Hi all,
I'm a Linux newbie (and hence a video-for-Linux newbie). I'm pondering a
project to build a Linux box to serve as both my house's MythTV PVR and my
private personal computer. I want my PVR to run seamlessly: If I'm
installing the latest Mozilla build, I don't want it to cause any blips in
my roommates' concurrent TV-watching. So here are my questions.
1. I want to build an Athlon 64 FX box with 2 x 512 MB of PC2700 RAM, a
striped RAID array (on-board controller) comprising two 120 GB (8 MB cache)
SATA drives, a dual-display 256 MB NVidia 5600 card, and a Hauppage [sp]
WinTV card. With that much power, can I be assured that there won't be any
lag on the TV side when I'm doing my chemistry homework on the 'puter?
2. I want the NVidia card to put out MythTV in full-screen through the
TV-out and everything else through the DVI-out. Will that be hard to pull
off?
3. Naturally, I need TV sounds to go through my TV-room speakers and all my
other computer sounds to go through my computer speakers. Is it possible to
do that? Do I need more than one sound card to do it?
4. We may get digital cable. Has anyone figured out how to get MythTV to
work with an IR blaster to control a set-top box?
Thanks!
-Noah
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