<p>I'm glad it has worked out so well . My family has loved my myth system, and the addition of the zotac to drive our new hd TV has only made it better.<br>
Good luck everyone keeping the myth going<br>
Chris</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 13, 2012 5:11 PM, "Teruel deCampo MD" <<a href="mailto:chusty@attglobal.net">chusty@attglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Sat, 2012-10-06 at 08:56 -0700, chris biddick wrote:<br>
> Terry;<br>
><br>
> 1) When I got the Zbox, my BE was running Ubuntu 11.04 with .24 myth(<br>
> I think i started with 9.04 & .21, upgraded by version since), so I<br>
> simply installed Mythbuntu 11.04 with .24 on the Zbox FE/BE.<br>
> I have since upgraded both to 12.04 & .25.<br>
> The Zbox is now Mythbuntu 12.04 & .25<br>
> I would guess that you could use whatever distro you are<br>
> familiar/comfortable with.<br>
> I have only used Ubuntu with myth installed ( for my desktop/BE<br>
> machine ) and Mythbuntu for the FE.<br>
><br>
> 2) Logitech K260 KB & M210 mouse. USB wireless dongle for those. I<br>
> suspect any wireless bundle would work fine.<br>
> There are 2 front-facing USB on my Zbox.<br>
> For remotes I have used both el-cheapo MCE remote, and my new<br>
> Harmony 700. The USB dongle for those currently reside in the second<br>
> front-facing USB on my Zbox.<br>
><br>
> 3) I never did get the Wifi to connect up correctly on a regular<br>
> basis. I'm sure it is something I dont have set right, since it<br>
> always asks for some kind of 'key ring' password or something. Not<br>
> completely sure now, since it has been 10 months since i looked at the<br>
> wifi. Since I am recording up to 2 streams from my HDHOMERUN on the<br>
> Zbox, I'm using cat-5 anyway.<br>
> I would guess that the internal wifi would be sufficient.<br>
><br>
> 4) I was going to say : Check to make sure the IP address of your FE<br>
> has not changed, That is what I ran into.<br>
> *** However, you made me realize I had not tried MythMote since<br>
> moving to .25. I just tried it and must concur with you:<br>
> It looks like .25 has broken the Mythmote connection - I too get<br>
> 'Connection Refused'.<br>
> I will try to troubleshoot it sometime next week. Worked perfectly in .24<br>
> *** additional note: I CAN connect up to my other BE/FE with<br>
> Mythmote, so it is NOT directly .25 related ... there is probably some<br>
> setting that got jobbed on my Zbox during the upgrade to .25. Now I<br>
> have to find it.<br>
><br>
> 5) Yes it should.<br>
><br>
> 6) No.<br>
><br>
> 7) VDPAU works great - I did have stuttering video/audio just the<br>
> other day, but I think my little Zbox was recording 2 1080 HD programs<br>
> while I was trying to watch a 1080 recording - first time I had ever<br>
> seen anything not play clearly.<br>
><br>
> Cant really think of anything else...<br>
><br>
> Good luck with your project.<br>
> Chris<br>
<br>
<br>
Chris,<br>
<br>
Thank you for all your suggestions and help. I have the whole thing<br>
running perfect.<br>
<br>
1. The zbox is very well design, quiet and with the right connections.<br>
<br>
2. I installed opensuse 12.2 64b<br>
<br>
3. I am running the FE wireless and I am impress by how well it works.<br>
The connection was out of the box using ifup (I do not need the network<br>
manager because it will always be connected in the same way) The better<br>
sound without any interruption may be due also do the HDMI., Before I<br>
was using a Lenovo TP with a VGA/sound connection and the sound was not<br>
perfect with some interruptions.<br>
<br>
3. The HDMI works perfect. It took me a couple of hours to figure out<br>
the sound part. The video was not an issue.<br>
<br>
4. The two wireless keyboard that I got both work out of the box. I use<br>
the logitech to do the whole setup, but the small FAVI Entertainment<br>
Wireless Keyboard it is a perfect remote. The logitech works OK but is<br>
not my type, I depend on the the IBM keyboard now manufactures by<br>
Unicomp with the "selectric" touch. I probably did not need the<br>
logitech.<br>
<br>
5. To have an optical disk in the zbox is great because I do not need an<br>
extra device to play DVDs.<br>
<br>
6. My next step is to make the system to boot directly to mythtv when I<br>
turn it on.<br>
<br>
In summa all great. Thanks again<br>
<br>
-=terry=-<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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