[mythtv-users] New User System Setup Questions

[grozio at buffalo.edu]

Thanks for the info so far! I think I am going to drop the creative 
infra remote and go with the ATI Remote Wonder, unless anyone else has 
another suggestion.  I also think I am going to drop the 2.0ghz Celeron 
in exchange for a AMD 1800+ tbred core. Hopefully that will run cooler 
or at least as cool. If need be I can always downclock it a bit. In 
response to:

>Your question about recording and watching at the same time: I couldn't
>tell what exactly you meant. So I'll just tell you how it is. Mythtv
>can record one stream per tuner card. It can also play one stream at
>the same time  (assuming you have backend and frontend on one machine.
>"Live" tv is really just recording a stream, and then playing the same
>stream right away. So while your tuner is recording a stream you can a)
>watch that stream (ie "live" tv), or b)watch a different, prerecorded
>stream. Finally, if you have two tuners you can record two streams at a
>time and watch one of them, or a different prerecorded stream. That
>make sense? My *guess* is that a 2ghz celeron could handle two tuners,
>but I'm not sure.

I am not really looking to do 2 TV tuners. What I was wondering about 
is if I am recording a show at say 8:00 - 9:00 can I start watching a 
previously recorded show at 8:15 while the other show is recording? 
Would a AMD 1800+ be able to handle both at once? Was wondering how 
much luck others have had on the board. I would be recording probably 
at 480x480.

If anyone else has any suggestions or comments please let me know, this 
really is helping me out a lot. Thanks again.

-D