Anne et Jean-Marc Baty jmbaty@free.fr writes:

Bonsoir anne et Jean-Marc,

I want to make a diskless vdr client box... I've got a VDR server whith streamdev-server, a full features DVB-S and a budget DVB-S cards. For the client side box i've got a PIII 866 Mghz whith a Matrox MGA 400 DH (so i need softdevice too) I want to know if it possible to get timeshifting, timers, and viewing recording from my VDR-server whith this configuration ???

that's the kind of configuration i'm using at home. A server running vdr in a kitchen cupboard and a diskless box in the living room. While I'm still using vdr-streamdev for occasionnal http streamings I choosed the networked vdr-xine solution. That solution is easier to set up and more robust. Vdr runs on the server, timers/recordings/timeshifting happen on it. And the box in the living room just acts as a remote display. In fact i'm using freevo but you could just run xine on your diskless box and control vdr thru it.

You'll find more informations about the great vdr-xine here: http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2005-August/004173.html

and informations about the nice network hack here: http://mitglied.lycos.de/peterweber69/xine/xine.htm

Considering the capabilities of your PIII 866Mhz+MGA400 to play mpeg2, I can't really tell for sure but i think it will be ok. (last time i was surprised to see my p3 600+gforce mx200 was able to play mpeg2)

Bonne chance !

syrius.ml@no-log.org a écrit :

Considering the capabilities of your PIII 866Mhz+MGA400 to play mpeg2, I can't really tell for sure but i think it will be ok. (last time i was surprised to see my p3 600+gforce mx200 was able to play mpeg2)

Remember the old times, when we were happy playing DVD's on a Celeron 466 + Sis 6326. No spare CPU power, but that still works.