I've been looking through this forum (and others, but AVS seems to be the best) in my search for a good enough HW for a MythTV (and a bit more) setup. Haven't found an up-to-date and suitable one yet.
What I want/need:
* watch video files up to 1080p
* watch live streams and record them
* SD content from 2 x IPTV STB's connected with S-video
* SD content from DVB-T card or USB dongle
* listen to music and radio, watch pictures etc. In short - the things that work anyway regardless of the setup.
* add other MythTV frontends (in near future)
* keep the budget reasonably low
What I don't need in MythTV setup:
* flash support. I'm planning to use my office PC (hooked to the TV) if I want to watch youtube or something similar
* 3D and BluRay is handled also by a separate BluRay player or the office PC
* I don't need a silent backend since it's in a separate "server room"
* I'm not too worried about the energy consumption if I can run most of my stuff from 1 server
* I don't need the frontends to be really-really small and they don't have to look fancy. They don't have to be fanless.
Setup I'm thinking of:
* 1 server that has enough power to act as a MythTV backend AND also be a "normal" server that serves web stuff for my own needs, does some home automation stuff, controls surveillance camera etc. It will run Ubuntu.
* 2-3 MythTV frontend machines
Open questions:
Q1: would it be practical and wise to integrate one of the MythTV frontends also into the server/backend machine?
Q2: what could be the optimal HW setup for the server?
Q3: what could be the optimal HW setup for the MythTV frontends?
Regards,
Rene
What I want/need:
* watch video files up to 1080p
* watch live streams and record them
* SD content from 2 x IPTV STB's connected with S-video
* SD content from DVB-T card or USB dongle
* listen to music and radio, watch pictures etc. In short - the things that work anyway regardless of the setup.
* add other MythTV frontends (in near future)
* keep the budget reasonably low
What I don't need in MythTV setup:
* flash support. I'm planning to use my office PC (hooked to the TV) if I want to watch youtube or something similar
* 3D and BluRay is handled also by a separate BluRay player or the office PC
* I don't need a silent backend since it's in a separate "server room"
* I'm not too worried about the energy consumption if I can run most of my stuff from 1 server
* I don't need the frontends to be really-really small and they don't have to look fancy. They don't have to be fanless.
Setup I'm thinking of:
* 1 server that has enough power to act as a MythTV backend AND also be a "normal" server that serves web stuff for my own needs, does some home automation stuff, controls surveillance camera etc. It will run Ubuntu.
* 2-3 MythTV frontend machines
Open questions:
Q1: would it be practical and wise to integrate one of the MythTV frontends also into the server/backend machine?
Q2: what could be the optimal HW setup for the server?
Q3: what could be the optimal HW setup for the MythTV frontends?
Regards,
Rene