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On Jun 15, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > Jarod Wilson <jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> writes: > >> Nope, its got onboard Intel graphics, and nowhere to put an add-on >> graphics card. Wouldn't be surprised if there was eventually a >> product >> refresh that included an onboard nVidia option though... Since the >> DSH >> is supposed to be Dell's competitor to the Apple Mac Mini, which is >> now >> decked out with nVidia graphics goodness... > > Hmm... Can you run Fedora on a Mac Mini? ;) Absolutely. > I wonder how good a Myth Box that would make? A very good one, actually. I was running Fedora on a Core Duo 1.66GHz Mac Mini before I switched to the Dell Studio Hybrid. :) (The 1.66 was a bit too slow to handle 1080p H.264) >>> Part of this project is to fix my "two cable boxes on one myth >>> backend >>> cause Firewire bus resets and timeouts in the middle of shows when >>> the >>> second box starts to record" problem. I'm also hoping having the >>> boxes >>> on separate machines will also help fix the "can't open port: -1" >>> problem >>> that I get periodically.. >> >> Sadly, not enough people w/multiple firewire cable boxes to get >> this one >> figured out proper-like, I'm afraid. > > I dont understand why there aren't more people, but whatever. :) In my case, digital capture cards handle the bulk of the load, recording clear QAM. But since your provider is, well, evil... :) >>> Yep... No F/W would be a problem for me. >> >> It would force me to use my HD PVR for all cable box stuff, and an IR >> blaster for channel-changing, but I suppose could make do. I suspect >> there will be more ion boards eventually too though. > > So what do you use for the channel changer with your HD-PVR? Currently, FireWire. I'd have to switch to using a blaster on an MCE receiver. -- Jarod Wilson jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org
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