Hi Eliot (and mythtv-users),<br>
<br>
I haven't finished the installation yet; still in dabbling mode.
With Fedora Core 4 the VT310DP will boot with the single-CPU kernel but
not the default SMP kernel, but I was able to compile and install a
custom SMP kernel reasonably easily using the FC4 kernel source.
Because of the custom kernel I might not be able to use the
pre-compiled kernel modules from atrpms for things like ivtv (which I
have compiled and installed from source successfully) and/or lirc
device drivers, but compiling and installing those is straight
forward. I am trying to install the rest of MythTV from yum/rpm
repositories though; that could get painful if I have to do all that
manually as well. On the other hand it may make more sense to
build from scratch so I keep it simple and only get the mythbackend
parts.<br>
<br>
With respect to the C146, my PVR500 dual-tuner card was a shade too
long to install in the first (PCI2) slot of the dual-slot PCI riser
card AND fit back into the case; neither of the cards work if you put
them in the second (PCI3) slot. The PVR350 fits and works.
What I haven't tried (yet) is to install a "dummy" PCI card (like an
old network card) in the first slot and the PVR500 in the second.
The problem is most likely with the riser card, an active versus
passive circuit design; the descriptions at this site are what lead me
to suspect that this is the issue:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://mini-itx.com/store/?c=8#p1902">http://mini-itx.com/store/?c=8#p1902</a><br><br>
The case itself is probably not quiet enough to be in close proximity
to your entertainment environment without some acoustic
treatment/cabinet to contain the noise. You want to get as
fanless as you possibly can, particularly with respect to the power
supply and any case fans; the CPU fan noise on most VIA Mini-ITX boards
is minimal when it's in the case.<br>
<br>
One board I've toyed with the idea of using as a front end is the EPIA
TC series because of the onboard 12VDC power socket instead of
AC. It remains to be seen what can be done with the Nano-ITX, but
in theory that would be an even better option for lower-power/remote
front-end use because it also uses laptop memory (SO-DIMM) and mini-pci
wifi network cards.<br>
<br>
That's all for now; gotta work my day-job!<br>
<br>
Andrew.<br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/30/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Eliot Phillips</b> <<a href="mailto:eliot.hackaday@gmail.com">eliot.hackaday@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I found your posts in the MythTV mailing lists archive. I'm<br>considering putting together a MythTV box and really want to use the<br>c146 case. How has it been working for you? Have you gotten your DP<br>board off the ground yet? The only thing that is holding me back is
<br>the limited number of boards with DVI output. I should probably bite<br>the bullet and assume that sometime in the future I'll build a<br>frontend box with DVI for HDTV.<br><br>Eliot Phillips<br>Hack-A-Day<br><a href="http://hackaday.com">
http://hackaday.com</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><br>If you don't know what to do, do something.