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I need someone to go over my proposal for a HTPC system and tell me if I'm straying, or if there's options I missed. Hardware: P4 2.4ghz 1gb DDR333 ATI 9800 Pro Hauppauge PVR-350 Now, I have an extensive video, TV show, and music collection that I want to be served, as well as some cable recordings such as hockey games and random things now and then that I want the PVR capabilities with. I will not be recording many shows everyday. I can't afford a HD TV as of now, and my current CPU won't do HD very well anyways, so I decided to start with this, and look for something new later on, after I get a better TV. Am I wrong in thinking this? Also, I am leaning towards a MythTV setup. I want to use the box as a backend & frontend combo, as well as a second frontend setup on my Macbook. Also for single file streaming to the Macbook as well (via VLC). What other software can do this and is easy to use? A large part of my media viewing will be divx and xvid files. Is there any software that excels in this part of the media center package? This box is also my defacto Usenet and torrent downloader, which I control remotely via the Macbook. Will this have any impact on the HTPC side of things? (aside from unpacking and things I can set to a lower cpu priority). Really I just want to get some recommendations for the best media center software than handles all my needs. EDIT - Anyone want to make a usage comparison between Media Portal, and MythTV? I mean how easy it is to setup, and then ease of use after. Is there shortcomings with either of them? choo choo fucked around with this message at 19:03 on May 29, 2007 |
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I'm aiming to replace my server + WDTV Live combo with a much more low-power friendly HTPC/NAS. The current server is a single Xeon 3.0ghz, 6GB RAM, with 3x300gb and 3x150gb hotswap SCSI drives. Hugely overpowered for my needs. It is a file server, sabnzbd+ downloader, and torrent downloader. It feeds files to 2 laptops, but mostly is a repository for the WDTV Live to pull from. I'd like to replace the whole setup with an attractive and cheap HTPC/NAS combo. Here's my current plan: Atom 330 with nVidia ION 2GB (2x1GB) DDR3 RAM WD 2TB hard drive 'A/V' model Apevia 250W PSU nMedia HTPC case (room for at least 1 5.25", and 2 3.5" SATA drives MCE Remote This needs to handle x264 .mkv playback at 1080p @ 24p (likely through XBMC), as well as handle the sabnzbd and torrent duties of the old server. I'm trying to keep this cheap, and power friendly. Will this setup handle my needs? Any parts that you'd swap out for? If 1080p x264 playback is too much for the thing I guess I could always strip out the HTPC parts of it, and build just a NAS instead (leave the WDTV Live for media duty)
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