[mythtv-users] via me6000

[anders smith]

I have the same setup, with a pvr250... what fans did you use?..... Did  
you also slow them down?
thanks
anders

On Jun 18, 2004, at 9:12 AM, Roberto Resoli wrote:

> If this can be useful to someone, i'm using an Epia 10k with a
> Sereniti 2000  (inexpensive) case. I replaced both fans,
> PSU and CPU, with low noise ones .
> My frontend is also almost not audible in normal use conditions.
>
> Kevin Barsby wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Firstly please post new messages as a new message, don't reply to an
>> existing thread.
>>
>>> I plan to build a pvr based upon a fanless via epia me6000 and an  
>>> hauppauge
>>> 350.
>>> Is it powerful enough to use all the features of mythtv ?
>>
>> Possibly, with the tv-out through the 350 then main features should be
>> ok, you'll need to research DVD playback though as I think people have
>> had issues with this through the 350.
>>
>> You might have problems with complex music visualisations and  
>> mythgame,
>> as they both need hardware accelerated graphics.
>>
>>> If not, shall I choose the Nehemiah version or even a celeron ?
>>
>> I have a hush pc which has no fans in and it makes no more noise than  
>> an
>> VCR (hard disk). The EPIA 10k Nehemiah has mpeg2 decoding on board,  
>> so a
>> popular choice seems to be one of those and a PVR-250, then use the
>> TV-out on the MB (supported in Myth, Viaexp (hacked xine), and I think
>> there is now a plug-in for normal Xine using the OS unichrome X  
>> drivers.
>> Hardware acceleration works for me (using Via binary drivers, haven't
>> tried Unichrome yet...), MythMusic with 1/2 scaled Goom plugin +
>> recording TV (PVR-350) = 60% CPU. People have reported mpeg4 playback  
>> on
>> these boards also runs ok.
>>
>>> Is the celeron's original fan much noisier than the C3s ?
>>
>> Pass, most people throttle their CPU fans to quieten them down, I'
>> definitely recommend a fanless case... Using an EPIA board also gives
>> you the option os a fanless PSU, not sure about Celerons here...
>>
>> HTH
>> Kev
>>
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