Intel Atom Server with PCH-A110 as client?

[pgbpvr]

Hi all,

I'm new to this forum.

First let me thank all the people involved, it looks like a great tool, can't wait to put it to use

I'm considering the following setup:
1. Atom based netbook (as server with GB-PVR)
1.1 USB digital+analog Tuner (don't need simultaneous, just thinking ahead for the switch)
2. PCH A-110 as client

Now, on to my question(s):
1. Can an Atom processor (netbook) be used as GB-PVR server? Can it do the duties? I'm particularly concerned with the encoding part, I think the streaming to the PCH will be easy (or will it?). Anyone used Atom HW for this?

2. What tuner would/should work with the Atom (considering it can deliver). It would have to be a USB tuner, considering the netbook part.

Thanks a lot for any info.
Pedro.

[Graham]

Digital - the broadcast stream is already encoded in MPEG so no encoding is done during recording.

Analog - GBPVR only works with analog devices that include a hardware encoder so, again, no encoding is done by the processor in the server.

The load on my 2 GHZ processor is trivial ( <10%) when recording several channels.

[sub]

It'll work, but it'll be a little slower generating screens in response to pressing buttons on the remote than a faster server would be.

[mvallevand]

I run linux on my ION 330 and in a VirtualBox XP session I have no problem serving GBPVR, without capture of course.

Martin

[pBS]

add some stress for usb as usb capture will eat processor time also...
[usb relies on processor to do some of it's work, mostly just startup of capture]

it should work fine tho as long as you aren't trying to record 2 shows at once..
[if they're both on usb] even my usb digital dongle would have dropouts when recording too many shows at once..
but one, no problem..

[pgbpvr]

Thanks for the replies

definitely going that route...

Any recommendation for a European USB capture card?

Thanks again,
Pedro.