Pentium 4 2GHz 256MB RAM
That's it. So this machine is essentially an empty canvas for me to work with. What I would like to do is build the best possible freevo for the lowest possible price.
Generally take a look at the Supported Hardware section on http://freevo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/DocumentationPage
What are your suggestions for TV Card,
With your CPU I don't think you will need a card with MPEG encoding like the PVR250. Get something with good driver support (a bt8x8 card supported by the bttv drivers)
Video Out card,
I got an ATI All In Wonder Radeon that I got for approx. 50$. I heard some rumours that at least some time ago ATI had better TV out quality than NVidia. A lot of the Freevo developers have Matrox G400 which therefore is well supported but more expensive than my card at least where I live.
DVD Drive,
?
RS232 remote,
You can either build your own receiver for most standard remotes or buy a TV Card with one included. It should be supported by LIRC. See http://freevo.sourceforge.net/hardware.html which also contains bits of hints about the other parts.
and anything else I'll need?
Soundcard? Or maybe your on-board is sufficient?
Also, will 256MB be enough memory?
I think so, I have an old K6-2 350 Mhz with 192 MB :-( but it's OK for audio and photos and the Freevo menu's work OK (I have neither DVD nor TV tuner working yet)
My ideal setup will be a machine with remote control, DVD playback support and a huge Mp3 collection mounted over samba.
Thanks in advance! I'm looking forward to building this as soon as I can afford the parts.
You can always start by adding the part you need the most and then add stuff along the way - that's my approach :-)
JornH
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