On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:03:18 -0500, Bill Rising <brising at louisville.edu> wrote: > On Jan 12, 2005, at 10:43, Lee Larson wrote: > > > On Jan 12, 2005, at 10:09 AM, Rex Baldazo wrote: > > > >> Should work with any standard PC-compatible VGA monitor, which are > >> dirt-cheap these days. > >> > >> Though if you have a hi-definition TV with the DVI adapter you can > >> connect it there as well. I think that's one of their target markets, > >> people who want a DVD/music server for their fancy new hi-def TV. > > > > My very first thought when I learned of the new mini-Mac was that this > > would be the perfect front-end for a home video setup. I just finished > > making a MythTV machine (a Linux Tivo clone with open source software) > > and MythTV allows other machines on the network to share video. There > > is a Mac OS X Myth font end, and this would be a perfect little box to > > use it. > > > > The problem I have is that $500 is a little steep to turn it into just > > a Myth slave. > > > > True enough, but it might be a lot less complicated and a lot less time > consuming than building your own (as you already did). Of course, is > there really a need to have that fast a processor in a Tivo? Then > again, if it had a wireless card and bluetooth in it, it could be used > to work on another networked computer while sitting in front of the TV.
If you've built the server as Lee has, building a front-end can't be that complicated. Trying to use an X-Box is probably a bit complicated, but the current cheap choice. Is there any kind of remote control that would work with the mini mac? Fast processor in the Tivo-clone is worthwhile. More cpu, the more recording and playing you can do at the same time. The ultimate setup I've heard of is to have yet another machine as the medium-term+ storage so that hard-drive pain doesn't cause problems with recording/playing. That said, I'm still trying to get the Hauppage card to work in Windows so I can be happy it's good and go back to getting MythTv to recognise it. Myth installed pretty easily, but the damn card's playing at being invisible. Hen | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
