[mythtv-users] Configuration for Australia

Phil Wild philwild at gmail.com
Tue Aug 12 16:38:52 UTC 2008


Thanks heaps, I will look into these cards...

I was hoping that I could build a fairly low end system (fanless) with
a good graphics card that performed the decompression of the video
stream in hardware - well that was the plan anyway....

Cheers

Phil

2008/8/12 James Bunton <jamesbunton at fastmail.fm>:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 05:04:10PM +0800, Phil Wild wrote:
>> > I think you want dvb-t cards for OZ, if that is any help.
>> >
>> Cool, That was kind of what I was expecting - good to know... Can
>> anyone recommend a product that has been tested with mythtv and works
>> well?
>
> I've been successfully using two Leadtek WinFast DTV2000H cards. They
> do both analog and digital, which is sometimes useful (VCR, radio, etc).
> I also have a DTV1000 which works well too. I'm not using the remote
> controls that came with these however, not sure if they work with Linux.
>
> If you're in Sydney, this shop is pretty good:
> http://www.itestate.com.au/pages/product/pdt_homepage.faces;jsessionid=1CA71188ACF1692C07D955182C88153D
>
>
>
>> > go for an nvidia card (or motherboard with built in nvidia video
>> > chipset), dual CPU, 3.0G or better.
>>
>> WOW! I was hoping for something light weight.... You can buy a popcorn
>> hour for a couple of hundred and that plays hidef streams off of a
>> media server etc or its internal hard drive. I didn't expect I would
>> need such a beefy front end... What is all the grunt used for?
>
> Playback of HD content requires a lot of CPU power. I never watch HD, so
> I have an old Athlon Sempron 3000 (1.8ghz I think).  It does just fine
> running as a combined backend/frontend, also serving NFS to several
> other PCs in the house.
>
>
> Also, for TV guide data in Australia, your best bet is Shepherd.
> http://svn.whuffy.com/
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> ---
>
> James
>
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