[mythtv-users] Onboard Sk41g video

[Andrew Hogue]

Hi,

I'm using an sk41g for my mythbox.  I'm extremely happy with it right now,
it is very quiet.

The only issue is the noise of the hard drive and cd rom that I bought
for it.  Next time I would get a quieter HD since in the LiveTV recording
it makes a 'clicking' noise every few seconds when its buffering the tv I
think....  oh well.

I haven't used the on-board video since I wanted better 3D acceleration
for games etc... so I bought a cheap GeForceMX440 for like $70 CDN.

I'm using the onboard sound on it though.  I'm not quite perfectly happy
with the sound quality coming from it but its 'alright'.  I noticed a high
frequency noise when I play mp3s and movies with high treble.  But it
could simply be that my speakers don't like the signal they get from the
soundcard.  I used them previously on a standalone dvd player and didn't
hear the noise but I did with the shuttle.  I've sort of reduced it by
'muffling' them slightly with fabric which seemed to work for now.

All in all however, I'm extremely happy with the sk41g.

-- Andrew


On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 rosenbla at uchastings.edu wrote:

> >From seaching the past archivves it appears people have had success with the
> onboard tv-out of the sk41g but have reported with the Savage8 chipsets that X
> uses a lot of cpu (30%) because it is having to do software translating (YUV2) or
> scaling or something that the hardware does not support.
>
> Has any one resolved this does anyone with an sk41g use the onboard TV-out and
> is happy with it, and has it working without X using a lot of cpu? If so what CPU
> speed and distro are you using, did you have to install addtional video drivers?
>
> Thanks about to buy one.
>
> One other thing is the noise of it going to drive me crazy? I also have a dell 4300
> and it is extremely quiet I think. I am worried about that little fan on the sk41g
> whirling at 4000rpm or something and making a racket. I would plan to leave this
> system on all the time.
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