[mythtv-users] What processor?

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Tom<listmail at athenet.net> wrote:
> For someone planning to build a myth box for the first time, what processor
> should one use, assuming one wants to built a fairly robust combination
> FE/BE with going significantly into the overkill range? I want to have
> plenty of horsepower for new developments in MythTV, but hey, I'm not going
> to play games on it that demand extreme overclocking and liquid cooling and
> dual $500 video cards.
>
> I have an HD HomeRun on order from the jungle bookseller, but still in the
> planning stages for the rest of it. I'm planning on using Mythdora. For the
> moment, I need s-video output to the TV, but later it will be HDMI when I
> join the real world and get a decent TV.

Too bad about the s-video requirement -- otherwise I would repeat my
recommendation for an ION board.  A dual-core Atom version will
*almost* keep up with real-time commflagging of the 2 HDHR tuners
(better than real-time for SD recordings, and about 80% real-time for
HD).  VDPAU is probably required for viewing high-def HDHR recordings.
 The ION will be a little more expensive than a standard AMD build,
but it is much better for being compact and nearly or completely
silent.

Jim