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| pkuyken | I need some advice. I am planning on cutting the cord an am looking for a decently performing, lowest cost recommendation for a Mythbuntu machine. I've looked at the Intel NUC but am wondering if there are other options, and also, just how much machine is needed to support a front/backend combo setup. | 16:25 |
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| tgm4883 | pkuyken: going OTA? | 16:26 |
| pkuyken | I currently have a HDHomerun extend | 16:26 |
| pkuyken | yes, OTA | 16:26 |
| pkuyken | I was trying to get it working with an old Mac Mini, but it predates HDMI and is a pain to get connected to the TV. | 16:27 |
| tgm4883 | well backend doesn't take much. Mostly you need to be able to write to disk and read from disk fast enough | 16:27 |
| pkuyken | from my (failed) Mini I have a 250 GB Samsung SSD I was going to use. | 16:28 |
| tgm4883 | I've never understood why people try to put other OS's on Mac hardware | 16:28 |
| pkuyken | A while back I was looking at the Intel NUC, but damn they're pricey. | 16:28 |
| pkuyken | well, to be honest, that attempt was with a homebrew mythtv package. I got it working, but it was glitchy as hell with my setup. | 16:29 |
| pkuyken | it was also a 2007 model mini. pretty slow one at that. | 16:30 |
| pkuyken | regardless, that is the past. I'm looking forward. :~) | 16:30 |
| tgm4883 | So anyway, backend stuff is pretty slim, minimally need hard drive read/write speed | 16:30 |
| tgm4883 | For the frontend, you can get away with a slower CPU if you can offload stuff to the GPU | 16:30 |
| tgm4883 | pkuyken: I'd ask in #mythtv-users as there will be more people there that can assist. I'm at work so a bit limited with what I can do now | 16:32 |
| pkuyken | tgm4883: Thanks! | 16:32 |
| tgm4883 | yw | 16:32 |
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