[mythtv-users] Opinions on using a RAQ4 as a backend?

[Andrew Welch]

Michael T. Dean wrote:

>On 07/15/2006 11:43 AM, Stef Coene wrote:
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>>On Saturday 15 July 2006 17:27, Michael T. Dean wrote:
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>>>On 07/15/2006 09:19 AM, Stef Coene wrote:
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>>>>On Saturday 15 July 2006 15:01, Andrew Welch wrote:
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>>>>>I've got a Cobalt Raq4r lying around, and I'm wondering if I upgraded
>>>>>the processor to an AMD K6-2 500Mhz processor, 512meg RAM, and put a
>>>>>PVR-150 encoder card in would it be able to perform as a pure backend tv
>>>>>recording server?
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>>>>I have a old compaq server with a P3 600 Mhz and pvr500 and it's a
>>>>perfect backend.  The CPU is more then enough for recording.  Before the
>>>>PVR500 I had a software based capture card and even that setup was
>>>>working (CPU at 100%, but no hickups).
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>>>But note that commercial flagging and transcoding on that machine are
>>>probably not worthwhile.
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>>Transcoding: the 120 GB is more then enough
>>Commercial flagging: I programmed a forward jump of 30sec and a back jump of 
>>5sec and skip the commercials myself.  Commercial detection is not 100% 
>>accurate :(
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>I'm not talking about the space.  I'm talking about the OP's 
>CPU--basically a Pentium II-class machine...
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>Mike
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Thanks for all the info guys! Sounds like its a viable project for what 
I want. I'll get started on it soon and let you know how it goes.