From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 4 17:04:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79D0D16A4CE for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 17:04:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37DA643D46 for ; Mon, 4 Apr 2005 17:04:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rpratt1950@earthlink.net) Received: from [65.41.159.229] (helo=kt.weeble.com) by smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DIUzZ-00063V-I1 for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org; Mon, 04 Apr 2005 13:04:01 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=simple; s=test1; d=earthlink.net; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-Id:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=fTY4/RZGDC3tnURb5oESwfo1B7TPAEhQO2Y39K8HixMNYpYGakOiBEMxZ58idL6y; Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 13:03:59 -0400 From: Randy Pratt To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20050404130359.42c2fba0.rpratt1950@earthlink.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.11) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 96132b9c1759af1df21c5f5255d6c174239a348a220c260995f6808ae223d3de791a07a45afa0d9d93caf27dac41a8fd350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 65.41.159.229 Subject: Hardware recommendations for a multimedia box X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 17:04:02 -0000 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 --