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Over 7693 recordings served, and running for 4 years 7 months 6 days 20 mins.
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Number of shows: 1044
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Number of episodes: 24028
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First recording: Thursday July 15th, 2004
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Last recording: Monday May 16th, 2016
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Total Running Time: 11 years 10 months 19 hrs 11 mins
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Total Recorded: 2 years 3 months 20 days 13 hrs 16 mins
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Percent of time spent recording:19%
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== Main MythTV System ==
 
== Main MythTV System ==
  
 
=== The Hardware ===
 
=== The Hardware ===
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[[Image:The_system.jpg|200px|thumb|right|My system]]
  
 
* [[Antec Fusion]] Black 430 Case, with LCD
 
* [[Antec Fusion]] Black 430 Case, with LCD
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* ASUS P4V8X-MX motherboard
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*Asus AT3IONT-I Deluxe
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** Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
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**4 GB Ram
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** 1024 MB of Ram
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** 2 x 3 TB Hard drives
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** Zalman CNPS7700-Cu CPU cooler
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* Hauppauge HVR 2250
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* Enermax low noise power supply ( The Antec power supply was noisy, recycled this one from a previous case
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* HDHomeRun Connect
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* NVIDIA GeForce 6200 Video Card
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* Harmony 650 Remote
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* [[Kworld ATSC 110]] Capture Card
 
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* [[Hauppauge HVR-1600]] Capture Card
 
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* [[How_to_build_a_coaxial_SPDIF_bracket|Coaxial SPDIF Bracket]]
 
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** Coaxial cable to Yamaha Receiver
 
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* [[Homemade Serial Receiver]] with recycled EchoStar Remote, and a Philips KW1009 IR Keyboard/Mouse
 
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* 750 Gb of Storage ( 500Gb + 250 Gb drives )
 
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* Tripp Lite OMNI 1000 LCD UPS
 
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** Using the watchdog feature to detect hangs, and reset the mythtv system
 
 
* LG 50PG10 Plasma Display
 
* LG 50PG10 Plasma Display
 
* Yamaha HTR N5060 Receiver, with 6.1 speaker system
 
* Yamaha HTR N5060 Receiver, with 6.1 speaker system
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=== The Software ===
 
=== The Software ===
  
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* Heavily modified MythBuntu 8.04.1 OS
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* Ubuntu 14.04.4
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** Only piece remaining of original install is the splash screen on startup
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* Mythtv
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* MythTv [[Release Notes - 0.21|0.21]]
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** Mythtvbackend
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* Xymon Network Monitoring
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** Mythweb
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** [[lmsensors]] hardware monitoring
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* KODI
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** [[hddtemp]] hard drive temperature monitoring
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* Mythicallibrarian
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** [[nvclock]] NVIDIA temperature monitoring
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* Xymon
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* dnsmasq ( DHCP Server for HDHomeRun )
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* AFP/Netalk ( Time Machine backup )
 
* MediaWiki for storing configuration information
 
* MediaWiki for storing configuration information
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* NUT for monitoring UPS
 
 
* Schedules Direct for listings
 
* Schedules Direct for listings
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* [[Status_Monitoring_How_To#Monit|Monit]] for automated restarting of myth processes
 
  
 
=== TV Sources ===
 
=== TV Sources ===
  
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[[Image:Ota_hdtv_antenna.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Yagi and CM 4221]]
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[[Image:Ota_hdtv_antenna.jpg|200px|thumb|right|UHF Corner Reflector Yagi antenna]]
  
 
* Channel Master 4221 UHF TV Antenna
 
* Channel Master 4221 UHF TV Antenna
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** Channel Master CM 0068DSB VHF/UHF/FM Spartan 3 Outdoor Pre-Amp
 
** Channel Master CM 0068DSB VHF/UHF/FM Spartan 3 Outdoor Pre-Amp
  
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Both antenna's are mounted on a chimney mount, and the Channel Master is pointing at the CN Tower, while the Yagi is pointing at buffalo.  With this setup I currently receive 18 HDTV Channnels, and 1 SD channel.  TVO Ontario is the only GTA TV Station not broadcasting in digital yet.
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The Yagi antenna is mounted with a chimney mount, and pointed at Buffalo, and the CM 4221 is installed on the peak with a Tripod Antenna Mount, pointed at the CN Tower.  Both are cabled with RG6.
  
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The Channel master, is connected to the ATSC input on the Kworld ATSC 110, and the NTSC input of the HVR 1600.  And the Yagi is connected to the ATSC input on the HVR 1600.
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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="1"
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! scope="row" | Antenna
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! scope="col" | Card
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! scope="col" | Source
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! scope="row"| CM 4221 <br>
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| HDHomeRun connect
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| Canada
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! scope="row" | Yagi  
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| HVR 2250
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| US
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|}
  
 
== OTA Channel Listing ==
 
== OTA Channel Listing ==
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== Basement System ==
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== Family Room System ==
  
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== Upstairs System ==
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=== The Hardware ===
  
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* RaspberryPI Model 2
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** CPU 900 MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7
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** Memory 1 GB RAM
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** Storage MicroSDHC slot
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** Graphics Broadcom VideoCore IV
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** Power 4.0 W
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* MPEG2 and WVC1 Codecs are enabled
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* USB IR Dongle
  
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== Mplayer Config ==
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=== The Software ===
  
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One of the things I have never been able to find is a really good mplayer config file, that works really well with my setup.  So after alot of tuning over several months I have come up with this config, which I feel works really well for me, YMMV.  I have this in my ~/.mplayer/config file.
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* OSMC
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* xymon-client
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* KODI
  
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Humm multi threaded mplayer - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1104967
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== Upstairs System ==
  
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=== The Hardware ===
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# mplayer config options
 
  
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#General setup
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*Zotac Mini PC MAGHD-ND01-U
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fs="yes"
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**Intel Atom 330 Dual-Core 1.6Ghz,
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zoom="yes"
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**2GB DDR2 800,
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quiet="yes"
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**160 GB,
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nojoystick="yes"
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**nVidia ION Graphics w/HDMI+D-Sub,
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cache="8192"
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**8-Channel HD Audio, Gigabit Lan,
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sws="0"
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**802.11n Wireless,
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**eSATA,
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**6x USB 2.0
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* USB IR Dongle
  
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lavdopts=threads=2:skiploopfilter=all:fast=1
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=== The Software ===
  
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# Audio options
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* Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
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* xymon-client
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* KODI
  
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ao="alsa:device=spdif" #audio out
 
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ac="hwdts,hwac3,"
 
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mixer-channel="Master"
 
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srate=48000
 
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# Video options
 
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vo="xv" #video out
 
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zoom="1" #Allow sofware scaling if you use x11 for vo from the commandline
 
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noaspect="1" # disable predefined aspect ratios ( XVID )
 
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#Display
 
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double="yes" #double buffering(recommended for subtitles)
 
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monitoraspect="16:9" #Use for a widescreen laptop so keeps 4:3 content from stretching
 
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aspect="16:9" #Use for a widescreen laptop so keeps 4:3 content from stretching
 
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framedrop="1" # For slow machines
 
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#subtitle code
 
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#set this if you haven't copied your preferred font to ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf
 
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font=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/impact.ttf
 
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ffactor="10" #black outline
 
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sub-bg-alpha="0" #background color ala closed captions
 
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sub-bg-color="0" #black to white
 
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subfont-text-scale="3.7" #truetype font scaling
 
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subfont-blur="1" #Slight blur
 
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#This sets the postprocessing into overdrive using all possible spare cpu cycles to make the movie look better
 
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autoq=100
 
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vf=pp=de,hqdn3d
 
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subpos="90" #By default subtitles are too low
 
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subalign="2"
 
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#turns off xscreen saver...sometimes
 
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stop-xscreensaver="yes"
 
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[[Category:MythPeople]]
 
[[Category:MythPeople]]

Latest revision as of 22:01, 16 May 2016

Number of shows: 1044
Number of episodes: 24028
First recording: Thursday July 15th, 2004
Last recording: Monday May 16th, 2016
Total Running Time: 11 years 10 months 19 hrs 11 mins
Total Recorded: 2 years 3 months 20 days 13 hrs 16 mins
Percent of time spent recording:19%

Main MythTV System

The Hardware

My system
  • Antec Fusion Black 430 Case, with LCD
  • Asus AT3IONT-I Deluxe
    • 4 GB Ram
    • 2 x 3 TB Hard drives
  • Hauppauge HVR 2250
  • HDHomeRun Connect
  • Harmony 650 Remote
  • LG 50PG10 Plasma Display
  • Yamaha HTR N5060 Receiver, with 6.1 speaker system

The Software

  • Ubuntu 14.04.4
  • Mythtv
    • Mythtvbackend
    • Mythweb
  • KODI
  • Mythicallibrarian
  • Xymon
  • dnsmasq ( DHCP Server for HDHomeRun )
  • AFP/Netalk ( Time Machine backup )
  • MediaWiki for storing configuration information
  • Schedules Direct for listings

TV Sources

UHF Corner Reflector Yagi antenna
  • Channel Master 4221 UHF TV Antenna
    • Channel Master CM 0068DSB VHF/UHF/FM Spartan 3 Outdoor Pre-Amp
  • UHF Corner Reflector Yagi antenna, cut out of a Radio Shack antenna Model: VU-190 XR I had lying around
    • Channel Master CM 0068DSB VHF/UHF/FM Spartan 3 Outdoor Pre-Amp

The Yagi antenna is mounted with a chimney mount, and pointed at Buffalo, and the CM 4221 is installed on the peak with a Tripod Antenna Mount, pointed at the CN Tower. Both are cabled with RG6.

Antenna Card Source
CM 4221
HDHomeRun connect Canada
Yagi HVR 2250 US

OTA Channel Listing


2-1	WGRZ-HD	WGRZ-HD
2-2	WGRZ-W+	WGRZ-W+
4-1	WIVB-HD	WIVB HDTV
5-1	CBLT-DT	CBC Toronto High Definition Television
7-1	WKBW-HD	WKBW-HD
7-2	WNGS	WNGS
9-1	CFTO HD	CFTO HD
17-1	WNED-HD	WNED-HD
17-2	WNED-SD	WNED-SD
17-3	WNED-Th	WNED-Th
19	CICA	TV Ontario (CICA)
23	WNLO	WNLO
25	CBLFT	SRC Toronto Haute definition
29	WUTV	WUTV FOX
41	CIII	CIII (Global - Ontario)
47	CFMT	CFMT (OMNI 1)
52	CKXT-DT	CKXT-DT
57-1	City HD	CityTV HD TORONTO
66-1	CKXT-DT	CKXT-DT
69	CJMT	CJMT - Omni2 Television

Family Room System

The Hardware

  • RaspberryPI Model 2
    • CPU 900 MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7
    • Memory 1 GB RAM
    • Storage MicroSDHC slot
    • Graphics Broadcom VideoCore IV
    • Power 4.0 W
  • MPEG2 and WVC1 Codecs are enabled
  • USB IR Dongle

The Software

  • OSMC
  • xymon-client
  • KODI

Upstairs System

The Hardware

  • Zotac Mini PC MAGHD-ND01-U
    • Intel Atom 330 Dual-Core 1.6Ghz,
    • 2GB DDR2 800,
    • 160 GB,
    • nVidia ION Graphics w/HDMI+D-Sub,
    • 8-Channel HD Audio, Gigabit Lan,
    • 802.11n Wireless,
    • eSATA,
    • 6x USB 2.0
  • USB IR Dongle

The Software

  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • xymon-client
  • KODI
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