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Title: Media Directors Who Uses What?
Post by: archived on May 02, 2006, 03:50:50 am

Just wanted to get a thread going on what people have been using for media directors? Hardware? Video Cards? Sound Cards? Cases? So i can get some ideas of what is out there. Thanks

Title: Media Directors Who Uses What?
Post by: archived on May 02, 2006, 09:19:45 am

I try to use Intel-based Mac Mini - http://www.apple.com/macmini/. Also, you can check aOpen mini PC - http://minipc.aopen.com/us/spec.htm which looks like MAc Mini. ASUS DIGIMATRIX - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16856110011 seems a good choice for MD.

Title: Media Directors Who Uses What?
Post by: archived on May 03, 2006, 04:18:18 am

What are you running on your mac mni? can you use a ir remote with that or are you using a gc100 or irtrans..etc. Also does pluto recognize the internal bluetooth on the mini. pretty much are you limited on anytihng if you use the mac mini?

Title: Media Directors Who Uses What?
Post by: archived on May 03, 2006, 10:15:13 am

I just try to boot it from Plutohome TFTP server but without luck yet. But there is an example howto boot Linux to Mac Mini (PowerPC not Intel-based) via network and run there MythTV - http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Diskless_Mac-Mini_Howto#Forcing_the_Mac_Mini_to_boot_from_the_net.