For the case of Gideon, his capture card has a built-in MPEG2 encoder. Most capture cards don't have a built-in encoder where encoding would be done by the CPU. How much power you need would depend on the codec and resolution that you set.
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:56, Maverik <[email protected]> wrote: > thanks a lot sa feedback. from what i understand, the media server may not > really be that powerful and the priority is more of the HDD space more than > anything else. > > this is very helpful. > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Gideon N. Guillen <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> > i am checking linux-based media service for home use. I already >> > limited myself to ubuntu-based, but i want to know kung meron na sa >> > inyo gumamit ng linux media server sa bahay. >> >> Been using using MythTV backend as a PVR + UPnP media server for years. >> And the machine is a very old headless (no monitor, keyboard) Pentium-III >> 700 MHz, so no real-time transcoding. The machine is enough to just serve >> the media files and for recording TV shows (encoding is taken cared of by >> the Hauppage PVR-350 card that has a built-in MPEG-2 encoder). And that >> particular board and CPU that I have is low power, only consumes around 30 >> watts. :) >> >> -- >> Sent from my Nokia phone >> >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > -- > Regards, > Maenard > --------------------- > "Ability is what you're capable of doing... Motivation determines what you > do... Attitude determines how well you do it." > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
