[olug] HTPC box

[T. J. Brumfield]

I forgot to spec out a wireless adapter. Can someone recommend 802.11n
adapter that works well in Linux?

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Todd Wittenmeier <magitoddw at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm putting together a dual core atom net-top to use with a nice hd tv
> sometime this year, I plan to run ubuntu (probably 10.10 unless I do this
> after natty comes out.) and I'll be using some kind of small bluetooth or
> usb rf keyboard and mouse like the Rii Mini, which looks really nice.  my
> plan is to use Hulu Desktop, VLC, and Boxee with maybe a NAS I'll use to
> hold rips of all my DVD's I have in the house. (cost of the nettop is
> probably going to be something like $400, probably less.)
>
> Currently I have a hacked wii for video I have on Samba shares, and a nice
> network connected Sony BluRay player hooked to a 54" SD Projection TV.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Will Langford <unfies at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > A couple years ago I built a myth box out of an nvidia 7100 based
> > motherboard (onboard hdmi with working audio-over-hdmi).  That meant:
> > motherboard, cpu (on the lower end), ram, processor, hard drive, case.  I
> > added to that a couple PVR150's for capture and have been fairly happy
> > since.  Although I'm thinking about moving to firewire sometime this
> year.
> >
> > If you're just building a playback only system (along with games or web),
> > then you shouldn't need too much horsepower as far as I know.  A
> > motherboard
> > with HDMI (and audio over HDMI) output should suit just about any need
> > you'd
> > have (???).  I'd confirm this works on whatever OS you'll be running,
> > first.
> >  Early on I had to hack at alsa drivers myself (one or two line patch so
> i
> > never made it public) :) ... this has since been resolved.
> >
> > For modern capture, not entirely sure what to suggest.  Particularly
> > through
> > DISH.  Within the last few months, someone had commented here about
> getting
> > firewire to work through Cox (albeit unrelated to DISH).  A friend has a
> > Hauppauge HD PVR that captured 720p and 1080 (not sure i/p) beautifully
> (in
> > windows).  The HD PVR also has excellent support on myth / etc.  You're
> > looking at $200 prolly for the device, alone sadly.  PVR150-250's are
> cheap
> > if ya don't mind going SD rather than HD.
> >
> > Something to note about non-paid-for-pvr's -- you'll need to fork $10 a
> > year
> > (i believe) to Schedules Direct for channel listings / guide infos.
> >
> > As far as software, mythtv (mythbuntu seems to do okay), xbmc, boxee,
> etc.
> >  There are plenty of free/gpl windows myth-ish "ports" etc available as
> > well.
> >
> > -----
> >
> > Although it doesn't do capture, I've been curious about something like
> one
> > of these for some time:
> >
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856176002
> >
> > ------
> >
> > Similarly, I'm curious if an Atom board with HDMI out would work nicely.
> >  There are nvidia and intel video based motherboards with HDMI out
> > available.  $100-$150.  That means board + ram + hd + case.
> >
> > The atom stuff (either shrink wrapped lil devices, or the motherboard)
> > would
> > undoubtedly offer a quiet system, particularly if you insist on a case
> with
> > large fans (if any) :)
> >
> > -Will
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>
> --
> -Todd
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