Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:12:39 -0500 From: "Gary Hartl" <ghartl@gmail.com> To: "'michael'" <michael.copeland@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD Media Center Message-ID: <000001c949a9$3e5fb490$bb1f1db0$@com> In-Reply-To: <4922ED9D.90509@gmail.com> References: <000e01c94999$a7532dc0$f5f98940$@com> <4922ED9D.90509@gmail.com>
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-----Original Message----- From: michael [mailto:michael.copeland@gmail.com] Sent: November-18-08 11:30 AM To: Gary Hartl Subject: Re: FreeBSD Media Center Gary Hartl wrote: > Hi all; > > > > I have an old laptop (Dell Inspiron 7500), P3 550mhz, 256mb ram 20 gig hdd. > > > > I am wondering what the validity of putting FBSD on it running VLC or > something like that feeding to my tv. > > > > Anyone with any feedback on this. > > > > Or is there a FBSD Media Center project out either in alpha or beta? > > > > Thanks > > > > Gary > It will run. I'd put a bit more ram in, especially if the video card is lacking. I assume it has svideo out? or are you feeding with vga out? Yeah i'm going to be bumping it to 512mb which is the laptop max, I will be running vga out coupling to dvi on the tv. With a y audio cable from the sound card. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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