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Users / Intel D945GCLF2

« on: November 29, 2008, 07:10:54 pm »

What do you think of this mini-ITX motherboard: Intel D945GCLF2?

It seems like a great option for a SD MD...

Philippe

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Users / Re: Media Director SD

« on: November 20, 2008, 10:48:04 pm »

I found it on the Canadian site though... http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856167020
Any thoughts for a cheaper MD?

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Users / Re: Media Director SD

« on: November 18, 2008, 11:00:47 pm »

By budget's really kind of tight. Aren't there any cheaper solution? If you add tuner cards to the pack, taxes, shipping, etc. for three TVs... it's about 2000$. The MSI Wind PC seems like a good option, do any of you have suggestions for the connexion with the SD TVs? Furthermore, is an old 700mhz HP computer enough for a core, considering that I'll probably be recording or watching at least four feeds at the same time?

Thanks,
Philippe

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Users / Media Director SD

« on: November 18, 2008, 01:54:23 am »

Good day,

What would be the cheapest media director to read various video formats (mpeg2, mpeg4, etc.) with simple TV-OUT (7 pin s-video?) capabilities and probably UI2 capabilities for an SD television? I can also build a box myself if it comes cheaper...

Thank you very much,
Philippe

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Users / Re: MSI WIND PC, has anybody tried this yet??

« on: November 17, 2008, 01:03:10 am »

I'm also looking at the MSI Wind PC. Do you know if it has TV-out capabilities through the VGA port (with a simple VGA to s-video cable)?

Thanks,
Philippe

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Users / Re: Will LinuxMCE work with my current setup?

« on: March 06, 2008, 03:22:29 am »

I know that this thread hasn't been alive for some time already but I just wanted to be sure if tkmedia was talking about UI2 with alpha blending or without in his last answer.

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Users / Re: Yet Another "building"...

« on: March 05, 2008, 05:00:02 pm »

I may buy one HDHomeRun but I'm not even sure that we have ATSC over the air digital content here, in Montreal. I might get some signal from the US though... Could anyone who lives in Montreal or close to confirm?

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Users / Yet Another "building"...

« on: March 05, 2008, 05:22:18 am »

I'm building myself a new LinuxMCE system and I just wanted to be sure that all of my computer parts choices would be compatible with it. I also want to be sure that I'll be able to run UI2 with alpha blending or masking smoothly... Furthermore, I want to be able to watch live TV.

Biostar TF7050-M2 GF7050PC
NZXT Duet HTPC / Tower ATX Case Silver Black
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Dual Core Processor AM2 2.5GHZ 2X512KB 65W 65NM
Silverstone Strider ST350 350W ATX12V 20/24PIN Power Supply W/120MM Fan
Kingston ValueRAM PC2-4200 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-533 CL4 240PIN DIMM Memory Kit
Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 Media Center Kit MPEG2 PCI TV Tuner Retail Box W/ Certified MCE Remote
Western Digital SE16 500GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB Cache 8.9MS
LG GSA-H55N Black DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 INT IDE 2MB

I'll buy this kit three times (but the HDD) and one will serve as a hybrid. Does anybody have a similar configuration? I heard that this motherboard has BIOS problems, did anyone have any problems installing a CPU similar to mine on it?

Thanks a lot,
Philippe

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Users / VIA EPIA EX

« on: March 02, 2008, 06:01:02 am »

Do you think that a system based on a VIA EPIA EX with a 1.5ghz processor and a hardware based encoding tv card (pvr-150 for example) would be capable of simultaneous recording, playback and/or streaming plus UI2 (with masking I guess)?

Thanks
Philippe

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Compatible Products & Services / USB tv tuner

« on: January 02, 2008, 11:38:40 pm »

I made a quick search on the forum and the wiki and it seems like there is no info about generic usb tv tuners example: http://cgi.ebay.ca/USB-2-0-TV-Tuner-Video-MPEG-Capture-Box-with-Remote_W0QQitemZ230208564050QQihZ013QQcategoryZ3761QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem.

Does someone knows if it works? It'd be nice to create a wiki page...

Thanks,
philippefs35