Aurélien Reynaud <aurelien.reynaud <at> atosorigin.com> writes:
> my PVR is based on an Epia-10000M mainboard (C3 Nehemiah processor) and > a hauppauge PVR250 TV tuner card. It has known no other OS than Gentoo > and is doing quite well. > > Some hardware features are still bleeding edge for Linux (hw MPEG2 > decoding under Xorg), but most development in this area happens on > Gentoo first, thanks to its flexibility. So if you want Linux on this > platform, you cannot find better than Gentoo. However, getting a fully > functional system is not easy and you will have to be confortable with > ~x86, portage overlays, ebuild editing, etc... > > If you don't need support for maximal multimedia features (eg you plan > to use it for server/router purposes) a standard Gentoo install will be > OK. > > Of course we are talking 1GHz cpus, so if you plan to build Gentoo from > stage 1, what you will need most is patience... Any 'Howtos' floating around? I'd also be interested in builing a Gentoo multimedia appliance, based on the Nehemiah processor. These issues you have indicated seem to suggest a 'howto' is needed specifically for Gentoo on a Via processor. For instances the details kernel building. Did you do it cross-compiling on an x86 machine, or natively on the Nehemiah processor? Also how well is the Mpeg2 HW working? Can your get a stable stream and use ffmpeg to convert it to another form of video such as H.263 or H.264? Ideas and details are most welcome..... James -- [email protected] mailing list
