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| Author: | Cledus [ Wed Dec 08, 2004 8:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | CD frontend - old hardware |
KnoppMyth R4V5 SE440BX-based motherboard Pentium II 400 MHz 192 MB SDRAM Apollo GeForce2 MX400 video card (no tv-out) Creative Labs CT4740 Ensoniq 1371-based sound card 3Com 3CSOHO100-TX network card no hard drive I record on a separate backend at 320 x 240 Mpeg4. This 400MHz backend plays smooth and works great. I tried this computer in the past with an NVidia Vanta LT-based video card and the video played back very choppy (1 FPS). With an older version of KnoppMyth, I got no video at all. I didn't think that the video card would have such a large effect on playback but the GeForce2 I am using now works great. Once the CD spins down, this system (not including the monitor) uses 35 watts idle at the menu, 40-45 watts when watching a recording or live TV. |
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| Author: | benjohnson [ Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:04 pm ] |
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How'd you do that no hard drive trick? That would be great for my frontend. Did you create a ramdisk and a custom boot CD? I'm impressed that you have a frontend running on a 400Mhz PII, I tried that a while ago, and foung it was very jerky. Now I know there's actually hope if I try a new video card. |
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| Author: | Xsecrets [ Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:20 pm ] |
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well that's what the livecd does. it creates a ramdisk, and doesn't need a harddrive. he managed the 400mhz because he lowered his resolution and recorded in mpeg4, it will be jerky at full resolution mpeg2. |
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| Author: | cecil [ Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:21 pm ] |
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The KnoppMyth CD can be used to run as a frontend, no hard drive needed. |
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| Author: | benjohnson [ Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:36 pm ] |
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Boy I must look like a dumbass. I was thinking of my frontend where I have recompiled mplayer, NFS and my dvd jukebox setup. I completely forgot that you can run the front end from the CD. I thought maybe Cledus had burned a special CD, since that was what I was thinking about a few days ago to get rid of my noisy hard drive. I read more into his post that was there. Sorry |
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