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Posted by Ken Moiarty on 03/07/06 10:45
"Lordy" <see.reply.to@lordyorguk.invalid> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.03.07.10.31.58.1444@lordyorguk.invalid...
> On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 23:26:07 -0800, Ken Moiarty wrote:
>
>>> Nope. If you are recording from DVB PCI card or have hardware MPEG
>>> encoder
>>> there is little CPU hit.
>>> I get about 5% CPU hit on an XP 3000 per consecutive recording, direct
>>> from Digital TV card.
>>>
>>
>> What PVR software are you using?
>
> MythTV on Linux. Not much help tp you I'm afraid!
>
A great deal less software overhead, I'm assuming based on the little I do
know about Linux.
>> I'm well aware of the encoding work being
>> done on board the capture card itself, rather than the CPU, thank you.)
>>
>>
>>>>and a RAID
>>>>controller and case that will give me maximum room for hard drive
>>>>storage
>>>>growth (with some redundancy, for backup)
>>>
>>> You can expand via external firewire if necessary. Not pretty though!
>>>
>>
>> You mean via "daisy chaining"?
>
> Or any kind of external storage, will give you room :)
>
Yes. But in spite of how the term "daisy chain" sounds, your right: Not
pretty... <g>
Ken
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