Re: audio / video system

2006-12-05 Thread Raffaele Morelli
> I think the agnula web site and related list could be a good start. > > http://agnula.org/ Hi Raffaele, I poked around a bit but couldn't really get a good idea of what's going on at agnula. It's an umbrella group, right? Adam Hi Adam, I started there but after I did it on my own :) and

Re: audio / video system - & energy efficiency

2006-12-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Adam Hardy wrote: > One question: all this has got to be relatively quiet which is difficult > with the chips all humming away trying to stay cool, and another factor > is the power consumption - my plan is to leave the server on most of the > time so that the others in the house can use it without

Re: audio / video system - & energy efficiency

2006-12-04 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 01:12:00AM +, Adam Hardy wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich on 04/12/06 16:37, wrote: > >Adam Hardy wrote: > >>I'm aiming to put together a PC with Etch as the OS, to use in my living > >>room as a hifi, TV and DVD player. > One question: all this has got to be relatively qu

Re: audio / video system - & energy efficiency

2006-12-04 Thread Adam Hardy
Johannes Wiedersich on 04/12/06 16:37, wrote: Adam Hardy wrote: I'm aiming to put together a PC with Etch as the OS, to use in my living room as a hifi, TV and DVD player. I've been using kaffeine on my thinkpad with an external usb DVB-T card (cinnergy T2) and since recently with an external

Re: audio / video system

2006-12-04 Thread Adam Hardy
Raffaele Morelli on 04/12/06 13:36, wrote: 2006/12/4, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 10:57:10AM +, Adam Hardy wrote: > Does anyone know of a good source of info or even have much experience > doing that themselves? I thi

Re: audio / video system

2006-12-04 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/04/06 04:57, Adam Hardy wrote: > I'm aiming to put together a PC with Etch as the OS, to use in my living > room as a hifi, TV and DVD player. > > I've been surfing around alot looking for interesting sites or mailing > lists where people are do

Re: audio / video system

2006-12-04 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2006/12/4, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 10:57:10AM +, Adam Hardy wrote: > Does anyone know of a good source of info or even have much experience > doing that themselves? I think the agnula web site and related list could be a good start. http://agnula.org/ che

Re: audio / video system

2006-12-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Adam Hardy wrote: > I'm aiming to put together a PC with Etch as the OS, to use in my living > room as a hifi, TV and DVD player. I've been using kaffeine on my thinkpad with an external usb DVB-T card (cinnergy T2) and since recently with an external usb audio card (Terratec phase 26) on debian e

Re: audio / video system

2006-12-04 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 10:57:10AM +, Adam Hardy wrote: > I'm aiming to put together a PC with Etch as the OS, to use in my living > room as a hifi, TV and DVD player. how hifi? live tv, recording tv or just watching stuff recorded elsewhere? > > I've been surfing around alot looking for in

Re: audio / video system

2006-12-04 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 10:57:10AM +, Adam Hardy wrote: > Does anyone know of a good source of info or even have much experience > doing that themselves? You might want to read this article: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8658 -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROT