[mythtv] Hardware Platform

[Bryce C]

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Take a look at ltsp for net booting.
http://www.ltsp.org

On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 12:27, Jens Lohmann-Hansen wrote:
> Hi all.
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> Since Myth* is about to be decoupled into a client and a server, I've bee=
n
> wondering about creating a Myth server on a (possibly noisy but fairly bu=
ffy
> HW wise) computer in a closet or another room. Then setup a Myth client o=
n a
> minimal mini-itx thingy (that is, whithout harddrive, floppy, CDROM) that
> would boot-on-LAN from some image stored on the server. The client should=
n't
> have any fans, thus making it noise-free. Actually the client should be a
> mini-itx board with RAM in a slim case.
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> Does anyone know if this is feasible? The latest mini-itx boards from via
> has a small fan on the CPU, but does also have hardware accel. MPEG2
> decoding (as mentioned below) and drivers for RedHat, SuSE (and others?).
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> Does it sound crazy?
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> Does anyone here have experience with boot-on-LAN images? (Add to this th=
at
> a RedHat/SuSE driver must be used for hardware decoding).
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> My 2 eurocents.
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> /Jens
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew B" <abroadst@hotmail.com>
> To: <mythtv-dev@snowman.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 4:49 PM
> Subject: [mythtv] Hardware Platform
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> > Greetings.
> >[...]
> > Anyway, one thing that I think would be a great idea would be to specif=
y a
> > hardware platform for MythTV. Has anyone tried it on the VIA EPIA
> > motherboards? They are highly integrated and fit in mini iTX cases (17c=
m
> > square motherboard). They have audio, video (with TV-out including
> S-Video),
> > lan, usb, firewire (and even MPEG2 decoding in the M series) all in
> > hardware. Take a look at this site:
> > http://www.via.com.tw/en/VInternet/mini_itx.jsp. Add a small internal T=
V
> > tuner (or an external USB one), a quiet hard drive, and a slim DVD-ROM
> > player and put it all in a little black iTX case (see www.shentech.com)
> and
> > you have a pretty slick PVR machine. And you could put the whole thing
> > together for less than $500.
> >
> > Does anyone else think a worthy goal of the MythTV project should be to
> > create not only an excellent software package, but also a complete
> TiVo-like
> > device? Maybe there could be a MythTV linux distro as a single CD image
> with
> > everything you need and a recommended hardware spec. Perhaps we could e=
ven
> > convince somebody to sell the who setup - like a 9thtee.com or some sma=
ll
> > vendor.
> >
> > -Andrew
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Bryce C <Plug@BryceCo.Net>
CoBryce Communications

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