[mythtv-users] Just got back to a Myth box

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Sat Sep 18 01:33:36 UTC 2010


On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Stephen Atkins <satkins at inetdesign.org>wrote:

> Hello everyone.  Well after a year dealing with Tivo I've decided my wife
> isn't the ruler of the house and we're going back to a Myth box! BTW yes I
> am sleeping with one eye open now:)
>
> I've been trying to find some info on these atom processors and how well
> they might work with myth to do both a front and back end.  I currently have
> a Asus AT3N7A-I which is a Atom 330 1.6Ghz dual core with nVidia Ion
> graphics.
>
> I can receive three OTA HD channels and a few old school SD channels (I'm
> in Canada).  So I'm just wondering if this thing can handle it or am I going
> to need some more power?  If it can does anyone have some settings that
> would optimize it?
>
>

An ion box will certainly play back pretty well anything you throw at it,
providing you are comfortable running the nvidia drivers.

Use as a backend depends on your usage case. recording digital tv will be
fine. transcoding and  comm flagging will not be as fast as a more powerful
processor.
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