User:Blackoper

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Myth and Home Theater Setup

One of my many hobbies includes home theater and all the little nuances that come with it. I got into mythtv in late 2003 and it handles all my video/movie needs.

==Master Backend - Via C7-D lowpower==

  • Via Motherboard with cpu: Via PC2500E
  • Ram: 1GB PQI ddr2 cas 4
  • Hard disks: system: Seagate 2.5" 160GB 5400rpm momentus(system disk)- IDE
  • Video Card: Onboard Via Openchrome
  • Tuner Cards: HD-PVR 1212, Aver A180 QAM tuner and firewire through Motorola 6412 cablebox (using firewire pci card)
  • Ethernet: 10/100 onboard but not much of a problem as the recordings have plenty of transfer bandwidth to the NFS share on the freenas drive.
  • Software: Running Mythbuntu 9.10 32 bit which includes support for diskless booting for clients

Mythtv .22
Sabnzbd plus - automated nzb downloading/checking/decompressing
Running webmin current version to handle administration and setup of shares, etc

  • Power Usage: About 38 watts with two pci cards, ethernet and 2.5" hard drive active.
  • Thoughts: Finally decided the Q6600 quadcore backend was way overkill and went for a more streamlined install. The lower power usage is nice, but I did have to give up a few things though. I no longer have storage on the backend, and I turned off all commercial flagging which wasn't a big deal as I wasn't using it anyway. I'm using nfs shares on the freenas server for the video directory and sabnzbd plus usenet download directory and no problems so far. I had the via board setting around for a few years and never really used it. Will also use an old pc for slave backend duty to add my other two tuners into.


==Low power Freenas 64bit system==
avs forum link for freenas system
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  • Motherboard:Gigabyte G31M-ES2l Microatx
  • Processor: Intel E2160
  • Ram: 1GBx2 ddr2 random memory
  • Case: CoolMaster Stacker STC-T01
  • Hard disks: 1GB usb flash drive for system disk, Main storage- Raid 5 ZFS - 2TBx6 (one is a hot spare) Myth recording: zfs stripe - 750Gbx2 sata 2 western digital, secondary backup storage Raid 5 Zfs: 500Gbx5 seagate 7200.10 drives, and a 1TB Samsung drive UFS formatted - Total storage ~16TB
  • Video Card: onboard Intel 3100
  • Sata Hotswap AMS -B 5-in-3 SATA-II Cage x1 (up to 4 can fit)
  • Internal Drive Cages - Cooler Master Stacker 4-in-3 internal x2
  • Port Multiplier sata 2 port multiplier 1 to 5 x2 (up to 4)
  • Sata PCI-E card PCI-e 2 channel esata card SIL3132 chipset x2
  • Power supply: Antec Earthwatts 380
  • Network: Gigabit
  • Power usage: very low power usage. With a 2.5" laptop hard drive it pulls 31 watts at idle - Measured by a killawatt meter
  • Software: Freenas nightly build version with zfs v13 support. Hard drives spin down after 60 minutes. See link above for more detail on it.


==Ion Home Theater Frontend==

  • Motherboard:IONITX-C-U Intel Atom 230
  • Ram: 2GB HP ddr2
  • Hard disks: none using mythbuntu diskless image over pxe boot
  • Video Card: onboard nvidia 9400
  • Case: M350 vesa mountable case
  • Power supply: included with ion board - system uses 22 watts max, 16 at idle
  • Remote: Gyration MCE mouse
  • Network: Gigabit
  • Software: Diskless network boot of mythbuntu 9.10 beta currently


==Home Theater Frontend 2==

  • Motherboard:ASUS P5L-MX Microatx
  • Processor: Intel E2180 overclocked to 3.1ghz
  • Ram: 2GB OCZ Platinum 800 ddr2 cas 4
  • Hard disks: none using mythbuntu diskless image over pxe boot
  • Video Card: Nvidia 9400 GT 512mb - PCI Express
  • Case: Antec 2400 HTPC case
  • Power supply: included with case
  • Remote: Gyration MCE mouse
  • Network: Gigabit
  • Software: Diskless network boot of mythbuntu 9.10 beta currently


==Personal PC==

Experience: Not happy with the ati card in linux (fine in windows). It has a lot of glitches with the linux drivers available.

==Office PC==
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Experience: Windows xp primary and then network boot into mythbuntu 64-bit for myth usage.

==garage/workout/gym frontend==

Experience: Handles 1080i content no problem for me with xvmc bob deinterlacing. I use this on a 32" standard def crt television in my garage. Basically this is to display tv/movies while working out with the home gym in the garage.

==Spare pc currently==

  • Motherboard: Abit IP35 Pro
  • Processor: Intel Q6600 G0 stepping @ stock speeds
  • Ram: 1GB HP ddr2 cas 4
  • Hard disks: system: Seagate 2.5" 160GB 5400rpm momentus(system disk)
  • Video Card: Nvidia 9600 GT 512mb full vdpau capable
  • Remote: Logitech Harmony 676 configured to use microsoft mce remote - phillips type
  • Dual bonded Gigabit nics for high throughput


Network

My house has gigabit eithernet wired to every room (dirty and tiring weekend that was)


Power

  • All computers have APC battery backups and the networking equipment shares a battery backup as well
  • OPTI-UPS AVR SS1200 keeps my power clean for all the electronics not on battery backups


Home Theater Gear

  • Sony VPH-1272q projector x 2 - I like to run these at 1280x1024 to get the best picture out of them. One in is the main home theater and one is mounted on my ceiling in my room.

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  • ONKYO HT-S790 7.1 (Also a 2x 18" Infinite Baffle subwoofer is a project right now)
  • Sony 7.1 system and a random mix of speakers (secondary sound system upstairs)
  • Xbox 360 arcade with 120GB drive

Current Projects

-Update 10-09 -

Homebuilt LCD projector --in progress-- 1920x1080p native resolution - 550watt HTI bulb, 18" E F lens. Sharp WXUGA 15.4" widescreen laptop panel and controller. This projector will be incorporated into a custom entertainment center and the rather large projector case will be supported by the computer and raid rack that will sit on the other side of the wall.
Still havn't finished the lcd projector. I should have this done sometime in the next few months. It just needs to be assembled. But I have to use a large woodworking shop to finish up and it's over 90 miles away

Infinite Baffle Subwoofers: Will use two 18" high volume subwoofers and a dual channel 2000+ watt subwoofer along with custom EQ rack. - delayed due to lack of funds. I think I may try to do get this done this winter though.

Running a wireless point to point network with a friend that lives a quarter mile away. This will be done using a combination of 700mhz and 900mhz mini-pci cards and custom built antennas. There are line of sight issues as there are trees in the way. (hence the usage of 700 and 900 mhz spectrum). Planned hardware is Ubiquiti XR9, XR7 and the routerstation pro as the base station.

Retired Computers

Parents Combined backend/frontend

Notes: this is my retired mythbackend system. It has been undervolted to lower operating temperature and power usage. mythbuntu 64-bit

Backend Retired -10-08-07 due to high power requirements and noise

  • Motherboard: Asus P5WD2-E Premium
  • Processor: Intel Pentium D 830 Dual core 3.0Ghz - Processor is undervolted and underclocked to 2.4ghz
  • External water cooling: Cooler Master Aquagate RL-HUC-E8U1
  • Ram: 1GB PQI ddr2 cas 4
  • Hard disks: system: 40GB IDE disk, Myth recording: 500Gbx2 sata 2 rebadged seagate 7200.10, Raid 5 number 1: 500Gbx5 seagate 7200.10 drives, Raid 5 number 2: 300Gbx5 sata 2 drives. Seagate 7200.9. Total Storage ~5TB
  • Video Card: Nvidia FX5300 - PCI-Express
  • Case: CoolMaster Stacker STC-T01
  • Tuner Cards: PVR-500, ATI HDTV wonder, Aver A180 and firewire through Motorola 6412 cablebox
  • Dual bonded Gigabit nics for high throughput
  • Software: Fedora 7 32 bit version for compatibility. Modified kernel with port multiplier support and also removed experimental firewire stack in favor of the old working stack.
  • Power Usage: Using a kill-a-watt meter, all components minus raid disks use 140 watts of power in idle (I have undervolted the cpu heavily to get it this low). With raid disks in idle, the power usage is 232 watts. Hard disks spin down after 2 hours and system drops to 140 watts of usage. At my current power rates, this is ~ $60 a year.

Experience: Main control is through WebMin 1.350 and VNC. I highly recommend if you want to run a headless system
Hellanzb 0.13 and it's webportal zussaweb - automated nzb downloading/checking/decompressing
Apache in secure mode for website hosting
Torrent client
Secure ftp server

Old Frontend - Ritired November 2006- Given to parents as combined frontend/backend, but is now being given to my sister to use in her apartment while she attends university.

  • Motherboard: Asus P4V8X-MX microatx
  • Processor: Intel P4 2.4Ghz socket 478
  • Ram: 512MB random brand memory
  • Hard disks: Cheap 20GB maxtor 7200
  • Video Card: Nvidia fx5200 agp fanless
  • Ethernet: Gig ethernet with realtek card
  • Other: Audigy 2 SB0240
  • Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech Wireless Duo - RF
  • Remote: Windows MCE RC6 remote

Experiences: Handles 1080i and 720p content. I can even turn off bob and xvmc and it has enough power to run it software decoding.

Xbox Frontend

  • Xbox 1.6
  • Executer 3 modchip
  • 160GB harddrive
  • Running Avalaunch to XBMC and uses new connect scripts in perl

Experience: Able to run standard def and avi no problem with standard kernel deinterlacing - i no longer really use this much. Havn't updated

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