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<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello
All!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd like to biuld my
own HTPC running MythTV. For testing I
had used mythtv (backend+frontend) on:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>MB: ASUS
A7N8X-E</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>CPU: Athlon XP2500+
(clocked to 3200)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>RAM: PC3200
512MB</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>HDD: SATA.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>VGA: nVidia FX5200
TV-OUT</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tuner: 1x Leadtek
WinFast TV2000 XP Expert.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>OS: Fedora Core
2</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>IR:
LIRC</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Test setup was
running fine. I was able to record scheduled TV shows (720x576 PAL MPEG2) at
same time I was watching DVD or DivX/XviD AC3 movie. CPU load was about
50-70%.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now I need to
have your opinion building mythtv on hardware which suits in living room, is
slim and small and extremely low noise and also I am able to record TV and watch
DivX/XviD at the same time. So I have had eye on:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>MB & CPU: VIA
EPIA ME6000 or M10000 (I'd like VIA EPIA SP, but can't wait any more its
release!)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>RAM:
256MB</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>HDD: PATA (3,5" or
2,5")</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tuner: 1x Leadtek
WinFast TV2000 Expert</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Case: Morex
3688</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Audio out (mythtv):
stereo</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Audio out (xine):
SPDIF</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know that this
current TV tuner has no hardware MPEG2 support, so the main issue here is
that could EPIA handle this without dropping any frames and also able to do
simultaneous video playback? If it couldn't, does changing tuner with PVR-150 or
other cx88-blackbird help running it? I won't run mythweb or
mythgame.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>TIA,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=175221911-12112004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Liivo.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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