bklaas wrote:
Peter;162671 Wrote:
I've thought about this setup, but the XBox is just to noisy to ever be
allowed in my living room.
I don't disagree with this statement at all, except for two caveats:
1. you can quiet it somewhat by pushing the fan speed down to 10% via
xbmc settings. some have even gone as far as to replace the fan with a
quieter one, but that's a bit too involved for my interest.
2. with a 10 second boot time, the only time xbmc needs to be on is
when you are watching something on xbmc. I don't notice the xbox noise
when watching something, only when nothing else is audible.
also, if you have an AV rack with a glass front that'll buffer it even
further.
Good to know. The quietest PC (an XBox is basically a PC) is the one in
the other room. It's fairly easy to transport video and audio signals to
a TV set and the (totally quiet) Squeezeboxes take care of the control.
You can't get quieter than that...
Another nice option for MythTV is a separate frontend running on a
Hauppauge MediaMVP: http://www.mvpmc.org/
The MediaMVP is basically a noiseless and fanless network device with TV
& audio out. The MVPMC software not only acts as a MythBox frontend, but
also as a SliMP3/SqueezeBox. I haven't tried it, but it looks like a
great option.
Regards,
Peter
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