i would not do that.knutinh said:I have one idea. Would it be possible to use the TVEngine 3.0 for builing a light-weight passive diskless VIA pc close to analog/DVB-T/sat antennas that did all the "detuning", then run a single ethernet cable from that computer into a HTPC?
But for HD playback and ffdshow it may not be ultimate. Also, I dont know if DirectShow 9.0 support is common (or fast).infinityloop said:i would not do that.knutinh said:I have one idea. Would it be possible to use the TVEngine 3.0 for builing a light-weight passive diskless VIA pc close to analog/DVB-T/sat antennas that did all the "detuning", then run a single ethernet cable from that computer into a HTPC?
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you can build such a small form PC to be used as HTPC since you do not need to install tv-cards.
you only need a DVD drive, hdd and a vga card.
I follow you. However, I think that an "always on, never seen" solution should use little power, have few moving parts (fans/harddrives). An industrial, passive VIA C3 solution with a flashdrive and sufficient USB/PCI would be ideal provided that the server doesnt take a lot of horsepower - and I cant see that it should.Server:
if you want to use more than one TV-card and host videos on this system you should use a standart atx case which is easy to cool. an because it can be stored everywhere (i.e. in the basement) you do not need to use an eyecandy case.
if you have "only" one server, it also needs to run the database.
Of course. In practice it is always a pain to install cable though. Perhaps Power Line Communications, if no neightbors are HF radio amateurs ;-)generally speaking i always try to get a wired LAN (cat5) done. and only for areas i can not reach i use a WAN in addition.
wired networks are always fast and reliable
at first i would bever buy anything from VIA.knutinh said:An industrial, passive VIA C3 solution with a flashdrive and sufficient USB/PCI would be ideal provided that the server doesnt take a lot of horsepower - and I cant see that it should.
powerline is not worth the money. bandwith only allows you to use it for ADSL. (not speaking about the theoretically bandwith )knutinh said:Of course. In practice it is always a pain to install cable though. Perhaps Power Line Communications, if no neightbors are HF radio amateurs ;-)