[ale] Lowest Power MythTV back-end?

[Boris Borisov]

what does the video coding, the tuner/capture card or something else


On 11/19/13, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
> This question is for all the MythTV users.
>
> The Myth-wiki talks about recording 480x480 resolutions
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hardware_Requirements#Performance_issues . That
> is
> like a TiVo Series 2 from 2005.  Not exactly useful for today.
>
> What is the lowest power box that you'd recommend capable of recording 3
> concurrent 1080i streams?  Specifically, the
> * CPU
> * RAM
> * Disk subsystem
>
> I'd rather not throw a Core i5 or SSD at this problem, but worry that an
> Atom-based system just won't have the necessary power. Perhaps I'm
> completely wrong?
>
> Existing components for this build are:
> * HD Homerun HDHR3 - network tuner (may add another)
> * Hauppauge 950Q - tuner (not used)
> * GigE network - rock solid
> * Blue 1TB HDD - just for recording, not long term storage
>
> Does running a Myth backend inside a VM work well?  I'm doing that with 7MC
> and
> end up with stuttering in some of the recordings due to HDD performance
> inside
> the VM with just (2) 1080i streams concurrently recorded the HDD is a
> WD-black.
> I could throw an 80G raptor at it, but don't really want to.
>
> An AMD-E350 box could be repurposed (Atom equiv) and know that an dual core
> Atom
> N280 can't handle 1 HiDef recording, much less 3.
>
> Suggestions?  TIA.
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