[mythtv-users] Embedded MythTV

[Andreas Bach Aaen]

Tirsdag den 8. April 2008 skrev KH Chai:
> Anyone working on embedded MythTV?  I'm currently using MythTV on a
> PC platform, and I'm thinking of porting it to embedded.  Anyone
> has a good resource where to start, or is it even possible to
> embedded MythTV?  Thanks in advance.

I have a mythtv backend running on a Linkstation PRO LS-500. This is 
sold as a NAS. It's a relatively slow arm based device with a 500GB 
SATA disc, 2xUSB2.0,1Gbit ethernet and 128MB RAM. I use it together 
with a usb DVB-T stick, so I don't need to do any hard processing on 
my backend.
Marvell that has made the arm based SoC for this device is in the 
process of making upstream Linux kernel support for this device, so 
you will get all your fancy usb-devices to work.
I have installed Debian for armel on this device and then compiled 
mythtv for it.

As a frontend I use a Hauppauge MVP with software from www.mvpmc.org.
So it's not the original fancy frontend. But all in all it's an 
embedded solution.

The price tag is:
Linkstation PRO/Live 500GB:  195$
Hauppauge MVP:                      85$
DVB-T USB stick:                      70$
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Total                                         350$
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What's the pricetag on typical consumer harddisc recorder with a 500GB 
disc?


Regards,
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