<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 19/11/2009, at 5:02 PM, Tortise wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>----- Original Message ----- <br>From: "Nick Rout" <<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "MythTV in NZ" <<a href="mailto:mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz">mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz</a>><br>Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 1:31 PM<br>Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] case for mini itx FE solution<br><br><br><blockquote type="cite">Fankly I would look at using something/anything that is lying around<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the house for a case. Look at <a href="http://mini-itx.com">http://mini-itx.com</a> for inspiration :)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">With the external power supply your choices are pretty wide. Some of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the examples there may not be pretty, but they would be a talking<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">point :)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><br>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 <br>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 <br>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 <br>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 <br>may well be un-necessary with a dual Zotac CPU in this box.<br><br>Must be some desktop like systems that are similarly suitable. I noted one possibility on trademe for $1.50!<br><br>Visual aesthetics? Someone will probably comment!<br><br>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 <br>vdpau) I presume the dual CPU unit is not up to that - but perhaps it is?<br><br></div></blockquote><br></div><div>What are you streaming at 1080i that can only be played with VLC?</div><div><br></div><br><div>
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