[11:40] is there any choice between a revo running xbmc or a boxee? [11:42] xbmc seems more robust, but im not sure the revo is the biz.. is there sometihng better? [18:54] hello all [18:59] would somebody recommend Intel Atom/Nvidia ION over AMD Fusion for Mythbuntu? [19:01] digitlman: you'll want to stick with nvidia [19:02] !vdpau | digitlman [19:02] digitlman: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/VDPAU [19:02] ahh exellent thanks [19:02] <_antant> got my gt210 card coming tomorrow. wish I'd known about it before i bought ati [19:03] I'm eyeing this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157227 [19:03] [www.newegg.com] Newegg.com - ASRock AD525PV3 Intel Atom D525 (1.8 GHz, Dual-Core) Intel NM10 Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo [19:06] not sure what vid cap card to use in that, however.... [19:15] digitlman, whoa, for a backend? [19:15] not sure I would use an atom processor in a backend [19:16] as a combo, yeah [19:16] with 4GB of RAM, I would think this would work [19:16] thats going to be pretty slow for some of the things a backend does [19:16] paired with a 7200 RPM 2.5" drive? [19:16] I mean, you don't have to worry about encoding anymore, but commflagging and such [19:16] processor speed is the issue [19:17] well, it *is* a dual core 1.8Ghz [19:17] is that not powerful enough? [19:18] digitlman, you can do it, just don't expect the backend to be spectactular [19:18] for perspective, I want to upgrade my AMD X2 3800+ backend cause I think it commflags too slow [19:18] the commflagging is CPU-intensive? [19:18] yep [19:19] can't be off-loaded to the GPU? [19:19] Nope, not commflagging [19:19] playback yes [19:19] But i haven't seen anything that off-loads commflagging to the CPU [19:19] would that be apparent more when playing back, or encoding? [19:20] You won't be doing any encoding usually [19:20] recording, I mean [19:20] nah, recordings is low CPU, as it is just writing the stream to the disk [19:20] playing back is low to if you use VDPAU [19:21] but the playback, you say, would suffer? [19:21] it may [19:21] what would the result in? Stuttering or something? lag? [19:21] If you don't already have another system for the backend, i'd at least test it out [19:21] perhaps stuttering [19:21] digitlman: most people do an ion for a frontend [19:22] what I'm really trying to do i replace a power hungry series 2 Tivo [19:22] and then have a nice powerful computer hiding away somewhere for their backend [19:22] with a front/back mythbox [19:22] one that I can also install other linux program on [19:23] thanks for the info....I was *really* hoping to contruct something that runs under 20 watts at load [19:24] ION seemed the trick....but maybe an i3 or i5 is better? [19:24] ion will be that for playback [19:24] not sure what will happen when you throw backend functions into the mix though [19:24] ahh i see [19:24] it's the combo that might throw it off? [19:24] !frontend [19:24] Ion Boxes make a great frontend. http://www.baablogic.net/drupal/node/2 [19:24] I have some power numbers in there for playback [19:25] in the comments section [19:25] well more cpu usage with the backend, may hike the power usage some [19:25] awesome [19:25] also hard drives in the backend, use power [19:27] what is your back end? Is it listed here? [19:28] digitlman: http://www.baablogic.net/drupal/node/13 [19:28] [www.baablogic.net] My MythTV Setup | www.baablogic.net [19:28] all my hardware is there, slightly out of date [19:29] any idea what the back end draws for power? [19:37] never measured it unfortunately [19:37] ahh [19:42] thanks for th einfo [20:04] Hi [20:05] Is there a way to edit where myth-tv pulls it's file list from? I have an external hard drive and it's mounted. I'd prefer ssh to edit the files, going through the menu is annoying [20:05] define file list [20:06] Where avi files are stored [20:06] Like /media/hard-drive/movies/myfilms.avi [20:06] just add that to a storage group in mythtv-setup [20:06] the videos storage group I think [20:16] I tried that already, but under "frontend" >> Watch Videos, it says there's no files [20:34] m > scan for changes [20:51] Ahh, I need now [20:51] Thanks. [20:52] Should the mediafiles be owned by MythTV or my own username? [21:03] Number6: as long as your user is in the mythtv group they should get created with permissions for that group and work [21:03] if you are having issues you can try to sudo chown mythtv:mythtv them [21:04] Aye, I think I'll do that. [21:05] I'm impressed with Myth-TV so far. I used Windows MCE for about 5 years now, and I miss ssh access to fix things [21:08] Hmm, I think mounting the external hard drives changed the ownerships as root [21:24] how good is bluray playback in mythtv now?