From 0331b8e51074dd866c66d9076e84c90a909f1b2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bdale Garbee Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 00:02:00 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] post --- bdale/blog/posts/Ordered_Another_System.mdwn | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) create mode 100644 bdale/blog/posts/Ordered_Another_System.mdwn diff --git a/bdale/blog/posts/Ordered_Another_System.mdwn b/bdale/blog/posts/Ordered_Another_System.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0259828 --- /dev/null +++ b/bdale/blog/posts/Ordered_Another_System.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +I'm really quite happy with MythTV at this point, except that the ITX system +just isn't quite cutting it as the machine to go into the family room media +center. Mostly because it only has one PCI slot. If the ivtv driver could +support both input and output on the PVR-350 at the same time, it'd be nearly +right... but... + +I have an unused ATI Radeon 7500 All-In-Wonder card. The video input and +tuner sound like a lost cause for MythTV, but with the +[GATOS](http://gatos.sourceforge.net/) ati.2 driver the card +reportedly works fine for output including NTSC. The card also came with a +UHF remote control that would adequately replace our "dependency" on the Sony +DirecTV UHF remote we are using today. So, this feels like a good output and +remote control support card for the media center frontend. Thus, we need an +AGP slot. + +I have a Hauppauge Bt878 capture card in the ham shack machine that is unused +since it doesn't seem to work well in the dual Celeron motherboard. With an +available PCI slot, MythTV should be able to use it just fine if there's enough +CPU to compress in software. + +I also have a 4dwave NX audio card with optical S/PDIF output if I have a PCI +slot and inadequate sound output support on the motherboard. + +So, I ordered parts for a new machine from +[newegg.com](http://www.newegg.com/). My first order from them, but +others seem to think they're OK. The components I ordered will make a +fairly fast +Micro ATX system. As long as it's not too loud, it should work out fine. + +* Asus [A7N266-VM](http://usa.asus.com/mb/socketa/a7n266-vm/specification.htm) +motherboard. This board is cheap, has what I need, and apparently works +well under Linux. + +* Athenatech Micro ATX Case w/200W Supply, +[A100BB](http://www.athenatech.us/a100bb.htm). + +* AMD Athlon XP 2400+, the fastest 266 FSB boxed Athlon in stock. + +* 512Mb PC-2100 DDR266 RAM + +So, hopefully, by the end of the week I'll have a more immediately suitable +box to run MythTV on... + +[[!tag tags/pvr]] -- 2.30.2