[forgot to include the list on my reply]<span class="gmail_quote"><br></span>Hi Geoff,<br>
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Reply inline...<span class="q"><br>
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On 10/6/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">R. Geoffrey Newbury</b> <<a href="mailto:newbury@mandamus.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">newbury@mandamus.org</a>> wrote:</span><div>
<span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:02:01 -0400, Andrew Plumb wrote:<br>Has anyone had a chance to install+run MythTV, specifically the backend,<br>on<br>one of the new EPIA VT-310DP dual-proc/SMP boards?<br><br><a href="http://www.viaembedded.com/product/epia_dp_spec.jsp?motherboardId=3D321" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.viaembedded.com/product/epia_dp_spec.jsp?motherboardId=3D321</a></blockquote></span><div><br>
Link correction: <a href="http://www.viaembedded.com/product/epia_dp_spec.jsp?motherboardId=321" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.viaembedded.com/product/epia_dp_spec.jsp?motherboardId=321
</a><br>
</div><span class="q"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Any known gotchas running this with a PVR-500?<br><br>It's time for me to move the backend off the current machine, into the
<br>basement. Once this is done my next step will be to replace my current<br>M10K+PVR-350 based machine with an SP13K or Nano based, fanless front-end<br>machine.<br><br>******************<br>Neat board. Gigahertz networking and HDTV level TV out!
</blockquote></span><div><br>
Note that only the Nano and SP13K have TV out; the DP only has a VGA
port. That said, this board does have both a PCI and mini-PCI
slot; you could put a dedicated 802.11a/g card in the mini-pci to serve
up content on a dedicated WiFi channel. I never did have any luck
tracking down a source for mini-pci TV Tuners for us mere
end-power-users.<br>
</div><span class="q"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Dual processors... at about 7 watts max each processor. Supposed to run
<br>fanless!
</blockquote></span><div><br>
That's part of the plan; emphasis on low-power since the back-end
machine is going to be always-on. Ideally, I'd like to set it up
to wake-on-lan (when front-end machines want access) and timed
power-on/off for program updates and recording activity. First
things first; get the machine built and running. :-)<br>
</div><span class="q"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">BUT, you have to recompile your kernel for SMP AND recompile every module
<br>against that kernel.
<br>And there is no guarantee that mythtvbackend has been written to take<br>advantage of SMP capabilities.</blockquote></span><div><br>
You're right, the backend itself probably won't benefit much, but based
on personal experience just having dual proc for distributing generic
process load should help overall system performance.<br>
<br>
I'm hoping the existing i686 SMP modules will work using FC4 and
<a href="http://atrpms.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">atrpms.net</a>. Fortunately, I'm no stranger to roll-yer-own
distributions and compilation activity, it's just messy and
time-consuming and I'd rather spend that extra time contributing
enhancements and documentation to existing instructions and
binaries. You do what you have to do. :-)<br>
</div><span class="q"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">But now that this board is here, maybe mythtv should be SMP capable.
<br>Having dual processors, even if the max CPU speed is only 1Ghz will really
<br>speed up commercial detection etc.<br><br>Interesting that it only takes a max of 1Gig of memory....</blockquote></span><div><br>
Look again. The DP takes up to 2GB; 1GB per slot, of which it has two. <br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">HOW MUCH????</blockquote><div><br>
If you e-mail the folks at RB Computing (see
<a href="http://www.shoprbc.com/ca/company/contact.php" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.shoprbc.com/ca/company/contact.php</a>), they can order it for
you. I was quoted $509.00, but I've been pestering them for
months about this board and pay cash in person for all my orders (no
shipping or credit-card transaction fees); you should be able to find a
similar local shop to frequent in the GTA.<br>
<br>
I'm putting it all in a Casetronic rackmount C146 (see
<a href="http://www.casetronic.com/products/Rackmount/1U-Rackmount/1U-Rackmount.asp" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.casetronic.com/products/Rackmount/1U-Rackmount/1U-Rackmount.asp
</a>)
so I have room to add a second tuner (I have a spare PVR-350) and more
LVM-extended, SATA storage as the need arises.<br>
</div>Andrew.<br clear="all">
</div><br>-- <br><br>If you don't know what to do, do something.