[mythtv-users] New Myth Front End

[Joshua Lewis]

I am obviously smoking crack. Because I want a well supported MOBO  
that has GB Ethernet, Built in TV out, Bluetooth, built in CF reader,  
SATA and a partridge in a pear tree

I want to stream all my TV over the network. I am slowly running CAT  
6 through my house.

But I could always have the TV out be a PCI card or I guess I could  
even use a VGA to Something adapter.
I could use a Bluetooth USB dongle
I can use a Flash drive in the IDE slot too.

So I have options but I would like to find something close.


On Mar 3, 1984, at 1:52 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote:

> Joshua Lewis wrote:
>> I want to put together a myth Front end. I will also be using it  
>> as front
>> end for another project called plutohome.
>>
>> I found several Mobos that were small and some fanless. But I am  
>> new to
>> linux and don't know where to find the best resources for supported
>> hardware.
>>
>> Will one of these suffice for TV-Out?
>>
>> TV out - VT1622, VT1622A, VT1623, Chrontel, CH7011
>>
>> I am trying to use one of the small Mini-ITX mobos. Has anyone had  
>> any
>> experiance good or bad? I would like to make a wise decision as I  
>> will be
>> buying like five of them for my house.
>>
>>
>>
> The Via motherboards are great, IF you are willing to accept that  
> there are restrictions on their capabilities.
> The SP13000 is about the latest board and chipset. It has the  
> VT1623 TV out chip and will do (it says... I cannot check) 1024 x  
> 1024 output to TV. I know it does Standard Definition quite well. I  
> generally watch on a monitor at 1024x768. I know nothing about the  
> Chrontel or CH7011.
>
> A new nano-itx motherboard from Via is listed as having the VT1625  
> chipset which is supposed to be able to do full 1980x1080 HD output  
> om hardware. These boards are supposed to be available.
>
> Note that this board would have everything you need for a frontend,  
> but is extremely limited in expansion capabilities and has only a  
> single mini-PCI card slot... so no backend use (without an adapter).
>
> However, you will also need to get this into a case and get a power  
> supply for it... but it will work from a laptop brick: about 10  
> watts max!
> And whether or not it meets your needs could be impossible to tell  
> from the specs alone.
> I would not buy 5 at once. I do intend to buy *one* in the near  
> future to check out its capabilities. At the very worst, it will  
> make a nice small file server or wbe server!
>
> Geoff
>
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