Hi, I found out about the Shuttle PCs. They seem to have a small form factor and try to be reasonably quite. I am mostly interested in the SS40G (http://www.shuttle.com/german/ss40g.htm#ss40g ) , because it has 2 PCI Slots (for two Win-TV Fm cards :). It looks like they can be purchased in the EU now for around 250 Euro.
Searching the net I found http://islay.dyndns.org/taz/. So it looks like Linux support is there for everything important: * Build in NW Card to connect it to my lan * TV-Out * 2 PCI Slots (for two tv tuners, making it possible to watch and record distinct channels) * Sound - even SPDIF out -> plugs into my 5.1 amp * Serial Port -> irman/lirc * USB/Firewire -> camara support * 2 ATA-100 -> HDD + DVD reader/CD Burner combo * Heatpipe and alu case, making it hopefully quite Looks like a well rounded solution to me, no? Now my question is has anybody tried using such a box for a dedicated multi media station (using freevo)? How is the noise in practice? Are there any troubles getting freevo to work on such a box? I know that using a Via Eden board I could get much closer to a silent PC, but the Shuttle is has much more power, which promises good time-shifting performance. Also I heard that there is now a SourceForge project that can program (certain) MoBos so that they will automatically power up at a given time - making it possible to do scheduled recordings even when the PC is shut down. Looks like a reasonable compromise to me. regards, Andreas ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Scholarships for Techies! Can't afford IT training? All 2003 ictp students receive scholarships. Get hands-on training in Microsoft, Cisco, Sun, Linux/UNIX, and more. www.ictp.com/training/sourceforge.asp _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
