[mythtv-users] Re: mythtv-users_Digest, EPIA frontend answers

[Darrick Hartman]

>I'm planning a new mythfrontend, using an old
>DVD-player as the case.
>I also plan to use the fanless Epia MII-6000 or
M6000, >as it is silent and has onboard mpeg2 decoder.


>Also - since the CPU of the M6000/MII-6000 is rather
>slow, I'm not sure it will work fine as frontend. All


That depends on the resolution of the recorded
program.  Go over to www.linpvr.org and check out the
forums.  There is a distro designed to do what you
want to do and alot of people with that hardware.
 

>Should I use an M10000 instead of the M6000? I like a
>silent system... 

There is a case you can use which replaces the fan
with a heat pipe, but the case is pretty expensive
compared to other cases.

>The system will be completely diskless, botting from
>either network or 
>compact-flash. It will have 256-512mb ram. 

The mini-myth distro at www.linpvr.org does that.


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