I did some digging and I think I'm going to use Pebble Linux as the base for my stand-alone epia/freevo machine.
http://www.nycwireless.net/pebble If I can put it all together by complining a new kernel, installing the necessary packages, etc... it should be an imporvement. I also need to make sure that freevo's cache is saved on the nfs share. I played with iMedia MythTV Linux yesterday: http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/it.A/id.421/.f?sc=8&category=17 It's slick, but isn't exactly what I want to use due to the limited packages and hardware support. I'll post my results. -Chris On 9/11/06, Ashley Dawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris, I had been thinking along those lines regarding the micro drive / > flash solution, but I was unsure of repeated read/writes to CF for logs etc, > hence the micro-drive. I also have a file server for my media; this will > soon be updated to a 1TB NAS solution (just got to work out how to get it > thru the door and installed without the missus noticing ;¬) )so storage not > really an issue, although I am curious as to the 'best' way to access > network shares. I currently mount the shares using NFS and amend the Freevo > configuration; does Freevo support direct access to them or must they be > mounted? > > I have a micro atx board in a very nice Silverstone Lascala LC11 case and > have had no issues with playback of DVD (discs or files) or TV so I am > pretty happy with the hardware side and I have a Blueyonder TV Drive PVR so > don't intend to utilize any TV recording. > > I might be a bit biased regarding distro, as I am used to Slackware I didn't > really look at any others, but I'm sure there would be a huge discussion on > the best distro for the job, so I'm not going to go there !! > > Hadn't heard of Freepia, so I'll be checking that out later. > > Ashley. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris > Thomas > Sent: 11 September 2006 19:27 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] Best standalone Freevo solution. > > The key ingredient in my stand-alone freevo box is an EPIA ME6000 > mini-itx motherboard. This board has mpeg2 decoding built-in, so dvd > playback will be smooth without any additional hardware. > > The next step is storage. Where will you save the system and where > will you save your media. I chose to save my media on a seperate file > server, thus eliminating the amount of noise coming from my freevo > box. > > I then installed Gentoo along with Xorg, Freevo, Lirc, etc... on it > using a standard hard drive. I configured everything just the way I > wanted it (including booting straight into Freevo). > > http://freevo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/doc/BootFreevo > > I then copied the image of the hard drive to a compact flash card. > Using a CF-IDE adapter I was able to boot directly from the card and > mount my media over the network. > > My setup isn't perfect, but I'm waiting for Freevo 2.0 until I make > any big changes. Using Debian and mounting the system read-only would > be 2 improvements. > > You can follow Karl's advice and use a fancy bootsplash to get add > some eye candy. > > Also, check out Freepia: > > http://freepia.shaibn.com > > Hope this helps. > > -Chris > > > > On 9/11/06, Karl Lattimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Ashley, > > > > You mentioned pretty boot process; > > > > http://www.bootsplash.org/ > > > > Try that, suse have been using it for a while, you can do things like > > animations (fbmngplay) and progress bars using it, and its not as bulky > > as RHGB. > > > > as far as hardware is concerned a good UK provider is > > > > https://linitx.com/ > > > > I could probably help out with building a distribution especially for > > freevo... Are you going to linux from scratch it? I personally would > > prefer to build it out of a seriously trimmed down redhat/fedora or > > ubuntu. I don't have a great deal of time however with the projects I'm > > currently involved in. > > > > The advantage of fedora is anaconda which can be used to build a > > bootable install disc from whatever packages are on an installed system. > > The advantage of ubuntu is the live CD aspect. > > > > I also have some SVGs of the freevo logo and a device I did a while back > > which unfortunately I've still not managed to complete a website with. > > > > K, > > > > PS. Where abouts in the UK are you? > > > > On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 18:47 +0100, Ashley Dawkins wrote: > > > Hi Evan, still not going as I would like, but not had as much time as I > > > would like to experiment further :¬( Still interested in any information > > > regarding a standalone solution, especially a nice looking process to > boot > > > directly into Freevo. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Ashley. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evan > Hisey > > > Sent: 09 September 2006 19:10 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] Best standalone Freevo solution. > > > > > > Ashley- > > > How is the project coming? > > > Evan > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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