[myth-ie] STB project [was Re: music]

[Michael Thompson]

On 03/01/2008, John Moylan <john at nuatech.net> wrote:
>
> The powerline ethernet stuff looks good now for network. And your
> project looks interesting, you should post your H/W wish list.
>
> I'm looking to build my first dedicated media box sometime this year.
> My excuse is that I'll be able to consolidate my 2 existing decoders
> and  my DVD/DivX player. I'm looking for a fanless low power frontend
> with HDMI out. I'll connect it over powerline to the PC in my study
> which should be able to decode 1080p H.264 video whenever heavy
> lifting is needed . I was thinking of using videolan for streaming
> ondemand content to the front end. The front end will need Freesat and
> a DTV MPEG4 card (thinking ahead) - these will replace my existing
> decoders  and should hopefully be capable of at least doing PAL video
> capture. I have so far been unable to find any suitable fanless mobo
> with HDMI. JETWAY do Mini-ITX with HDMI and CPU Fans, Via have talked
> about SN (S for supreme) fanless mobo's with HDMI for a while now but
> I have not managed to find any.


I've a mobo with integrated HDMI (not fanless) and one thing to be aware of
is that sound over HDMI isn't yet supported by the propriety nVidia driver.

Michael
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