[mythtv-users] Re:Front end choice: Mac Mini versus VIA EPIA. Mac OSX remote control?

[Adam Felson]

From: Fred Squires <fsquires at gmail.com> wrote:
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Front end choice: Mac Mini versus VIA
>	EPIA. Mac OS	X remote control?
>On 8/31/05, Andrew Morley <Andrew at teabreak.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> While most people have the idea that Macs are expensive, it seems
to
>> me that a Mac mini actually costs less than an EPIA system with a
>> comparably nice looking case. However I'm not so confident that I
>> can turn a Mac mini into a completely remote-controllable system.
>> With no serial ports, I can't see how I can use it with LIRC.
>There
>> are USB-based remote control receivers for Mac use, but they come
>> with remote controls with only very few buttons and I don't expect
>> they can be used with any other remote.
>> 

>I don't know about the other usb receivers for the Mac, but you can
>use other remotes with the keyspan.

lirc 0.7.2 now has support for the streamzap usb remote under
linux-2.6 and it works like a champ.   I dunno if the lirc_streamzap
usb driver will run on a non-intel platform.

As far as the EPIA is concerned, a bigger problem than a motherboard
fan is having a case fan.  I bought a case that uses a fan and it
could be heard two rooms away and was louder than a fridge.  I toned
it down with a 60 ohm resistor and now it is much more reasonable,
but I have to be carefull that the fan vents are unobstructed or the
system will overheat.   The shuttle-pc is a far superior solution to
itx/epia.  Quieter and uses modern cpus and desktop drives.


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