On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 08:04, Neale Swinnerton wrote: > > One question I have is I would like to utilize a PVR-350 in the pundit > > system for output to the TV and as another tuner for recording. I have > > been very pleased with the PVR-350 in the existing system. I read that > > this will be a tight fit but appears that it should be workable. Is > > there any other gotchas with setting a pundit up (or pundit-r) this > > way? Since I plan on using the PVR-350 for output the onboard video > > won't be used much beyond the initial install. > > the PVR-250 & PVR-350 get *very* hot. I had a PVR-250 & PVR-350 in the > same box and I had to put an extra fan in otherwise they'd overheat and > the sound would drop out. Also The PVR-350 is a *really* tight squeeze. > It's pretty much impossible to get it into the top slot. I ended up > grinding about 3mm off the top of both boards and cutting away some of the > metal in the case to get these two boards in at the same time. Also PVR > boards tend to be quite thirsty for current, so the PSU works hard, and > the fan makes some noise. The fan is a non-standard size 80mmx15mm, so > it's not easy to get a replacement. Mine was just too noisy for the living > room. I now have use it as a dedicated back end with 2 epia based > frontends.
Thanks for the reply. So which epia boards are you using as front ends? I looked at several on the mini-itx.com site and they do look interesting. I assume you are using the video output from the epia board and do not have any encoder cards installed in such a front end. What speed CPU is needed to handle decode of mpeg2? Are you using the atrpms packages on the front end systems or some other distribution? While I was hoping to get a third capture card in the mix finding a good relatively cheap frontend only system is a goal. -- Scot L. Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Take that, you hostile sons-of-bitches!" -- James Coburn, in the finale of _The_President's_Analyst_
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