[mythtv-users] VIA EPIA-M as a tiny frontend

[Lee Lists]

Hi Mark,

I am using an VIA M10000 as a diskless (nfsboot) myth frontend, it is 
working like a charm.
My backend is an Athlon 1000 (not XP) running as modified version of 
Mandrake-10
with kernel 2.6.5-mm4 and and PVR-250 card with ivtv-0.10.0-pre2-ck82h, 
lirc with homebrew receiver on COM2.

Power : ~ 15W
Noise : reduced by lowering fan speed.
-> i am really happy of this setup.

Good luck,
Lee

Mark a écrit :

>Does anyone have a good idea of the cheapest VIA EPIA M 
>motherboard I could find that would run MythTv only as a
>stand-alone diskless front end?  My idea is to take a very small
>mini-ITX motherboard and use it with the onboard components
>only, no add on cards, in a very tiny homemade case, with no fans,
>and no power supply, or maybe just a 12-12V supply, and no
>drives.  Only a stick of ram, flash adapter for boot, and the network
>connection.  Perhaps even a RF modulator modded into the case as
>well.  the goal would be the smallest totally fanless box I could get 
>that would run a copy of mythfrontend to just display recorded content
>over the network from the main server.  It would be displayed on a 
>small TV in the bedroom.  It would not be used for anything else, and
>would play only MPEG4 content.  Anything on the server gets converted
>to MPEG4 if it isn't already.  I keep seeing V8000A's, but I think those
>don't have TV out.  I'd need that.  How well does the TV out work compared
>to say, a NVIDIA GF4 MX440SE that I have in the main box?  Very low
>power consumption, and noiseless would be key.  Any ideas?  Maybe other
>mini-ITX boards?
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