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Is this fast enough?- P3 600MHZ 368MB RAM w/ WinTV PVR 350
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Author:  fanfan [ Sat Aug 05, 2006 3:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Is this fast enough?- P3 600MHZ 368MB RAM w/ WinTV PVR 350
Exactly what it says at the top, how capable is a Pentium 600MHZ Computer with 368 MB's of RAM and a WinTVR PVR 350 at running KnoppMyth.

Thanks for any response

-Brian
Author:  cesman [ Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:41 pm ]
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Yes. However, the PVR 350 isn't a video card. If you expect to use it's TV out, don't expect it to scream with anything other than MPEG-2.
Author:  fanfan [ Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:07 pm ]
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I didn't know that, thanks a lot...I'm sure you saved me hours of frustration. I have an old S3 Virge GX/2 with a TV-out, but as far as I know the TV-out will not work in linux, even the S3 Savage's TV-out does. Anyone have any info on this?

Thanks again,
Brian
Author:  mjl [ Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:06 am ]
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Hi,

Try it, if you already have the hardware it would have no cost factor except time and that can be added to the learning experience bank. I think you will like most of what you see. Tv out would be best way to go.

Mike
Author:  grante [ Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Is this fast enough?- P3 600MHZ 368MB RAM w/ WinTV PVR 3
fanfan wrote:
Exactly what it says at the top, how capable is a Pentium 600MHZ Computer with 368 MB's of RAM and a WinTVR PVR 350 at running KnoppMyth.

It will work great for recording and playing back NTSC or PAL analog TV shows. For a couple years I ran a 1GHz C3 (which is probably slower than a 600MHz P3), and it had absolutely no problem recording and replaying MPEG2 files.

What probably won't work:
  • Viisualizations in MythMusic. The fancy OpenGL based ones will run at a 1-2 frames per second and suck up so much CPU that anything being recorded at the same time will have problems.
  • Playing back high-definition video files with mplayer or xine is going to be marginal. Now that ivtv supports Xv, it will probably work for standard/low definition stuff, but I don't think it's going to be able to decode and scale HD video.
Author:  fanfan [ Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:57 pm ]
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I don't actually have the hardware yet, I wanted to make sure it would work. I didn't think it would work nearly as well as it apparently does. Visualizations and HD Videos aren't high on my priorities.

Thanks a lot for the help.
-Brian
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