running was a > > P3 750. I'd like to know if anyone has had success with a P2 333, or > a dual P2 300. There are folks using EPIA systems w/600MHz C3 processors, which is probably pretty similar cpu-power-wise to a dual PII-300... You may need a PVR-350 to do the output for you, even a GeForce FX card may not be enough assistance for something that slow, not really sure. I do get perfect playback of Standard Definition recordings on an Athlon 800 w/a GF4MX. Seriously though, a faster motherboard and cpu combo doesn't cost much. Save yourself the headache and get some newer hardware. Oh yeah, and please read the official Myth docs on the subject: http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1 -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got a question? Read this first... http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html MythTV, Fedora Core & ATrpms documentation: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/ MythTV Searchable Mailing List Archive http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/
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