[linux-dvb] Re: Minimum system

[Guido Fiala <gfiala@s.netic.de>]

>> im trying to setup SuSE linux for VDR.
>> What is the minimum system that is required to run?
>
>I had vdr sort-of running on a PentiumPro 150 MHz
>with 64MB of RAM. With a SCSI disk this worked OK,
>with a UDMA controller and an IDE disk it was almost
>OK. That's about a year ago, though, so your mileage
>may vary with today's versions.
>
>I had recently used vdr on a Pentium III 450 MHz
>and IDE disks without UDMA, which caused vdr to
>become so busy during fast-forward that it would
>no longer respond to any remote control commands.
>So a relatively high band width to your disks is
>a requirement.

No, vdr will always use up full disk bandwidth (unless <25 I-frames/sec)
on fast forward/rewind - maybe we should have a programmable
frame-rate-limit in setup.conf?


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