Hello,<br><br>I am thinking of building a new MythTV box for use in the living room and therefore need to keep the noise low. I have never used a VIA EPIA card but it's tempting to build the system on that.<br>So we assume that I are building on VIA EPIA platform...
<br><br>Reqs:<br>- min 100 Mbit Ethernet card (built in)<br>- Dual monitors...<br> + 32" CRT TV (scart/s-video)<br> + 7" LCD Monitor (VGA)<br>- Sound...<br> + SPDIF to Logitech 5.1 system <br> + RCA to CRT TV
<br>- Playing...<br> + DVDs<br> + Music (MP3 from server)<br> + Movies (AVI/ISO/.. from server)<br>- Recordings (on the server via Samba/NFS)<br clear="all"><br>I have not decided if I want the MythTV backend on the server (available) or the backend on the client.
<br> <br>* I have looked at VIA EPIA MII12000, would that be a good choice or do you recommend other (what do you have)?<br>* Would that be able to run both frontend/backend?<br>* Is it compatible with Kubuntu/MythTV?<br>
* Would you recommend CompactFlash or harddrive if a frontend only box?<br><br>I appreciate any guidance in this!<br>-- <br>Regards<br>Joacim