[mythtv] New hardware database?

[Lawrence Freil]

Justin,

I like the idea of known working configurations, but finding the right
hardware is only half the battle.  It would be very helpful to have
known working versions of the drivers for your audio, capture and remote
control devices.   Ideally it would be great for a plugin/script that 
would gather as much of this information as possible automatically and
submit it to the database.  Much of it could be gathered from lspci, dmesg
and querrying the /proc interfaces.

On Jan 25 2007, Justin Moore wrote:

>
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>
>Does anyone have a web hosting arrangement/setup where they can set up
>an SQL database?  The current hardware database isn't too much use (or
>wasn't for me, at least).  I'd be willing to pitch in to create a new
>database and interface for creating/querying existing hardware
>configurations.  The useful fields (IMHO) are
>
>o CPU type (manufacturer, generation, speed) [ Choose 1 ]
>o RAM (amount, speed) [ Choose 1 ]
>o Mobo (manufacturer, chipset) [ Choose 1 ]
>o Disk (manufacturer, size, interface) [ Choose 1+ ]
>o Capture card(s) (manufacturer, type) [ Choose 1+ ]
>o Video card (chipset, generation, interface, memory, onboard?) [ Choose 1]
>o TV type (CRT, Projector, LCD, Plasma, DLP) [ Choose 1 ]
>o Display resolution(s) (480[ip], 720p, 1080[ip]) [ Choose 1+ ]
>o Video connector (VGA, Composite, DVI, DVI->HDMI) [ Choose 1 ]
>o Audio setup (2.0, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1) [ Choose 1 ]
>o Audio cable (RCA, coax, optical) [ Choose 1 ]
>
>For example, I could spec a system as
>
>o CPU = ( Intel, Core2Duo, 1.4 GHz)
>o RAM = ( 1GB, DDR2/667)
>o Mobo = ( Intel, DG965 )
>o Disk = ( Seagate, 320GB, SATA )
>o CapCard = ( Hauppage, PVR500 )
>o VidCard = ( NVidia, 7100GS, PCI-e x16, 128MB, not_onboard )
>o TV type = ( LCD )
>o Resolutions = ( [all of the above] )
>o VidConn = DVI->HDMI
>o Audio setup = ( 7.1 )
>o Audio cable = ( optical )
>
>Comments?
>-jdm
>
>Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0129
>Email:	justin at cs.duke.edu
>Web:	http://www.cs.duke.edu/~justin/
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