Just to chime in with my two cents:
I have a systen with an Athlon XP 2000+, 1GiB RAM, nVidia 6200-based
card with component-video connectors. This is running Gentoo with the
latest released updates (inc. kernel 2.6.14, Myth 0.18.1), and provides
front- and backend functions. The digital tuner is a DVICO FusionHDTV
DVB-T (DVB-T1).
I had dreadful problems with frontend performance using the latest
nVidia drivers (8178). I downgraded to 7676, and CPU usage became much
better. I see less than 10% usage for recording, and around 50-60% usage
for playback of SD. Playback of HD is also possible, but I haven't
recorded the CPU usage. Most HD channels are watchable as long as the
signal is good - I'm only using a crappy indoor boosted aerial.
I'm now thinking of adding a second tuner, so I can watch and record.
Michael Fox wrote:
On 1/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Joel
just to clarify for me please:
Are you watching HD or SD tv. My DVICO setup with SD works OK, but HD is not
watchable. I've tried FC4, SuSE9.3, SuSE10 on a P4-3G 1G ram nvidia GT6600
graphics. I'm about to try the twinhan tuners following Michaels success.
Oh no the pressure is on :)
This is what my box is doing atm at home;
Encoder status
Encoder 1 is local on mythmbe1 and is recording: 'Ready Steady Cook'
on TEN Digital. This recording will end at 2:03 PM.
Encoder 2 is local on mythmbe1 and is not recording.
I noticed in the TV guide that Skippy is on Channel 9 at around 2:30am
each morning starting this week I think sometime.
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