Anyone run MythTV or similar on G4 Mac Mini

I'm thinking of buying a cheap G4 Mac Mini on eBay, and putting Debian on it.
Running it as a seed box and general fileserver, and ideally with MythTV too with TV tuner.
Has anyone tried MythTV or similar on the G4? I'm unsure if it's going to have enough power to do the encoding stuff, if I want to save a TV programme.

The machine was working fine for more than a year. It was running EyeTV all of the time, cutting videos and archiving movies. No problem there ...
I know you're going to find this "unacceptable":
That doesn't mean anything when it comes to RAM and iDVD. iDVD will find any RAM quality weakness. Weakness that even RAM testing software won't find. I've seen it a lot here.
Apple (OEM), Micron (Crucial.com), and Samsung are highly regarded. I even saw a removed Micron solve an encoding problem. Hey, nothing is prefect.
Some "fine reading":
Overview of RAM issues
iTunes and bad RAM
Is Your Memory Failing?
Macworld: Is your memory bad?
Macworld: Upgrading RAM: FAQs

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