[mythtv-users] just bought an SP13000, did I make a stupid mistake?

[Greg Cope]

I'd use MythDora if I were doing it again as I like fedora/redhat
distro's and this fits well with Jarod's guide.

Also I think it's openchrome - or what ever that repo uses.

Greg

On 05/05/06, Jun Yu <junyuu at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have epic1K and am very happen with it. It works great. Only last week I
> installed MythDora  which works right out of the box include openChorme
> which is part of Xorg distribution an ivtv, as well as ATI remoter. Ok, some
> twisting are need to get the remote to work and a litter bit changes in
> xorg.conf to take advantage of the noscale TV output.  openChorme was
> created when unichrome project dropped mpeg2 support from its code.
> The 1300 is capable of HD decoding. No mpeg4 supported for now but CPU is
> capable of decoding it. Get PVR 150 or 500 and you will have no problem to
> have compete myth box.
>
>
> On 5/5/06, Kevin Slater <kevin.slater at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Greg (or others),
> >
> > maybe you can clear up some confusion:
> >
> > Unichrome? Openchrome? Which to use? Why two different projects? Does
> anything take advantage of the mpeg4 acceleration that the CN400 chipset
> provides?
> >
> > I know of a few distros that were either slanted towards, supported or
> specifically targeted at the via epia series: epios, minimyth, imedia,
> knoppmyth. Is any of these worth starting with? I need my box to be both
> front and backends (so I think that knocks out Larry Matter's minimyth).
> >
> >
> > ...Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/5/06, Greg Cope <gregcope at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have an SP13000 and with FC4, ATRPMS and epia/unichrome rpms
> > > (http://washington.kelkoo.net/epia) it works fine.
> > >
> > > I still have an issue with my TV out being a little out, but it is
> > > more than watchable.
> > >
> > > Works, is quite and does appear to use much power.  Sometimes I think
> > > I could do with a faster CPU - but that usually passes.
> > >
> > > Greg
> > >
> > > On 05/05/06, Kevin Slater < kevin.slater at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > A little background - I've had a working EPIA M-9000 for a couple of
> years.
> > > > It's woefully behind in every way (OS, MythTV version, IVTV driver),
> but the
> > > > family uses it daily. (And we don't even have a working IR remote; we
> use an
> > > > IR keyboard.)
> > > >
> > > > So I decided after getting paid for a side admin job that it was time
> to
> > > > build a replacement. I just ordered an SP13000 + memory + SATA disk +
> silent
> > > > power so that I could build a new MythTV and swap it in. Was my choice
> of
> > > > the SP13000 ill-advised?
> > > >
> > > > I'm not doing HD, and I'll probably use the S-Video out like I do
> currently
> > > > with the M9k board. I'm not afraid of patching and building if so
> required,
> > > > but I was hoping with the new Unichrome stuff that I'll get much
> better
> > > > output than what I currently get with my ancient via drivers in an old
> RH
> > > > kernel.
> > > >
> > > > ...Kevin
> > > >
> > > >
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