[mythtv-users] Front end CPU recommendations?

[David Brodbeck]

Joe wrote:
> Not to change the topic too much, but has anyone tried the Via Epia
> platform?  The CPU seems like it would be underpowered for any HD
> playback, but otherwise it seems pretty nice as a front end.  If the CPU
> is capable, I would consider it.

I had one for a while.  Still do, actually, but it's in the closet
waiting for me to get around to replacing the power supply board
capacitors.  (A third-party power supply, not VIA's fault.)  Mine is a 1
GHz Nehemiah system.  It works pretty well as an SD frontend.  Don't
expect to do HDTV with it.  TV out and XvMC both work well under Linux.
 There are scattered reports of DMA-related lockups when using it for
capture, but I didn't have any problems when I was using it as a
combined FE/BE with an MPEG2 card.