[mythtv-users] PCChips Geode MoBo?

[Francesco Peeters]

Warren schreef:
> Francesco Peeters wrote:
> 
>>Francesco Peeters schreef:
>>  
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>Does anybody have any experience with the 'new' PCChips M863G Geode3600+ 
>>>(Athlon2800+ 'mobile') (v7.1) MoBo?
>>>
>>>It looks nice enough for a frontend, although it doesn't have S-Video or 
>>>composite output (Which isn't too much of an issue for PAL TV's with 
>>>SCART), but will it bear the brunt of an added backend?
>>>
>>>My main concerns are an apparent lack of S/PDIF (though I may have 
>>>overlooked it <G>) and audio performance as well as how it performs for 
>>>video-playback.
>>>(I am planning - for starters - to have a PVR-150 in there and run both 
>>>frontend and backend on it. I hope to add separate backends in the 
>>>future, and maybe drop the tunercard in this one, although I like the 
>>>idea of it being able to work standalone if needed)
>>>
>>>TIA!
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>Ok, in view of the replies, what miniITX board (not necessarily with 
>>on-board processor, though it is easier,and usually cheaper), 
>>preferrably with s-video out, would the on-list guru's advise for above 
>>setup instead?
>>
>>I am on a relatively tight budget, so $ 400+ nanoITX boards are out of 
>>my league!  ;-)
>>
>>Cheers!
>>
>>  
>>
> I have had no problems running mythtv with a PVRx50 card on both an 
> EPIA-M10000 ( 
> http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/cPath/78_76/products_id/32 ) 
> and an EPIA-SP8000 ( 
> http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/cPath/78_76/products_id/306 
> ).  The M10000 is far cheaper (almost 30%) but will not do 
> hardware-accelerated MPEG4.  The SP8000 will do MPEG4 (when the drivers 
> support it) and is fanless.
> 
> I am hoping to get my hands on an EPIA-EN board board from the epiOS 
> guys soon, but I have to talk them into it first :)
> 
> I am not endorsing the site whose URLs I posted, they were just handy 
> and have the specs readily available.
> 
> W
> 

LOL... The SP8000 and SP13000 are exactly the same price... The only 
question is: do you want a fan or not!  ;-)

Any more suggestions/endorsements?

-- 
FP