[mythtv-users] Zonbu PC and Myth

[Dave D]

So it's been a few months.  Is anyone successfully running mythTV on this
Zonbu device?

It has a hardware MPEG2 decoder.  Has anyone tried watching HD on it?

Thanks,
 - Dave

On Jul 2, 2007 3:59 AM, Steve Smith <st3v3.sm1th at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 30/06/07, Allan Stirling <Dibblahmythml0015 at pendor.org> wrote:
> >
> > Steve Meyers wrote:
> > >>> I wonder if it will be a capable myth frontend! $250, small, silent
> > >>> linux pc.
> > >  >>
> > >>> Seems too good to be true.
> > >>>
> > >> It is.
> > >>
> > >> "The Zonbu device does not have a hard disk. Instead, a 4GB
> > >> compact flash (similar to what digital cameras and MP3
> > >> players use) stores the operating system and the application
> > >> which have been installed. The remaining space of the
> > >> compact flash is used as a cache to store local copies of
> > >> files you've recently used; special software keeps these
> > >> copies synchronized with the online storage servers. "
> > >
> > > I have a frontend running on a 4GB compact flash drive.  Why does a
> > > small, silent frontend need to have storage?
> > Personally speaking, it doesn't. I have 3 frontends, one
> > with local storage. The rest are NFS booted.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Allan.
> > _______________________________________________
> >
>
> From the description it sounds like a mini-ITX board with a VIA C3
> processor. That's just guess work though.
>
> Mythfrontends can be totally diskless if you want, and just boot across
> the network say from the backend.And anyway
> by replacing the OS (maybe just replace the CFlash disk) we can configure
> whatever we want. The screenshots appear to
> be showing a Linux like OS which is promising.
> So the NFS question is moot really.
>
> I'd be interested in what TV-OUT facilities were available if any...
>
> It's an interesting concept as it is though, a low power PC that you
> "rent" storage and OS for...hmmm.
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>
>
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