[mythtv-users] Trimslice ARM PC

[Tim Draper]

On 22 December 2011 16:29, Ian Bonham <ian.bonham at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm looking at replacing my backend and frontend myth setups shortly (quick
> aside, thanks again to the developers for the time you devote to Myth, it is
> deeply appreciated by many).
>
> With an Eco head on, I'm looking at getting the power requirement down as
> much as possible, and the new TrimSlice caught my
> eye. http://trimslice.com/web/
>
> It seems it would make a nice low power backend, with additional USB
> storage, and also a nice front end (SD only at the moment, but when the HD
> drivers come then better, but I'm happy with SD for most of my video at the
> moment)
>
> I was wondering what, if any, experience people had got using ARM based PC's
> for Myth? Even as a test I'm tempted to put Debian on my Zaurus SL-C3000 and
> run the Pri backend on that as an experiment, so see how it interacts with a
> secondary backend / frontend under the TV and the pri can wake the secondary
> up to record when necess.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Bon
>
based on the fact an atom is considered too slow for a BE, i'm going
to say that the TrimSlice isnt upto the job. i've not looked at actual
performance numbers if there are any.
might be OK as an FE though presuming you can get myth compiled on ARM arch.