[mythtv-users] How buff is enough? - Epia, Myth and DVD burning

[anders smith]

I have a box based on pvr250 and epia M10k, rh9 and a Senreniti2000 
case with 50w ps, that because of the heat from the pvr250 and the HD 
(maxtor diamondmax9 120gb) unfortunately is more noisy that I had 
planned, but it's small and neat. I also haven't noticed any problems 
powerwise is only having 50w.

It can however play back and record without any problem and only has a 
slight stutter when the osd fades in and out. I've never tried the 
shutdown/wakeup, but would love to.

Followed Jerods howto and it worked like a charm, the only thing to 
remember was to that the audio needed to be tweaked as there is an 
issue with the sampling rate, but it's well documented and easy to make 
work. I use the tv out, have mpeg playback in hardware, haven't had any 
real problems and have regularly used the firewire to backup programs.

I'd recommend it if you can find a power supply that is quiet as the 
processor fan is really quit.

rgds
anders

On May 5, 2004, at 10:42 PM, myth-lane at dowobeha.net wrote:

> I currently have MythTV working on my 1 GHz AMD desktop system using a 
> WinTV
> 250. Unfortunately, the machine is quite loud, and I'd like to build a
> dedicated box that can live in the living room. I'm trying to assemble 
> the
> quietest, cheapest small form factor machine that can do what I want. 
> I'm
> shooting for the USD$350 mark, and I already have the WinTV 250 and 
> the hard
> drive. Here's what my research so far has led me to. I'd appreciate any
> comments:
>
>
> Hardware:
>
> TV card: WinTV 250
> RAM: 256 MB or 512 MB
> Motherboard/CPU/TV-out: VIA Epia ME6000 or VIA Epia 10000 (Nehemiah)
> Power supply: 70 Watt PW-70A (http://www.mini-box.com/pw-70a.htm)
> Case: Recommendations for cheap & quiet cases welcomed!
>
> Here's what I'd like it to do:
>
> Run MythTV frontend and backend on same machine
> Record one TV show and simultaneously watch a recorded show
> Should be no louder than my VCR
> Burn a DVD from recorded MPEG2 files
> Pref be able to burn a DVD while recording a different show
> Be able to turn itself on and off based on scheduled recordings
>
>
>
> So, does this seem reasonable? Can all of that be done on a 600 MHz 
> ME6000? If
> not, does the 1 GHz Nehemiah on the Epia 10000 make for a noticably 
> louder
> system? Will the 70 Watt power supply provide enough power? Are the 
> Via drivers
> sufficiently stable for use on a MythTV box? Can anyone verify that 
> the Epia
> boards are supported for Shutdown/Wakeup functionality (I looked 
> through the
> nvram code and it appears to be supported there)?
>
> Wow. OK. That's enough for now. Any and all suggestions and comments 
> are
> appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Lane Schwartz
>
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