[mythtvnz] Hardware spec question

[Steven Ellis]

henwood@paradise.net.nz wrote:
> I have a d900 with a PVR150 and PV500 in it and it can record from all 3 tuners at the same time. I have not yet attempted to get the sat card that I have working at this stage, I might start to look at that next week. I have found that using it as a frontend is what takes up the processing power.
> See how it goes, whats the worst that could happen............ ;)
>   

Fizzle... Fizzle.. Bang... Sorry I couldn't resist.

Should be find as a backend with your Duron.

Steve
> Criggie wrote ..
>   
>> DVB is a digital stream and needs no reencoding.  So your D900 should be
>> fine as a slave backend with the skystar card.  I haven't done this myself
>> though.  IANALBYA :)
>>
>> I use a C500 perfectly well as a play-only frontend.  Its a bit slow
>> loading screens, but playback is fine.
>>
>> I also use a P3 700 on 11g wireless which is okay, but is rather slow
>> about framing backwards.  Its quicker to go back 1/2 second and frame
>> forwards :)
>>
>>
>> Nick Rout wrote:
>>     
>>> I have a mythtv box which has only got enough room for one PCI card -
>>>       
>> and
>>     
>>> it has a PVR150.
>>>       
>>> I also have a skystar 2 card and want to use it.
>>>       
>>> I have a Duron 900 MHZ with 512M of ram and a crappy motherboard.
>>>       
>>> Will it cut the mustard as a backend recording from a skystar? It
>>> wouldn't be used for watching.
>>>       
>> -- 
>> Criggie
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