[mythtv-users] Anyone successfully use a hacked NAS box as a backend?

Jarod Wilson jarod at wilsonet.com
Thu Sep 9 19:48:19 UTC 2010


On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Gavin Hurlbut <gjhurlbu at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>>
>> Some of the headless windows home server boxes are a semi-interesting
>> as well. Not likely as low-power, but with atom procs, reasonably low
>> power and a more mainstream distro, and thus easier to get current
>> software for (and/or build on another host).
>>
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16859105777
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16859321013
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16859110001
>>
>
> You evil genius :)  I hadn't even thought of these, but that does seem to
> fill a niche.  As long as you don't need the high power for commercial
> detection or for transcoding, I bet these little boxes would make a fine
> backend if the correct types of tuners are used.

Yeah, definitely. Don't see any reason why you couldn't use an
hdhomerun and/or some usb tuners with one. I'm thinking an rPath
OpenFiler-based appliance w/mythbackend included would be kinda
slick...

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com


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