[mythtv-users] Superserver

[Robert Siebert]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:36:47 -0700, Douglas Choma  wrote:   On
8/24/10 2:01 PM, Mark Hutchinson wrote: So maybe use an atom with a
Nvidia GPU?
 If not, then does a Nvidia 9400M that I see listed
frequently onboard with the atom work well?

 This is where I get
confused on the frontend atom vs Nvidia etc...

 I've been using a Zotac
mini-itx board (B series) as a FE, and I don't have any complaints. It
was relatively inexpensive, doesn't require active cooling (therefore
silent), and seems to perform fine. It's a single core Atom with the
9400M GPU (aka ION). The VDPAU decoding on the Nvidia does all the heavy
lifting for video playback. Of course I'm not using it for anything
other than Myth. Maybe there are some FE applications I haven't tried
that would really show how wimpy the Atom processor is, but so far so
good.

 Incidentally, it also requires so little power that I'm able to
use a picoPSU (http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/it.A/id.417/.f [1]).

 Is
there something else out there that isn't ION-based that hits all these
marks? Mac Mini isn't an option... I love Apple products, but the mini
is ~2.5x the price.

I also use a ZOTAC board. Its the A-revision with
the Atom 330 dual core. I also an't complain at all. The MythTV menu and
the OSD fadein and outs are all smooth and fast. The VDPAU decoding of
the videos and menu are super. 

I use my computer also as a server.
Full Email-server, mp3 streaming over the net. It also provides FTP-,
SSH-, webserver functionality. All this is running in parallel and no
glitches at all. So if someone is looking for a nice frontend get this
case:
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=lc19&area=
together with a dual ATOM / ion board and you are all set. 

Robert 




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[1] http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/it.A/id.417/.f
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