I have one of the LV667T boards sitting here. It's NOT silent since
but it can be made damn quiet for a lot less than a typical system.
It does HD and SD playback via XvMC very well. Though you need to
jump through a few hoops to get the unichrome pro libraries and
drivers installed.
So there is a fan in there? The pictures of the board I've seen don't show one.
Is it needed on the Mobo, or is it the case fan? I've seen a couple of fanless ITX
cases that use big aluminum fins to disipate the heat. These would be really
compelling if this board will work in them. I just don't know anything about the
VIA chips & boards and what they'll need to work well.
I've been really been looking hard to find a fanless or at least 1 small or
lowspeed fan frontend solution because in my cabinet the fan noise echos off
the sides of the cabinet and amplifies the noise.
I've not gone beyond the proof of concept phase with this board, but
overall I'm pleased. I've got a full Mythfrontend + all plugins in a
system that 1 moving part (the CPU fan).
Have you had it doing full res HD and can it keep up as a front end only
machine?
I'm thinking about taking my existing noisy backend and putting an HD3000 in
there for capture, and then using a system like this for a diskless, front end.
I know I'm looking for a lot to find a cheap (relatively), very quiet, hardware
HD capable front end, but if I can find the right solution I'll buy 5 and put
e'm all over the house. Then I'll be in Myth Heaven.
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