Attnetion: anyone with a HTPC!

[dgr]

hi

stupid question but here goes:

wanting to build a SILENT htpc with DVDRW and tv tuner.

easiest method i can guess is an amd/p4 flexitx/miniitx system with zalman flower cpu cooler and a big, slow 80mm fan.

thing is - i know the older (COOLER!) cpus aren't that powerful. should be fine for mp3s, divx, tv tuner (nebula DVB pci) but:

if i record from the nebula, i will get (from sudhian forum):

You can't change the recording options because in the digitv software because the software is not encoding mpeg 2, it simply records the mpeg2 stream as it is being broadcast, _unmodified_, which is usually 4-6mbps, sound is mpeg 2.0 48khz 256kbps. You can use whatever program you like to convert the mpeg2 file to DIVX etc, or burn it to a DVD with a DVD writer (that's my next toy, the sony DRU500A .

how long would it take to convert that to a bitrate that i would want to put on archived dvd? and if i chose not to change the bitrate, how long could i expect to get on 1 dvd?

cheers

dgr

[bmh.01]

That bitrate would be fine to record straight to DVD and you would get about 1.5 - 2 hours per dvd.

[dgr]

cheers, so maybe 1-2 films to a dvd.

cheaz!