[mythtv-users] mythtv as a consumer embedded application

[Luis Ponce Leao]

Go to www.hushtechnologies.net. You'll need the
M10000 version and a WinTV-PVR-250. Doesn't get
any better than this...

Luis

--- Laurie Harper <zodiac at holoweb.net> wrote:
> Hey all, I'm looking at making a MythTV device that
> sits and looks 
> right in an AV rack and behaves like a dedicated
> consumer device. I 
> figure I need the right hardware and dedicated Linux
> and MythTV 
> distributions that provide a combination of
> consistent branding and 
> super-fast power-on. Does anyone have any experience
> with this sort of 
> thing?
> 
> I'm looking for pointers to barebones embedded linux
> devices like the 
> idvd-6086 from GCT-AllWell
> (http://www.allwell.com.tw/idvd-6086.htm), 
> though preferably based on regular x86 PC hardware
> since that gives me 
> the best shot at having all the hardware support
> MythTV needs to run at 
> its best). Is that something I need to worry about,
> or is MythTV 
> portable to other hardware architectures?
> 
> Does anyone have suggestions for appropriate
> platforms? My requirements 
> include:
> 
>    * an enclosure that looks like an AV component
> (not just a funky 
> looking PC case)
> 
>    * clean front panel with little more than the
> basic requirements:
>        - IR receiver, power button,
> CD/CD-R/DVD/DVD-R drive, maybe USB, 
> little else
> 
>    * TV in, TV out over S-Video/composite/component
> out, 5.1 surround 
> and S/PDIF sound out
> 
>    * space for at least one 3.5" HDD internally in
> addition to the CD 
> drive
> 
>    * minimal noise output!
> 
>    * adequate CPU power for live TV with one tuner
> on a combined 
> front/backend box; I'm willing to trade off CPU vs.
> hardware capture 
> encoding though
> 
>    * probably a bunch of other things I'm not
> thinking of right now :-)
> 
> I'm also looking for pointers to resources to help
> creating that 
> 'invisible embedded linux' experience :-) If I got
> something like a 
> Pundit
>
(http://usa.asus.com/products/desktop/pundit/overview.htm),
> 
> installed Mandrake or some other distribution and
> added MythTV... I'd 
> end up with an AV component that took two minutes to
> switch on and sent 
> all sorts of Linux boot-up stuff to the screen. What
> I want is a box 
> where I hit 'On' and get a nice logo on the screen
> for 30 - 40 seconds 
> and is then ready to go!
> 
> I figure that requires two or three things:
> 
>   * a heavily stripped down linux dist (minimal
> stuff to do during 
> startup)
> 
>   * some customisation (like making the boot
> sequence display just a 
> logo w/out detail of what's happening)
> 
>   * maybe using a flash ROM or similar boot solution
> 
> Anyone worked on anything like this? Pointers?
> Suggestions? Any help 
> would be very much appreciated! :-)
> 
> L.
> 
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