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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.
 
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.
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=='''Home Theater Gear'''==
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*[http://www.projectorcentral.com/Acer-H5360.htm Acer H5360 3d 720p Projector]
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*[http://www.broadcaststore.com/store/model_detail.cfm?id=13025 Sony VPH-1272q projector]  - 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. <br>
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*[http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1329971 Cinema F20 18" DIY Front-loaded Horn Subs x2][[File:Stapptheatertemp1.jpg|300px|thumb|left|F20 horn subs and JBL 8330's in temporary theater]]
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*JBL 8330 Surrounds x 6
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*Nvidia 3d glasses x 6
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*[http://www.accessories4less.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=ONKHTS780 ONKYO HT-S790 7.1]  <br>
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*Sony 7.1 system and a random mix of speakers (secondary sound system upstairs) <br>
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*Xbox 360 arcade with 120GB drive
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=='''Current Projects'''==
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-Updated 7-19-2011
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Building 9.2 sound system using DIY speakers. Currently built are the DIY F20 horn subs and the JBL 8330 modifications are in progress. Next up an Econowave SR build for the LCR speakers and moving theater to new area and install acoustically transparent screen.
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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.
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=='''Home Theater Gear'''==
 
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*[http://www.projectorcentral.com/Acer-H5360.htm Acer H5360 3d 720p Projector]
 
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*[http://www.broadcaststore.com/store/model_detail.cfm?id=13025 Sony VPH-1272q projector]  - 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. <br>
 
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*[http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1329971 Cinema F20 18" DIY Front-loaded Horn Subs x2][[File:Stapptheatertemp1.jpg|300px|thumb|left|F20 horn subs and JBL 8330's in temporary theater]]
 
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*JBL 8330 Surrounds x 6
 
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*Nvidia 3d glasses x 6
 
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*[http://www.accessories4less.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=ONKHTS780 ONKYO HT-S790 7.1]  <br>
 
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*Sony 7.1 system and a random mix of speakers (secondary sound system upstairs) <br>
 
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*Xbox 360 arcade with 120GB drive
 
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=='''Current Projects'''==
 
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-Updated 7-19-2011
 
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Building 9.2 sound system using DIY speakers. Currently built are the DIY F20 horn subs and the JBL 8330 modifications are in progress. Next up an Econowave SR build for the LCR speakers and moving theater to new area and install acoustically transparent screen.
 
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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.
 
  
 
=='''Old theater area'''==
 
=='''Old theater area'''==

Revision as of 18:55, 5 August 2011

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.

Home Theater Gear

Current Projects

-Updated 7-19-2011

Building 9.2 sound system using DIY speakers. Currently built are the DIY F20 horn subs and the JBL 8330 modifications are in progress. Next up an Econowave SR build for the LCR speakers and moving theater to new area and install acoustically transparent screen.


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.


==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, ATI HDTV Wonder x2
  • 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 11.04 32 bit which includes support for diskless booting for clients

Mythtv .24-1(fixes)
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 storage system==
avs forum link for freenas system

Freenas ZFS storage server
Freenas ZFS Storage Server
  • 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 file system - 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. With 5 drives active power usage is 66 watts (spare stays spundown)
  • Software: Freenas nightly build version (freenas version 7 variant) also running SABNZBD plus for usenet and Utorrent

==Office/small den 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: Harmony 550 remote (configured as MCE remote - Mythmote on android Evo phone and android 2.3 8" tablet
  • Network: Gigabit
  • Software: Mythbuntu 11.04


==3D projection - Home Theater Frontend==

  • Motherboard: Abit IP35 Pro
  • Processor: Intel Q6600 G0 stepping @ stock speeds
  • Ram: 4GB ddr2 cas 4
  • Hard disks: system: 3.5" Maxtor 750GB
  • Video Card: Nvidia GTX 460 with Nvdiia 3d Vision
  • Dual bonded Gigabit nics for high throughput
  • Remote: Monster AVL300 remote configured as MCE remote - Mythmote on android Evo phone and android 2.3 8" tablet
  • Software: Windows 7, Windows Media Center, Myth for windows, XBMC, BOXEE, Nvidia stereoscopic player


==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. Windows 7 Ultimate 64

==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.

==Work PC - Used for 3D scanning/CNC work==


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



Old theater area

old home theater setup
old home theater setup

Retired Computers

==Scottsdale, AZ PC==

old watercooled server - retired


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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