[mythtv-users] Advice on Building a Quiet MythTV Box?

Nicolas Will nico at youplala.net
Sun Nov 16 21:09:12 UTC 2008


On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 12:53 -0800, Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Carl-Magnus Björkell
> <carl-magnus.bjorkell at pp.inet.fi> wrote:
> > Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > However, if you've followed the mailing lists you've seen that
> nVidia
> > recently released drivers that allow GPU assisted decoding of h264,
> > which would help alot in creating a quiet HD-able system. I haven't
> > tested the new beta drivers myself, but according to the benchmarks
> at
> > Phoronix
> >
> (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_vdpau&num=1)
> > it should be really _really_ effective. You'd probably want to look
> into
> > that some more :)
> 
> I just joined the mailing list... so I don't really have much of a
> background on MythTV yet.  But anyways....


This is a good place to know, then:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/


> 
> Are there any graphics cards, with this GPU, that are quiet?  (Which I
> guess would mean fan-less?)


Follow the thread:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/357341

Nico



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