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| DATE | 2002-10-11 |
| FROM | From:
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| SUBJECT | RE: [hangout] Hardware Source
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Basically Evan I'm embarking on building a home theater pc, HTPC, that will
have TiVo like functionality via mythtv and also be able to handle
deinterlacing and running my projector. Plus, I'd like to be able to write
code or surf the web while zoning on TV shows if I desire to.
I'm thinking a dual processor board, maybe 2 2gigs, about 512 - 1 gig of ram,
at least one large 120 or geater 7200 rpm HD, at least one video capture card
(prefer two but wanna make sure the box can handle all the video compressing)
with s-video jacks, high end sound card and a decent video card; along with
standard USB and Firewire, DVD. The box may need some super cooling fans but
the noise should be kept to a bear minimum, after all this will be a HTPC.
I was thinking of using Suse distro as I have an older one and kinda like it,
though I'm not married to any one in particular. Prefer to stay away from
RedHat.
The goal is to handle lots of recording and playing back of video steams from
broadcast and DVD flawlessly. I need to show my MS friends that it can be done
with Linux.
Joe
On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 16:19:27 +0100 "Inker, Evan" wrote:
> Joe,
>
> I have plenty of good affordable sources for
> hardware but let me know what
> you need in terms of a PC, OS, RAM, and which
> version of Linux are we
> loading?
>
> Regards,
>
> Evan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: joev_nylxs-at-pipeline.com
> [mailto:joev_nylxs-at-pipeline.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 11:10 AM
> To: NYLXS
> Subject: [hangout] Hardware Source
>
>
>
> Anyone have a reliable, affordable source for
> some hardware? I'm going to
> build a fast, powerful machine that will be
> used for capturing, compressing
> and viewing video (mythtv) and other home
> theatre functions. I'm thinking of
> a dual processor with at least one large HD 120
> GB or greater at 7200 rpm
> and a smaller 40ish GB HD. The larger HD will
> slated for mythtv only.
>
> Thanks
> Joe
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