Hello,

I am wanting to buy a used apple to use as a mythtv backend and frontend. I do not plan to use OSX, opting instead for Debian (personal favourite) or Fedora (because there seems to be a very good guide). In addition I would need a usb2
or firewire tv tuner (like Plextor ConvertX PVR) or an internal PCI card
hopefully with a hardware encoder. I larger harddrive as well. If the capture card encodes the stream, would the G4 450 have enough muscle to play and pause live tv?

Maybe there are many more issues then the ones I can think now. Any help or
advice would be appreciated. I have searched for people using ppc as a mythtv box but I can only find people using them as a frontend. Is there some reason
the ppc aren´t being used as a complete (front and back together) system? I
really want to use ppc for this little stunt.

Want I really want out of the system is to be able to watch tv and dvds and vcds
on my monitor. Pause and play of live tv would be great.

Thanks for any help

Brent

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