<div dir="ltr">The 'power' button on the MCE remote both turns on the NUC from power off state and also wakes it up from suspend (pm-suspend). I didn't have to do anything special in the BIOS or OS. That's pretty nice.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 11:16 PM, Josu Lazkano <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:josu.lazkano@gmail.com" target="_blank">josu.lazkano@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">2014-09-29 4:33 GMT+02:00 Mike Rice <<a href="mailto:mikerice1969@gmail.com">mikerice1969@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
> I am building a new living room frontend and thought I'd share my<br>
> experience. This is my first mythbox the uses Intel graphics.<br>
><br>
> Base Hardware with current Amazon Prime delivered price:<br>
> $142.61 Intel NUC DN2820FYKH with Intel Celeron N2820<br>
> $ 38.99 Kingston Technology 4GB 1600MHz DDR3L PC3-12800 1.35V Non-ECC CL11<br>
> SODIMM Intel Laptop Memory KVR16LS11/4<br>
> -------<br>
> $181.60<br>
><br>
> I built and compared three different storage options:<br>
><br>
> -------------- Option 1 -------------------<br>
> $ 20.75 Generic 80gb 80 gb 2.5 SATA Internal Hard Drive<br>
> -------<br>
> $202.35 Total<br>
><br>
> -------------- Option 2 -------------------<br>
> $ 16.79 SanDisk Cruzer 32GB USB 2.0 Low-Profile Flash Drive SDCZ33-032G-B35<br>
> ------<br>
> $198.39 Total<br>
><br>
> -------------- Option 3 -------------------<br>
> $37.35 Kingston Digital 2-Inch 30GB SSDNow mS200 mSATA (6Gbps) SSD<br>
> $11.63 Syba mSATA SSD to 2.5-Inch SATA Adapter (SY-ADA40050)<br>
> ------<br>
> $230.58 Total<br>
><br>
> Build Install Notes:<br>
><br>
> Install: 4 screws out, slide in memory, drive, replace screws.<br>
> BIOS Update: 0039 BIOS on flash drive, install with F7 during boot.<br>
> BIOS settings: Set Legacy Boot, 512MB IGD Minimum Memory<br>
> Install Mythbuntu 14.04.1, selected Windows Media Center Remote<br>
> Updated everything to latest:<br>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mythbuntu/0.27<br>
> sudo apt-get update<br>
> sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio<br>
> sudo apt-get install bc i965-va-driver vainfo<br>
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade<br>
> reboot<br>
> alsamixer: volume up<br>
> Audio: Find the one that works. For me: ALSA:plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=3<br>
> Video: VAAPI Normal<br>
><br>
> Testing:<br>
> All three drive options performed fine for me. The CPUs where about 20% and<br>
> 40% load during playback of the football game I used to test. Almost all of<br>
> my recordings are 720p from HDPVRs with occasional 1080i from OTA HDHR. My<br>
> old frontend used a Windows Media Center remote so that just works without<br>
> any hassle. I used wired network. This NUC has a wireless card installed<br>
> but I don't plan to use that.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Frontend menu Playback Boot Time<br>
> Option 1 (2.5 HDD) 8w 14w 70 sec<br>
> Option 2 (Flash Drive) 6w 11w 50 sec<br>
> Option 3 (SSD/adapter) 8w 12w 34 sec<br>
><br>
> Power measured with a Kill A Watt. Still playing with this frontend so I am<br>
> willing to test something else if anyone is interested.<br>
><br>
> Anyone else build one of these? Any problems? So far it looks good and it<br>
> will be nice to get the desktop size frontend out of the living room.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div></div>Thanks Mike for the review.<br>
<br>
I am interested in this device, it will be great to put back of the TV.<br>
<br>
One question: Is it possible to resume from IR receiver (USB) from suspend/halt?<br>
<br>
Kind regards.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
Josu Lazkano<br>
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