[mythtvnz] case for mini itx FE solution

[Stephen Worthington]

On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:02:29 +1300, you wrote:

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Nick Rout" <nick.rout at gmail.com>
>To: "MythTV in NZ" <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
>Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 1:31 PM
>Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] case for mini itx FE solution
>
>
>> Fankly I would look at using something/anything that is lying around
>> the house for a case. Look at http://mini-itx.com for inspiration :)
>>
>> With the external power supply your choices are pretty wide. Some of
>> the examples there may not be pretty, but they would be a talking
>> point :)
>>
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>I've realised an old IBM mini tower PC case I have with a 500 series CPU (motherboard pretty much useless without an IBM BIOS 
>update - that I could never source) is in some respects an ideal fit as it will presumably accept a mini-itx motherboard, has an 85W 
>ATX PS built in, the CD could be replaced with a DVD if required, and there is some ventilation present by virtue of the internal 
>space and PS fan draw.  The PS fan noise in these is minimal as the majority of the noise comes from the HDD and/or CPU fan - that 
>may well be un-necessary with a dual Zotac CPU in this box.
>
>Must be some desktop like systems that are similarly suitable.  I noted one possibility on trademe for $1.50!
>
>Visual aesthetics?  Someone will probably comment!
>
>For me part of the criteria to meet is that the front end be able to play 1080i files/ streams on VLC, (without the benefit of 
>vdpau) I presume the dual CPU unit is not up to that - but perhaps it is?

Unlikely.  The only people reporting any success with CPU only on
1080i had > 3 GHz CPUs.  Maybe the newer code will benefit from
multiple cores, but the success reported used only one core for video
decode.