--- Andrew Close <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/16/05, Kirk Grell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm building my first MythTV box. It'll be a back end > > box that I'll admin remotely (web, rsh, ftp, etc). > > It's sole purpose right now will be to schedule > > recordings and transcode them to smaller video files > > for pulling later to my PC at a different location. > > I'm not planning for any other MythTV modules or front > > end box at the moment. > > > > Below is the machine I'll be piecing together. Anyone > > know of any known issues with any of the following > > hardware in Linux and/or MythTV? > > > > - Shuttle XPC SN85G4V3 > > + nVIDIA nForce3 > > + Realtek ALC655 Onboard Audio > > + Onboard Lan > > - AMD Athlon 64 3000 > > - CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB DDR 400 > > - Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200GB SATA150 > > - NEC DVD Burner ND-3550A > > - ASUS V9400 Geforce MX4000 128MB > > - Hauppauge WinTV PVR 350 > > - RedHat Fedora Core 4 > > > > BTW, this will be hooked up serially to a DirectTV > > D10-100 receiver. > > > > Any info regarding this setup or conflicts between it > > and Fedora and/or MythTV would be greatly appreciated. > > save a couple bucks and get the Hauppage PVR-150 or > PVR-500 (two > tuners) instead of the PVR-350. since you're only > building a backend > the 350 provides nothing extra. you can probably do > with onboard > video or a cheapy video card since this is only a > backend; unless > you're planning to use it for video editing or > something. if it's > just going to be a standalone backend video isn't > neccessary. saving > money on the parts you don't need may allow you to > purchase a larger > hard drive. ;)
This XPC doesn't include onboard video. Which is why I need to get a vid card. But, the card is only like $30. As for the PVR-500, 2 tuners won't do me any good (I believe), because I only have 1 satellite reciever. I could bump down to PVR-150. Main thing is that I really want as high quality of video as I can get before transcoding. In terms of MPEG2, does output from the PVR-150 look as good as output from the PVR-350? And, although I didn't mention it before, if it's possible, I might want to record audio from the FM receiver of the PVR-350. But that's just a perk if I go with that card. Kirk __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
