Media PC
Posted: 2007-12-22 18:42:53

Hi all!

First of all, I want to wish everyone reading this a Merry Christmas!

So what's happened? Nothing special really, just busy working on projects for university, preparing for tests and so on...

There's one thing I don't want to keep from you though, especially since I finally have time to set this thing up. A couple of weeks ago I ordered the parts for my media pc. It's a via epia based system, with an optical audio out. More specific:

  • Procase Noah case (black)
  • VIA EPIA EX10000EG
  • 1GB memory
  • Fujitsu MHV2160BT 160 GB, 4200 Rpm, 8 MB, 2.5"

The hard drive is basically for a notebook, but serves its purpose well in this system since it retrieves the actual music files from the server.

I'm currently installing Gentoo on this system and just finished adding another network cable to my room... Winking icon Hopefully I can at least finish bootstrapping and emerge -e system before the end of the evening and start playing around with mpd tomorrow. I'll keep you posted and I'll try to make some pictures tomorrow.

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Name: lotso | Website: /posts/lotso.livejournal.com | Posted: 2007-12-23 18:28:38

This aint enough juice to play RMVB files (read media) and just barely to play DVDs.

Name: Sander Knopper | Website: http://www.knopper.tk | Posted: 2007-12-23 18:37:34

True, but it's meant for audio only for now. Since I'd like to keep things fanless I've chosen for this (somewhat slow) cpu.

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