User:Jrr

Motorola DCT6412 plugged in with FireWire

TODO

• NFS mount file server
• sound
• MythVideo
• MythDVD
• browser (MythBrowser? what browser does that use? use ff/opera instead?)
• mythgame
  • emulators
    • nes
    • snes
    • 64
    • mame
  • stepmania
  • liquidwar
  • super mario war
  • dosbox? (for lots of older games I like)
• MythWeather
• MythWeb
• music (MythMusic? connect to itunes server?)
• filter out channels I don't get from the zap2it listings (automate somehow plz?)

my setup

• Sanyo PLV-Z4
• Denon 2807
  • Fronts: Paradigm Atom Monitors
  • Center: Paradigm CC-190
  • Surrounds: Paradigm ADP-190
  • Sub: Paradigm PDR-10
• Motorola DCT6412
• HTPC
  • Lian Li PC-C30B case
  • DFI SLI-DR
  • AMD FX-53 (same as a A64 4000+)
  • 1 GB Corsair RAM
  • 300GB SATA
  • 1 TB JBOD on a networked server, connected on gigabit

Sound

alsa wiki DigitalOut

With a digital connection (one cable - optical or coaxial) and one configuration (no effort to switch modes or anything), i'd like to be able to

• record and playback surround sound in LiveTV (is this ac3 passthrough?)
• play local media with ac3 passthrough for surround (DVDs, ripped DVDs)
• are there video formats out there with surround encoded in another way (not AC3), that can't be directly passed to my receiver?
• play local media that doesn't have surround encoded in it
• stereo sound from other stuff like games and music
• surround sound from games like UT2K4 (I don't think this will be possible over a digital link)

I have these available cards:

• Realtek ALC850 ("Karajan" module on the DFI SLI-DR mobo)
• Sound Blaster Audigy
  • opensource.creative
• Montego DDL (alas dolby encoding isn't supported under linux)
  • CMedia 8768+
  • alsa turtle beach cmedia