So it's been a few months. Is anyone successfully running mythTV on this Zonbu device? <br><br>It has a hardware MPEG2 decoder. Has anyone tried watching HD on it?<br><br>Thanks,<br> - Dave<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Jul 2, 2007 3:59 AM, Steve Smith <<a href="mailto:st3v3.sm1th@gmail.com">st3v3.sm1th@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 30/06/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Allan Stirling</b> <<a href="mailto:Dibblahmythml0015@pendor.org" target="_blank">Dibblahmythml0015@pendor.org</a>> wrote:
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Steve Meyers wrote:<br>>>> I wonder if it will be a capable myth frontend! $250, small, silent<br>>>> linux pc.<br>> >><br>>>> Seems too good to be true.<br>>>><br>>> It is.
<br>>><br>>> "The Zonbu device does not have a hard disk. Instead, a 4GB<br>>> compact flash (similar to what digital cameras and MP3<br>>> players use) stores the operating system and the application
<br>>> which have been installed. The remaining space of the<br>>> compact flash is used as a cache to store local copies of<br>>> files you've recently used; special software keeps these<br>>> copies synchronized with the online storage servers. "
<br>><br>> I have a frontend running on a 4GB compact flash drive. Why does a<br>> small, silent frontend need to have storage?<br>Personally speaking, it doesn't. I have 3 frontends, one<br>with local storage. The rest are NFS booted.
<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Allan.<br>_______________________________________________<br></blockquote></div><br></div>From the description it sounds like a mini-ITX board with a VIA C3 processor. That's just guess work though.
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<br>Mythfrontends can be totally diskless if you want, and just boot across the network say from the backend.And anyway<br>by replacing the OS (maybe just replace the CFlash disk) we can configure whatever we want. The screenshots appear to
<br>be showing a Linux like OS which is promising. <br>So the NFS question is moot really.<br><br>I'd be interested in what TV-OUT facilities were available if any...<br><br>It's an interesting concept as it is though, a low power PC that you "rent" storage and OS for...hmmm.
<br><br>Cheers<br><font color="#888888"><br>Steve<br><br><br><br>
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