[mythtv-users] Looking for hardware recommendations

[Ryan Allen]

* Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote on [08-17-09y 14:05]:
> Did you try washing the card?  Use water and a tooth brush.  I think
> someone suggested using your wife's toothbrush so you don't spoil
> yours but I wont go there.  Let it air dry for 24 hours and see if it
> works.  Your can may not have done permanent damage.
> 
> Allen

This would mean washing the motherboard.  I did dry scrub the component
video headers, to no avail.

-Ryan





> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Ryan Allen<ryan at the-summit.net> wrote:
> > So, my cat puked into my MythTV box.  Not kidding!
> >
> > Since the puke, the video is all blue.  The red channel of the component
> > out is fried.  The video is on the MB.
> >
> > Now, my fancy AVR will not allow me to use an additional audio input if
> > I use HDMI for video input.  The HDMI video works on the MB, btw.
> >
> > So I have two options:
> >
> > CHEEP:
> > get a PCIx video card that does component out.
> >
> >
> > EXPENSIVE:
> > Future proof with new MB, RAM, CPU.
> >
> >
> > Ideally, I'd like to do HD AUDIO over HDMI, and video that supports
> > VDPAU
> >
> > Can someone recommend a video card that does audio over HDMI that is
> > painless to configure?  How about with component output?  VDPAU?
> >
> > What is the hottest MythTV motherboard with onboard video/audio these days?
> > HDMI W/audio out?
> >
> > I typically run the MythBuntu distro.
> >
> > Insights to your experiences are most appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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