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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 16/07/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">DaveD</b> <<a href="mailto:mythtv@guiplot.com">mythtv@guiplot.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">When I first started building my system about 3 years ago, I had a lot<br>of trouble with the 64-bit stuff (apps not pre-built or supported at
<br>all, trouble building apps, etc), but things have improved greatly. I'm<br>running Fedora 5 with current updates and a Myth .21 RPM from Atrpms,<br>all x86_64 and all works well. I'm using Nvidia's proprietary driver
<br>from RPM but I've run their installer/compiler, too, all fine. I use<br>Mplayer for videos (or Mythvideo), Xine for DVD's, burn CDs and DVDs<br>with K3b, QDVDAuthor, have a flash card reader that pops up Gwenview
<br>when a card is inserted or my camera plugs in, etc, etc, etc.<br><br>One exception is Mozilla; I run the 32-bit version so Flash and Java<br>will work (no 64-bit Flash or Java plugins available, STILL!!).<br><br>I've tried running 32-bit OS version (when things were not going well)
<br>and noticed the difference in speed. The 64-bit builds really do run<br>faster. Ubuntu didn't support the 64-bit very well when I first tried<br>it, but last time it was fully supported. I recommend it.<br><br>
DaveD<br><br>mielikki g wrote:<br>> I'm looking for a good starting point for a quiet system. In my<br>> current system which I want to replace with something quieter, I have<br>> a PVR-350 that I will likely use in the new system and a 500GB IDE
<br>> drive.<br>><br>> I'm looking at this as a base system:<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/std/sku=AMD_Barebones.html">http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/std/sku=AMD_Barebones.html
</a><br>><br>> I'd be using gentoo, ivtv (for the PVR-350), and mythtv. I've never<br>> run a 64-bit CPU before so I don't know if I have to worry about<br>> compatibility issues. I'm not really sure what it has for video.
<br>> (Looking at the motherboard on newegg, if it's the same one, it says<br>> "the ASUS M2NPV-VM comes with NVIDIA's 6150 video processor and an<br>> HDTV output module and can support up to 1080i or 720p resolution".)
<br>><br>> Any thoughts?<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> mythtv-users mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>> <a href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">
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<div>If you're looking for quiet, you can't usually go wrong with mini-ITX boards unless you're into HD or multiple capture cards.</div>
<div>(You can strap on USB capture but that's not very pretty and its limited).</div>
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<div>If all you want is a silent way of running your PVR-350 then an old mini-itx EPIA-500 will be cheap, silent, small and barely</div>
<div>consume electricity.</div>
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<div>(Now what I'd really like to see is a "max-ITX" i.e. one of the more powerfull (or even less powerful) mini-ITX boards with</div>
<div>more PCI slots so you can use it as a low power backend....</div>
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<div>Cheers</div>
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<div>Steve</div>
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