Hi, Just for info, you can't add a cdrom and a pvr-350 card at same time in a via seriniti case. Also they are noisy.
Bart --------- Original Message -------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] freevo STB design Date: 13/10/03 15:28 > > Gray, Tim wrote: > > http://www.gctglobal.com/Products/Set_Top_Box/STB6086N2/stb6086n2.html > > > > These are about $350.00 for the 800mhz version... no ram or hard drive > > installed. > > I have looked into these as well. I think they are way overpriced, all > you get is a STB case and a mainboard with some onboard stuff including > a graphics chipset with closed source drivers. If you opt for the > hardware encoding stuff and want to development with it a license will > cost you $5k-$20k. > > So, you will still have to buy a hard drive (~$100), ram (~$50), and a > capture card. This machine doesn't have enough power to encode video in > real time so your best bet would be a PVR-250 which costs around $130.. > USD. So now your total is up to ~$630, and that is without a rom drive. > > > I have one on it's way for playing with. coupled with the right hardware and > > using mpeg1/2 files for recording to take advantage of the hardware playback > > and they would have more than enough horsepower to act as a freevo box. > > Also, are you going to have to jump through hoops to get the hardware > decoder to work? Is the use of the decoder automatic when using the > framebuffer driver or Xv? Will it even work with mplayer or xine? > These are questions that I have, and they might be worth asking on one > of their bulletin boards. > > Here's a similar setup that I am interested in testing: > > 1) V8000A(no tv-out) > 2) 256MB PC-133; > 3) WD 80GB w/8M cache HDD; > 4) VIA Sereniti 1100 case - nice small, quiet case. > > Items 1-4 will cost me a total of $380 CAD. > > Add a dvd rom drive, $50 CAD > > Add a PVR-350, $270 CAD. The PVR-350 would be used for hardware > encoding for tv capture and hardware decoding for playback. If I had > such a setup I would be tempted to make an mpeg player in python and do > it all natively in Freevo. I am not sure if mplayer or xine support the > PVR-350 decoder yet but it is only a matter of time. > > So, a complete system here would cost me ~$700 CAD which is roughly $530 > USD. Not bad eh? > > -Rob > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. > See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: > Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
