Ongoing The rotbox (2 Viewers)

Thamar

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Following the rottop (nicknamed one of my older laptops that way when it started crashing, and so followed the naming of the other pc's ;) ) and the rotbak (mainpc) here's the rotbox (mediabox).

It's build based on an old Asus minitower I had around, very practical design and rather small.
Main stuff:
- Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
- AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350
- Scythe Mini-Ninja
- 2GB DDR2-800 Apacer
- WD 500GB Greenpower HDD
- Asus Quiettrack S-ATA DVDdrive
- Some cardreader
- Hauppauge PVR-150
- XP Pro SP3 sent on a small diet
- M$ MCE remote and keyboard


It still isn't set up 100% but I'm getting there.
Had some trouble with webEPG to get it to work properly for the flemish part of belgium. But in the end I managed, and looking back on it I'm an idiot! Forgot a little setting in the plugin section of the tv-server part :oops:

After that all went smoothly, some plugins here and there, the webserver thingie also works like a charm! Made some TV logo's, so that it looks a little better.

Then came the next step, concurrent remote desktop users. Very handy if you want to remotely connect to the pc to do some minor things without having to turn off mediaportal or minimizing it. The whole process was a bit of a pain in the ass, untill I tried adding another registry setting I read on another site and it worked, whoopie :D

Oh well, let's do some more smaller stuff right now :)
 

Thamar

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Running smoothly, everything works like it should.


Only problem that I have is that I can't get my router to except a broadcast for Wol over the interweb.



Now saving some money to get me a LCD-TV.
 

Thamar

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For now there's a r3450 installed in the system to have s-video, but as soon as the new TV gets here that'll be thrown out.

2 quick pics.

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SwingSultan

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why do you want to throw out your r3450? i have heared some rumors that the smallest amd gpus arent powerful enough for 1080p content (bluray ect). is that true or is there some other purpose to this like gaming or something?
 

Thamar

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Little update.

Got the new tv since a month or 2. Sony KDL32-V4500.
Only thing is, I'm unable to use the HDMI-interface. Have read about some others with the same problem combining ati-cards and sony tv's ...

Trew out the MCE remote, got a Logitech Harmony 555 instead. Great toy, only thing is that you spend some time the first few days setting it up.
Also trew out the r3450. And added a second tvt-card I had lying around.
 

Thamar

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I think the software part is mostly done.

Installed the mytvseries plugin, great addition! Also installed For The Record, a great upgrade from the standard tv scheduler thingie!



The only thing still bottering me is the fact that my siemens router won't accept wol over the interweb...

Now the search for a new pc-case has begon, and the convincing the better half of it ;)
 

edterbak

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Hi Thamar.

I have mostly the same hardware. The same MB, cpu + cooler (passive), ATI card (had a 3450, now 4350), 2GB ram, etc.
See my specs on what case I use. Its a Antec case. It all fits in there AND look good. I got two noctua fans on one side of the case, and I cant hear them.

Good luck with the hunt :)
 

Thamar

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The fusion case isn't an option here, can't set a desktopcase, otherwise I would've gone for an Antec one allready.
Have to use a mini-tower, but I've found a new one from gigabyte yesterday. Now I only have to check the shop if they can deliver it...

[edit]
Should be here somewhere mid january :D
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811233017

Just a simple black mini-tower.
 

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