Thanks Jun and Greg. I'll check it out. So much happening, so fast..<br><br>...Kevin<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/5/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Greg Cope</b> <<a href="mailto:gregcope@gmail.com">gregcope@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'd use MythDora if I were doing it again as I like fedora/redhat<br>distro's and this fits well with Jarod's guide.
<br><br>Also I think it's openchrome - or what ever that repo uses.<br><br>Greg<br><br>On 05/05/06, Jun Yu <<a href="mailto:junyuu@gmail.com">junyuu@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I have epic1K and am very happen with it. It works great. Only last week I
<br>> installed MythDora which works right out of the box include openChorme<br>> which is part of Xorg distribution an ivtv, as well as ATI remoter. Ok, some<br>> twisting are need to get the remote to work and a litter bit changes in
<br>> xorg.conf to take advantage of the noscale TV output. openChorme was<br>> created when unichrome project dropped mpeg2 support from its code.<br>> The 1300 is capable of HD decoding. No mpeg4 supported for now but CPU is
<br>> capable of decoding it. Get PVR 150 or 500 and you will have no problem to<br>> have compete myth box.<br>><br>><br>> On 5/5/06, Kevin Slater <<a href="mailto:kevin.slater@gmail.com">kevin.slater@gmail.com
</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > Greg (or others),<br>> ><br>> > maybe you can clear up some confusion:<br>> ><br>> > Unichrome? Openchrome? Which to use? Why two different projects? Does<br>
> anything take advantage of the mpeg4 acceleration that the CN400 chipset<br>> provides?<br>> ><br>> > I know of a few distros that were either slanted towards, supported or<br>> specifically targeted at the via epia series: epios, minimyth, imedia,
<br>> knoppmyth. Is any of these worth starting with? I need my box to be both<br>> front and backends (so I think that knocks out Larry Matter's minimyth).<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > ...Kevin<br>> >
<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On 5/5/06, Greg Cope <<a href="mailto:gregcope@gmail.com">gregcope@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > > I have an SP13000 and with FC4, ATRPMS and epia/unichrome rpms<br>> > > (
<a href="http://washington.kelkoo.net/epia">http://washington.kelkoo.net/epia</a>) it works fine.<br>> > ><br>> > > I still have an issue with my TV out being a little out, but it is<br>> > > more than watchable.
<br>> > ><br>> > > Works, is quite and does appear to use much power. Sometimes I think<br>> > > I could do with a faster CPU - but that usually passes.<br>> > ><br>> > > Greg
<br>> > ><br>> > > On 05/05/06, Kevin Slater < <a href="mailto:kevin.slater@gmail.com">kevin.slater@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > > > A little background - I've had a working EPIA M-9000 for a couple of
<br>> years.<br>> > > > It's woefully behind in every way (OS, MythTV version, IVTV driver),<br>> but the<br>> > > > family uses it daily. (And we don't even have a working IR remote; we<br>> use an
<br>> > > > IR keyboard.)<br>> > > ><br>> > > > So I decided after getting paid for a side admin job that it was time<br>> to<br>> > > > build a replacement. I just ordered an SP13000 + memory + SATA disk +
<br>> silent<br>> > > > power so that I could build a new MythTV and swap it in. Was my choice<br>> of<br>> > > > the SP13000 ill-advised?<br>> > > ><br>> > > > I'm not doing HD, and I'll probably use the S-Video out like I do
<br>> currently<br>> > > > with the M9k board. I'm not afraid of patching and building if so<br>> required,<br>> > > > but I was hoping with the new Unichrome stuff that I'll get much<br>> better
<br>> > > > output than what I currently get with my ancient via drivers in an old<br>> RH<br>> > > > kernel.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > ...Kevin<br>> > > ><br>> > > >
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