[mythtv-users] Success! EPIA-M Fedora Core 2

Fri Nov 5 13:54:36 UTC 2004

I agree with everything you said and suspect that the differnce in our
two systems is the dvb card you have VS the pvr350 I had.  It would be
an interesting test for someone who had a working setup to switch cards
and see if the problem persists or goes away.

On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 03:12, Steve Hayles (diverse) wrote:
> I did intend to run a Fedora system but ended up using debian but I can
> comment on MY experience with the EPIA. Although its been a fairly long road
> to get there,  I now have an epia m1000 running as combined front and
> backend.  I am just looking at it through SSH right now and the backend has
> been running now for over a month and the frontend only locks up very
> occasionally.  
> 
> I have not had a single DMA issue with the harddrive although the DVB card I
> ran took a lot of experimentation to get running reliably
> 
> I am  picking up Freeview transmissions in the UK and I am delighted with
> the unit.  Its practically silent, has even achieved complete approval from
> the wife,  and using the latest unichrome drivers with the flicker filter
> turned off I am almost at the point where I can't tell the difference in
> output between a decent Freeview box I use and the Epia.  The XvMC hardware
> decoding works brilliantly and the unit can record one show and play back
> another with about 25% CPU usage.
> 
> I could not get the latest color OSD patches to apply correctly but as soon
> as I can solve that I would consider the system bordering on complete.
> 
> I also have another Epia network booting using minimyth and that is also a
> great way to go but having had a complete ban on ugly cables around the
> house its great to be able to build a compeletly standalone box.
> 
> I am not disagreeing with anything said previously but merely wanted to
> share my own experience.  I have spent a year messing about with Myth,
> various hardware, frontend, backend combinations and this Epia based system
> suits me best.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Travis Kelley
> Sent: 05 November 2004 05:02 AM
> To: Juan C. Gallardo
> Cc: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Success! EPIA-M Fedora Core 2
> 
> At this point I can't personally recommend using a m10000/m6000 to anyone as
> a combined frontend/backend with disks internal.  However in my experience,
> and I have run mine both ways, it works great when you netboot it and don't
> have any hard drives internal.  I think this is how Ivor is running his and
> he says he has no problems.  I think that removing all the dma traffic from
> the hard disk from the system is enough to keep it from locking on you.  If
> you do get one I would definately look into netboot.
> 
> On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 13:58, Juan C. Gallardo wrote:
> > I was thinking on buying a m10k, but I now I am concern about the dma 
> > thing.
> > You guys that already have one, would you recommend one of this in 
> > case of wanting a silent computer for my tv-room?
> > 
> > On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 11:43 -0500, Travis Kelley wrote:
> > > Not to dampen your spirits any but I had a m10000 working great to.  
> > > But the dma issues do begin to become a problem if you are planning 
> > > on leaving it on all the time.  One suggestion...I know it makes the 
> > > system slow but turning off DMA on the hard drive does help.  
> > > Actually if you network boot the eden without a hard drive people 
> > > have reported great success.  I've been pretty happy with mine since 
> > > I started network booting it (its almost silent also).  I have been 
> > > using mine in that role here lately and it works pretty well, but 
> > > I'm planning on moving back to a combined backend/frontend on a new 
> > > P4 2.8 here in the next day or so.  Anybody want a used via:)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 10:51, Kenneth Wong wrote:
> > > > Just wanted to share my good fortune with everyone here. :)  I've 
> > > > successfully put together a Myth-TV box on an EPIA M10000 board 
> > > > using Fedora Core 2.
> > > > 
> > > > The sound is a little iffy because I think I didn't setup ALSA 
> > > > properly, but I was able to:
> > > >  - record a one hour show last night
> > > >  - playback the same show while it was recording
> > > >  - surf through the channels
> > > > 
> > > > I don't know how stable it is at this point because I've heard 
> > > > that there are DMA issues that may come into play.  But this is 
> > > > the furthest I've ever gotten and I'm damn excited. :)
> > > > 
> > > > As a quick summary, I followed the instructions provided at:
> > > > 
> > > > http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php
> > > > 
> > > > I skipped the video driver installation portion of the doc.
> > > > 
> > > > I then followed the instructions at:
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.kingcot.eclipse.co.uk/unichrome/
> > > > 
> > > > to get the unichrome drivers up and running.
> > > > 
> > > > Everything worked beautifully!
> > > > 
> > > > I'm now in the process of re-building my box without any of the 
> > > > extra overhead of KDE/GNOME (also to try and see if I can document 
> > > > everything cleanly for others).
> > > > 
> > > > A BIG thanks to everyone in the MythTV community.  I couldn't have 
> > > > pulled this off without all the help here.
> > > > 
> > > > Ken.
> > > > 
> > > > 
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