[mythtv-users] inexpensive frontend?
Lance Tost
ltost at pobox.com
Mon Nov 17 23:15:27 EST 2003
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> On Monday 17 November 2003 16:15, Lance Tost wrote:
> > Ah, got ya. Found a box with a Via C3 600Mhz cpu... for real
> > cheap... would just need to add a hd and a tv-out card and maybe
> > memory.. not sure.. considering it. That should be enough cpu I
> > think... Also considering an xbox as others have mentioned.
>
> Is it one of the VIA Epia mobos? If so, check to see if it's got
> integrated video/TV-out and/or an MPEG decoder on-board. Also, you
> might want to check out the 'MiniMyth' distribution for VIA Epia boxes,
> which (IIRC) supports net-booting, so you wouldn't need a hard disk,
> either (assuming you've got a backend somewhere...)
No, it isn't one of those mobos. It's an ECS P6IWP-Fe... not cutting edge
by any stretch but I just want a cheap frontend. Of course, I may want to
watch videos too and it sounds like 600MHz may not be enough for that
without hardware decoding. I guess I could get an M10000 barebones for
about $100 more (after shipping costs) so that's probably the better
option.
As someone mentioned earlier, I'm trying to improve the WAF by keeping it
cheap. So far, I've spent $100 on two of those AVerMedia M179 cards (I
hope they work well!). I still need remotes, and hardware for a second
frontend... and if that goes well, maybe a third frontend.
Thanks
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Lance Tost <ltost at pobox.com>
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