Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 13:03:59 -0400 From: Randy Pratt <rpratt1950@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Hardware recommendations for a multimedia box Message-ID: <20050404130359.42c2fba0.rpratt1950@earthlink.net>
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Hi, I'm finally getting around to getting a new machine that will be primarily for multimedia. Here's some of the components I'm considering: Soyo K7VKPE M/B - KT600 Chipset w/ AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 1 GB DDR PC2700 333Mhz RAM (2 x 512MB) Matrox G550 Video Card w/ 32MB DDR/DVI & VGA Hauppauge PVR350 w/remote I don't do video gaming of any sort. Its main use will be for viewing DVD's and recording TV broadcasts (a la freevo). It appears that the Matrox G550 is supported: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2005-January/001511.html I looked in the "xorgconfig" utility but didn't see it listed by the "G550" designation. Is it the "Matrox Millenium" driver? I searched the archives but didn't find anything indicating that the tv-out function was working under FreeBSD. Is this still the case? I'm also thinking that the Hauppauge PVR350 is fully working at this point. Am I mistaken on this? Any suggestions, pointers or alternate hardware suggestions would be much appreciated. Best regards, Randy --
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