Re: Showshifter - minimum PC spec?

["Jason Lee" <jasonjlee@xxxxxxx>]

OK  I'll bite.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:40 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Showshifter - minimum PC spec?


> I have decided to follow a three-pronged approach:
>
> 1: Install showshifter, with Digiguide, and Digishift, IF MY PC IS
GOOD
ENOUGH
>
> 2: Borrow a TiVo from a friend :-)
>
> 3: Continue my discussions with SonicBlue about an "early
adopters bulk
buy" for ReplayTVUK
>
> I do NOT want to enter into any debate about whether this purchase
strategy is sensible :-)
>
> However, I would like an indication of whether the following
equipment
would be suitable for running Showshifter:
>
> 1: My existing server - a P2-300, with 128Mb RAM
>
> 2: A Viaboard, with an 800Mhz VIA chip
>
> 3: If neither of the above, an indication of the reasonable minimum
spec?
>
> Results based on personal experience are infinitely preferable to
results
based on speculation :-)
>
> Mark

This all really depends on the capture card your using. If you pickup a
wintv card im not sure that software mjpeg will cope well on either a
p2-300
or via 800mhz.
My card does hardware mjpeg and bumps between 0% to 10% processor
usage.
That's why I can still run the other things I do.

When you say Viaboard, do you mean any, or the little 1 pci slot eden?

Reasonable minium spec? There are some listed on the showshifter
website
that are about right from what I remember of 2 years tinkering with it.

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