{"id":430,"date":"2004-01-09T15:04:45","date_gmt":"2004-01-09T13:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.multiplicity.dk\/?p=430"},"modified":"2004-01-09T15:04:45","modified_gmt":"2004-01-09T13:04:45","slug":"home-stero-linux-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krag.be\/index.php\/2004\/01\/09\/home-stero-linux-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Stero Linux Box"},"content":{"rendered":"
My wonderful parents gave me a wonderful present this christmas. I got a Hush Technologies<\/a> mini-itx PC.<\/p>\n It’s a beautiful VIA<\/a> mini-itx<\/a> PC, made to fit into my Stereo stack. I’ve long been wanting an upgrade to my current surround system, including the capability to record tv-programs to harddisk, as well as play mp3’s on my stereo system. The VIA EPIA processor and the mini-itx Hush PC offers a fanless 1GHz PC in a beautiful box, perfect for the goal I have with this (or so I hope). I’m expecting to take delivery of the box in the next few days, and will start my quest to find the right linux-distro, get all the drivers working, choose a TV-tuner card, and generally get it up and running. <\/p>\n I am pretty sure I will be running the impressive mythTV<\/a> package on it, which offers a seriously cool interface for watching DVD’s, playing MP3’s, and recording tv-shows all using a remote control.<\/p>\n
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\nMy requirements are really simple, since I live in a one-bedroom apartment with my girlfriend, it has to be a practically noise-less solution, and the idea of having a 24\/7 server in a closet and streaming the data is not realistic. We have no closet that isn’t full of stuff already, and the power-consumption of a modern PC is prohibitive. <\/p>\n