Re: [vdr] A new possibility for lower power high performance VDR

2009-03-08 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Mika Laitio wrote: > >> I have myself thinked about the possibility of running vdr/xineliboutput > >> client on low end systems that just have usb 2.0 but not any graphic > >> cards or free pci slots available. > >> > >> Has anybody experiences from the "usb vga" o

Re: [vdr] A new possibility for lower power high performance VDR

2009-03-08 Thread Mika Laitio
>> I have myself thinked about the possibility of running vdr/xineliboutput >> client on low end systems that just have usb 2.0 but not any graphic >> cards or free pci slots available. >> >> Has anybody experiences from the "usb vga" or "usb dvi" graphic card >> adapters like these? > > I think th

Re: [vdr] A new possibility for lower power high performance VDR

2009-03-08 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Mika Laitio wrote: > I have myself thinked about the possibility of running vdr/xineliboutput > client on low end systems that just have usb 2.0 but not any graphic > cards or free pci slots available. > > Has anybody experiences from the "usb vga" or "usb dvi" gr

Re: [vdr] A new possibility for lower power high performance VDR

2009-03-08 Thread Mika Laitio
I have myself thinked about the possibility of running vdr/xineliboutput client on low end systems that just have usb 2.0 but not any graphic cards or free pci slots available. Has anybody experiences from the "usb vga" or "usb dvi" graphic card adapters like these? http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/

Re: [vdr] A new possibility for lower power high performance VDR

2009-03-02 Thread Thomas Sailer
On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 22:41 +0200, Ville Skyttä wrote: > How much did you pay for these? I found some prices around 180€, that sounds > surprisingly high to me. digitec.ch (where I bought them) lists them at 217 and 257 CHF, which are approximately 140 and 170 Euro. Tom

Re: [vdr] A new possibility for lower power high performance VDR

2009-03-02 Thread Ville Skyttä
On Monday 02 March 2009, Thomas Sailer wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 15:35 +0100, Peer Oliver Schmidt wrote: > > as multiple people have asked me in private mail (why do we have a > > mailing list *grml*), here is name of the box, I am using: > > > > EXSYS PCI Express Bus zu 4 x PCI Slot Expansion

Re: [vdr] A new possibility for lower power high performance VDR

2009-03-02 Thread Thomas Sailer
On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 15:35 +0100, Peer Oliver Schmidt wrote: > as multiple people have asked me in private mail (why do we have a > mailing list *grml*), here is name of the box, I am using: > > EXSYS PCI Express Bus zu 4 x PCI Slot Expansion Box EX-1010 > (0004558-2008-LV) The EX-1010 is a b

Re: [vdr] A new possibility for lower power high performance VDR

2009-03-02 Thread Peer Oliver Schmidt
Peer Oliver Schmidt wrote: > There are already alternatives, if you have a single PCI slot > available. I am using an external box with PCI slots in there. Works > a treat. as multiple people have asked me in private mail (why do we have a mailing list *grml*), here is name of the box, I am us

Re: [vdr] A new possibility for lower power high performance VDR

2009-03-02 Thread Peer Oliver Schmidt
jori.hamalai...@teliasonera.com wrote: >> You might want to re-read the press-release, and the details on the > manufacturer page. >> It needs a host adapter. This host adapter is available in either PCI, > CardBus or ExpressBus format. > > Thanks, I re-read it and yes - you need a host card. So w

Re: [vdr] A new possibility for lower power high performance VDR

2009-03-02 Thread Pertti Kosunen
jori.hamalai...@teliasonera.com wrote: > As most Intel Atom boards do not have more than 1 PCI slot (stupid rule > by Intel), I found an way to circumvent that limitation How about normal pci-riser? http://www.logicsupply.com/products/pci201_32 Something like this.

Re: [vdr] A new possibility for lower power high performance VDR

2009-03-02 Thread jori.hamalainen
> You might want to re-read the press-release, and the details on the manufacturer page. > It needs a host adapter. This host adapter is available in either PCI, CardBus or ExpressBus format. Thanks, I re-read it and yes - you need a host card. So with host card (PCI) you could still use some othe

Re: [vdr] A new possibility for lower power high performance VDR

2009-03-02 Thread Peer Oliver Schmidt
Hello Jori, > > As most Intel Atom boards do not have more than 1 PCI slot (stupid rule > by Intel), I found an way to circumvent that limitation > > _http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2157454.htm_ > > It is a USB-to-3-pci -slots adapter, and based on press release it is > Linux compa

[vdr] A new possibility for lower power high performance VDR

2009-03-02 Thread jori.hamalainen
As most Intel Atom boards do not have more than 1 PCI slot (stupid rule by Intel), I found an way to circumvent that limitation http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2157454.htm It is a USB-to-3-pci -slots adapter, and based on press release it is Linux compatible. Immediately I started th