[Tfug] MMPC setup

[erich]

Well,
        This is a Pentium 4 box, not an XBox.  So we will be using
some sort of window manager over xorg-server. Since we're going
to do away with NTSC soon. I was going to start by using it to
digitize all my legacy VCR tapes.
        Thanks for the feedback.

                                                                              
Erich
Jeff Breadner wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 7:33 PM, erich <erich1 at copper.net> wrote:
>   
>> OK,
>>      I have a box in my shop. It's going to be dedicated to multimedia and
>> nothing else.
>>      My first question is this: I has Xfce installed. Should I run it with
>> Compiz instead? Will Compiz buy me anything over Xfce?
>>     
>
> It depends on what media front-end you want to use, and whether you'll
> use this box for anything else, like transcoding video or cutting out
> commercials.
>
> I run MythTV, this app always runs fullscreen, so there's no need to
> waste CPU cycles on a window manager (plus it's running on a legacy
> XBox, so it can't spare the CPU to start with).  Also, in my
> experience there's enough other stuff going on when you set up a HTPC
> for the first time that (at least initially) adding anything
> extraneous into the mix isn't that great of an idea.
>
> If you will be running applications that rely on the window manager to
> some extent (they don't always run in fullscreen), and if you can
> spare the CPU time, then you may as well give it a try.  You can
> always change it out later.
>
> cheers
>   Jeff
>
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