[mythtv-users] Interesting fanless VESA-mount PC

[John Overchuk]

I have a motherboard based on this same chipset.  There is no linux support 
for hardware acceleration.  So far, its just a paperweight for me.   The 
following sites have some info on drivers:

www.openchrome.org
www.viaarena.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jarett Creason" <nobleiceman at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting fanless VESA-mount PC

On 10/9/07, Mike LaPlante <mike at dividia.net> wrote:
>
> Craig Partin wrote:
> > Can it play HD in linux?  Are there drivers for all of the hardware in
> > this thing?  If so it could be the ultimate frontend for flatscreen HD
> >  sets.
> >
> >
> I'm thinking the same. I'm guessing all hardware has Linux support since
> there is a "ship with Linux" option. Also, if this device is the same as
> this (http://www.fiire.com/fiire-station.php) which is used with
> LinuxMCE, then I'd say hardware compatibility should not be an issue.
> HD remains the only big question for me. I might see if I can find some
> LinuxMCE users success stories on this thing, hopefully some of them
> have been using it for HD. Also kind of hoping that without the Fiire
> Station branding it could be found somewhere cheaper than $899.
>
> Oh, and I'd like to confirm that the VESA mount is "pass through" like
> you can still use wall mount after putting the PC on the back. Anyone
> know?
>
> Mike
>

I read a little more on the Fiire site, and found a link to a quick start
guide for the Fiire Stations.  It shows that the VESA mount is "pass
through", but I'm not sure if it's the 75 or 100mm standard...

Also, they claim, "The FiireStation runs LinuxMCE and can be used as a
standard medium-performance PC. However, it also has specialized video
decoding hardware to provide the best video quality, and offload all video
processing, including sophisticated 1080i de-interlacing, OpenGL 3D effects,
and alpha blending, all in the video hardware."

• Processor: Via Eden 1.5 Ghz. Ultra low power 9 watt in the vertical mount
version, and 20 watt in the set top box version
• RAM: 512MB
• Internal Hard drive for operating system: 40GB. All system drives in
  the FiireEngine are mounted for data storage.
• Network: Gigabit Ethernet
• Video: Via UniChrome Pro II, with proprietary drivers and special
  alpha blended MPEG 2/4 and WMV9 acceleration

Has anyone used this before that can tell us if you actually can play HD on
these with MythTV?

Jarett




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