View source for MythTV OCAU Member Setups

The following table compromises of [[MythTV]] configurations by various OCAU members. It provides potential MythTV users with an opportunity to view what configurations other OCAU members are utilising.

For fun, OCAU members may include pictures of their setups. If you're an OCAU member and would like to include your configuration in this table, learn [[#How to contribute|How to add your contribution]].

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|+ OCAU member configurations (Alphabetical)
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| style="text-align: center; color: white;" | '''OCAU <br> username''' || style="text-align: center; color: white;" | '''Configuration''' || style="text-align: center; color: white;" | '''HDTV <br> capable'''|| style="text-align: center; color: white;" | '''OS/Distribution'''|| style="text-align: center; color: white;" | '''Picture(s)'''
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| alphalove
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* [http://www.antec.com/ec/productDetails.php?ProdID=08738 Antec Fusion mATX]
* [http://www.uabit.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=48&page=1&model=339 Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD (mATX)]
* Intel E4300 1.8Ghz @ 3.0Ghz (9 x 334Mhz) stock voltages
* [http://www.corsairmemory.com/_datasheets/TWIN2X2048-5400C4.pdf Corsair TwinX 2Gb PC5400 DDR2 RAM (2 x 1024MB), 4-4-4-12]
* [http://www.asus.com.au/products.aspx?l1=2&l2=6&l3=515&l4=0&model=1644&modelmenu=1 Asus GeForce 8500GT Silent 512MB PCI-E]
* [http://www.newmagic.com.au/NM_pages/products/hauppauge/OEM/nova-T_500_MCE/nova-T_500_MCE.html Hauppauge Nova-T-500 - Dual HD tuners]
* [http://www.asus.com.au/products.aspx?l1=12&l2=42&l3=136&l4=0&model=57&modelmenu=1 Asus WL-167g 54Mbps USB Wireless Adapter]
* [http://www.samsung.com/au/products/harddiskdrive/harddiskdrive/hd501lj.asp Samsung HD501J - 500GB SATA II]
* [http://www.samsung.com/Products/OpticalDiscDrive/DVDWriter/OpticalDiscDrive_DVDWriter_SH_S183A.asp Samsung SH-S183A - DVD±RW Drive SATA]
* [http://www.thermalright.com/a_page/main_product_si128.htm Thermalright SI-128 Socket 775 CPU Cooler (no fan fitted)]
* MS MCE Remote
* [http://www.globlink.com.tw/home-1.htm Globlink GKM-700 RF wireless slim keyboard with optical trackball]
* [http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=5&lng=en 2 x Noctua case fans (NF-S12) 1200RPM]
* [http://www.samsung.com/au/products/tv/lcdtv/la46m81bd.asp TV - Samsung LA46M81BD - 46" 1920x1080p]
* DVI to HDMI
* Photos to follow
|| Yes
|| 
* Ubuntu Feisty 7.04
* [http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ Mythtv SVN 0.20-fixes]
* [http://homepages.tu-darmstadt.de/~p_larbig/wlan/rt73-k2wrlz-1.0.0.tar.bz2 rt73 WL-167g]
* Nvidia beta drivers

||
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| [http://orion.serveftp.org aynema]
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'''Master Backend / Frontend'''
* Gigabyte GA-M52S-S3P
* AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+
* 2x 512MB Corsair Value Select PC-5300 DDR2
* DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Digital 4 (Was working but not now)
* Vision Plus Tuner Card
* XFX nVidia 7900GT
* Western Digital Raptor 36Gb, 2x300Gb WD SATA in RAID1 for Recordings
* Slot Loading DVD-Rom
* MS MCE Remote
* Panasonic Viera 42" Plasma via DVI-HDMI
'''Second Backend / Frontend'''
* Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H
* Intel Core2Quad Q6600 (Got this sent instead of a E2160)
* mAudio Revolution 5.1 (Using OSS and SPDIF)
* 2 x Corsair 1GB Value Select PC-4200 DDR2 RAM
* Installed on 320Gb Drive
* Origin X10 Case and MS MCE Remote (Controlled by irTrans (LCD Working but no remote))
* 47" LG LCD
|| 
* Sometimes I'm having issues getting the DVICO Card to work all the time its very temperamental to updates but works great when it's working
* iRTans is a bit of a pain to get working but I recommend looking at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=304807 or http://www.mythdora.com/?q=node/3557 depending on your OS
|| 
* Mythbuntu 8.10 with Shephard EPG
* ALSA on Master
* OSS Audio on Second (Works great)
* Mythdora 10 with Shephard EPG
|| 
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| barney
||
'''Master Backend / Frontend'''
* Intel E2180
* Gigabyte EP31-DS3L
* Gigabyte 8400GS
* Supertalent 2x1GB DDR2-800
* Western Digital 640GB SE16 SATA
* Samsung SATA DVD-RW
* Leadtek DTV1000T
* Leadtek DTV1000T
* Silverstone LC17
* MS MCE Remote
* Samsung Series 6 40" LCD
|| Yes
|| Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 LTS
||
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| BBB
||
'''Master Backend / Frontend'''
* Asus P5WD2E
* Intel D920
* 2gb DDR2
* DVICO Fusion DVB-T Dual (PCI & USB)
* DVICO Fusion DVB-T
* Leadtek 6200TC
* Seagate 320gb SATA
* Seagate 250gb SATA
* LG 16x DVD-ROM
* DVICO MCE Remote
* Samsung LA32 HD LCD 
'''Secondary Frontend'''
* Asus P5NE-SLI
* Intel E4400
* Onboard Sound
* 2 x Leadtek 7950GT in SLI
* 2gb DDR2 
* Western Digital 250GB PATA HDD
* Sony DVD-RW

|| HDTV is fine. The DVICO MCE Fusion Remote is now working correctly, and with MythDora 5 it still uses the event/input config.
|| Mythdora 5 and Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04
|| 

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| BlueSteel
||
'''Primary Backend'''
* AMD AthlonXP 2500+
* Abit NF7-S 2.0 motherboard
* 1GB DDR400
* 250GB Seagate 7200.11
* 128MB Sapphire Radeon 9500
* [http://www.leadtek.com/eng/tv_tuner/overview.asp?lineid=6&pronameid=407 2 Leadtek USB Dongle Gold.] Works since Ubuntu 9.04
'''Solo Frontend/Backend (not networked yet)'''
* AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.4ghz
* 1GB DDR400
* Abit KN8-ultra
* Logitech Z-5500 connected via optical cable
* Asus 512MB Geforce 8400GS (Passive heatsink)
* S-Video connection to Louwe Aconda 84cm widescreen 100hz CRT TV
* Dvico FusionHDTV Plus PCI card 
* DVICO MCE remote + USB receiver
|| Yes (through frontends)
Currently Windows clients run XBMC as the frontend.
Laptops on wireless lan can't playback HD channels effectively (not enough bandwidth on 802.11g).
|| 
* Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 (Primary Backend)
* Windows Vista (X86 and X86-64) Frontends
* Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 (Solo frontend/backend)
|| 
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| Bunyipbluegum
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* GA-PCV2 Mini-ITX motherboard with VIA 1.0GHz C3 CPU
* 512MB DDR RAM
* Onboard CLE-266 video adapter
* LEADTEK WinFast DTV2000H 
* 80GB Seagate IDE
* LEADTEK Y04G0033 remote (provided with tuner card)
|| No
|| Mythbuntu 7.10
||
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| cleary
||
'''[http://elisa.fluendo.com Elisa] Frontend/MythTV Backend'''
* Intel Core2Duo E8400
* 2GB DDR
* Intel G31 integrated VGA
* 1x DVico DVB-Lite HDTV Tuner (brooktree878 chipset) + IR remote
* 1x 250GB Seagate ST3250820AS 7200RPM
* 3x 1TB Samsung HD103UI 5400RPM RAID5
* 42" Sanyo Plasma @ 1024x768 (anamorphic)
|| Yes
|| [http://www.sidux.com sidux] Pontos (2008-04) 64 bit
|| [[Image: Htpc-ocau.jpg|100px]]
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| covert
||
'''Frontend/Backend'''
* AMD A64 +4800 X2
* Gigabyte M61PME-S2
* 2GB DDR800 - Kingston
* 8600GTS - DVI->HDMI
* 2x Asus U3100 - Un-powered Splitter DVB-T - USB ID 0b05:173f ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
* 2x Digiwave 103G Satellite DVB-S
* 1x Sata WD 500GB 1x Sata WD 1000GB
* 1x Pioneer DVR-115D 
* Antec NSK2480B Black
* 42inch SD Plasma
'''Frontend''' 
* Apple TV 40GB
* Mythbuntu Installed to HD
|| Yes
|| FE/BE Mythbuntu 8.04 with 2.6.27-4 kernel from intrepid

FE ATV Mythbuntu 8.04.1
||
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| [http://tatey.com Dedge] || 
* AMD Athlon 64 3600+ X2 
* 512MB DDR2 
* nVidia 7300GS 
* 4x 320GB SATA HDD in software RAID 5 
* 1x 80GB HDD for OS 
* 16x Pioneer DVD-RW optical drive
* Silverstone LC17 enclosure 
* NEC 40" HDTV LCD Display (1336x768) 
|| Yes
|| Ubuntu 7.04
|| [[Image: Dedge-MythTV-configuration1.jpg|100px]] [[Image: Dedge-MythTV-configuration2.jpg|100px]]
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| downforce
||
'''Master Backend '''
* Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3
* Intel E2160
* Team Dark 2x1GB DDR2-800
* DVICO Dual Digital (Rev 1)
* Asus EN7600GS 256MB
* Tagan 430W PSU
* OS: 2x Seagate 36GB U160 SCSI + Adaptec 2100S - RAID 0
* Storage: WD 750GB SATA, WD 500GB SATA, Maxtor 320GB IDE
* Lite-On 8x DVD-ROM
* Intel 1000GT PCI NIC
'''HTPC Frontend'''
* Silverstone GD01MX Black (inc iMON Remote + LCD)
* AMD X2 4400+ AM2 
* Gigabyte GA-M55-S2plus
* Team Dark 2x1GB DDR2-800
* Corsair VX450 PSU
* Scythe Mini-Ninja + 4 Noctua R8's
* Asus EN8500GT 512MB Passive
* WD 80GB SATA
* Pioneer DVR-221BK SATA DVD-RW
|| Yes
|| Ubuntu Alternative 8.04 + mythtv-frontend
|| 
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| fad
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* [http://www.antec.com/ec/productDetails.php?ProdID=08738 Antec Fusion mATX]
* Core 2 Duo E4300
* ASUS P5B-VM DO mATX, PCI-E, GbE, 8 SATA, Q965 ICH8
* 1GB DDR 6400
* nVidia 7800 256MB
* 1x DVico DVB-Dual Digital HDTV Tuner + IR remote
* 2x 320GB Seagate 16MB Sata2 NCQ HDDs
* Pioneer DVD-R A08
|| Yes
|| Ubuntu 7.04
|| 
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| FrogBoy
||
* VIA EPIA M9000
* 512M PC133
* Onboard VIA video, sound etc
* Leadtek Winfast DTV-2000H
* 250MB Seagate HDD
* Crappy Old SONY TV
|| No - Not Enough Grunt
|| Debian Sarge
|| 
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| FaNToM
||
* AMD Athlon64 3500+
* 512MB DDR400 
* Asrock 939 DualSata2
* Nvidia FX5200
* Onboard sound 
* Compro DVB-T300 + Remote
* 20GB Seagate HDD (OS)
* 80B Maxtor HDD (Recordings)
* Mapped Drive from Windows Server for Movies
* 32" Samsung HD LCD TV
|| Yes 
|| Mythdora 4.0
|| 
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| HrdwrBoB
||
Server
* DS3P/6420/2gb/6800GS
* Leadtek DTV1000T
* 2.8 tb raid5 (7x500gb seagate sata)

Frontend
* crappy motherboard
* athlon 64 3200+
* 1gb ram
* 8600GT (needs nvidia beta drivers :( )
* 37" 1080p panel (1080p over DVI, overscan corrected by changing res in myth.)
* Thermaltake Mozart SX with VFD/remote
* Old 4x DVD-R
|| Yes
|| Ubuntu 7.04
|| [[Image: HrdwrBoB-mythserver.jpg|100px]] [[Image: HrdwrBoB-mythlounge.jpg|100px]] 
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| HyRax1
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'''Backend Server'''
* Intel E6300 CPU with stock HSF
* Asus P5KPL-CM Motherboard (On-board Intel G31-based gfx, 8x USB ports, Gigabit ethernet)
* 4GB RAM (as it also runs a virtual machine for my file and web server)
* Six 1.5TB Seagate HDD's (total 9TB) in RAID, giving 7.5TB usable space
* Antec 300 Midi-tower case
* 3x Asus U3100 MyCinema USB Digital TV tuners
* Server runs headless - no monitor, boots to text console and is remotely managed - no GUI

'''Frontend Client - Laptop'''
* Asus EeePC 701 netbook (can play SDTV only - not enough processor power to play HDTV)
* Celeron 900MHz processor underclocked to 600MHz (stock)
* 2GB RAM
* 4GB SSD + 8GB USB Flash stick for storage
* Use 802.11g wireless to connect to the Frontend. Can also connect via ethernet if required

'''Frontend Client - Desktop'''
* Intel Q9450 CPU
* Thermaltake Ultra 120 HSF
* 8GB DDR2/800 RAM
* NVidia 9800GT PCI-E gfx card
* 2x 22" Benq E2200HD 1920x1080 monitor
* LG GGC-H20L SATA Blu-Ray drive
* 3x Seagate 1TB HDD's in software RAID5

'''Frontend Client - Lounge'''
* ASRock 330 Barebones Base (comes with motherboard, case, optical drive and CPU only, you add the RAM and HDD)
* Intel Atom 330 CPU
* 2GB DDR2/800 RAM
* NVidia ION platform (can decode 1080p @ 30fps perfectly)
* 40" Sony Bravia XBR series LCD TV
* Laptop CD/DVD drive
* 160GB Seagate 2.5" Laptop HDD

'''Network'''
* Weitek WTEG1008 8-port Gigabit network switch
* Cat5e ethernet cable
* Netgear DG834G (used as a wireless access point only - 802.11g)
* Smoothwall PC-based router
||
* EeePC: No
* Desktop: Yes
* Lounge: Yes
||
* Backend: Ubuntu Server 10.04.2 LTS 64-bit
* EeePC Frontend: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS 32-bit
* Desktop Frontend: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS 64-bit
* Lounge Frontend: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS 64-bit
|| [[Image: HyRaxMythTVBackendServer.JPG|100px]] [[Image: HyRaxMythTVBackendServer2.JPG|100px]] [[Image: MythTVServer AsusU3100Tuners.jpg|100px]] [[Image: HyRax1MythTVLounge.jpg|100px]] [[Image: HyRax1LoungeFrontend.JPG|100px]]
Last updated: 27th Feb 2011.
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| Jimboberella
||
* AMD Athlon64 3700+
* 1GB DDR 
* Nvidia 6600 
* Onboard sound 
* Leadtek Winfast DTV-1000T
* 250GB Seagate HDD (tv)
* 120GB Maxtor HDD (Videos)
* 80GB Seagate HDD (OS etc)
* 48cm Philips TV 
|| Yes 
|| Ubuntu 7.04 
|| 
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| kingborel
||
Backend/Frontend
* ASUS A8N-SLI
* AMD Athlon64 3800+
* 2GB 667 RAM
* Winfast DTV-1000
* Nvidia 7100GS passive
* 2x320GB SATA HDD
* Windows/Phillips MCE Remote
|| Yes (with CPU++ Profile selected)
|| MythBuntu 8.04
|| 
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| Kreegor
||
'''Backend/Frontend'''
* [http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2889 Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L]
* Core 2 Duo E2160
* 2GB DDR2 667 RAM
* DVICO (Ultraview) Fusion HDTV DVB-T Plus + IR Remote
* [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Image:Asus_u3100_tvtunerbox.jpg 2xAsus U3100 USB Tuners]
* [http://www.galaxytech.com/en/productview.aspx?id=%2074 Galaxy GeForce 8400GS 512MB] DVI -> HDMI
* Onboard AC97 sound
* 1TB Samsung HDD
* [http://www.lian-li.com/v2/tw/flashpage/c37/ Lian Li PC-C37B]
|| Yes
|| [http://www.mythbuntu.org/ MythBuntu 9.10] with [http://svn.whuffy.com/index.cgi/wiki Shepherd] EPG
|| [[Image:Kreegor_MythSetup.JPG|100px]] [[Image:Kreegor_Mythbox.JPG|100px]]
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| LJackson
||
'''Backend / Frontend'''
* HP Compaq DC7100 SFF (P4 3.4Ghz)
* 2 GB Ram (might take 1 out, doesn't seem to use much of it)
* Dual Head Video Card (Nvidia)
* 19" LCD (1280x1024)
* Hauppage Nova-T-500 Dual DVB-T
* Leadtech Winfast DTV Dongle Gold
* MCSAITE RF USB Wireless Slim Keyboard with Track/Touch Pad
* 2 x 160GB SATA HDD
* 2.5" 320GB external HDD
* CD/DVD Burner
* TO DO
** Setup Winfast Remote
** Test onboard video and maybe remove the dual head card if it works ok.
** Get SBS working (probably a reception issue)
** (Last) Get a bigger screen and move it into the lounge
'''Frontend / WebRemote'''
I'm currently trying to set this up, can't comment on it's suitability or performance yet.  My plan is to set it up as a frontend but also to use/expand mythweb to control the main frontend.  So the keyboard of the netbook would act as the keyboard and remote for the main frontend.
* Acer Aspire One(netbook).
* 8mb SSD 512mb Ram Intel Atom 1.6Ghz
|| Yes
(netbook: No)
|| Mythbuntu 8.04
(netbook: oneLinux Beta)
||
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| martynh
|| 
* AMD Athlon 3200+
* Asus M2NPV-VM
* 1GB DDR2 800MHz
* Onboard Video (Nvidia 6150)
* Onboard sound (SoundMax ad1986A)
* Leadtek Winfast DTV-1000T x 2
* SilverStone LC17 Case
* Seasonic S12 430W PSU
* 320GB Western Digital HDD
* Hitachi 32" LCD (32LD380TA)
* Microsoft Media Center Remote
|| Yes
|| Ubuntu 7.04
||

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| Mickoeus
||
* Intel C2D E6420 2.13GHz
* ASUS P5B-VM (micro ATX)
* Antec Fusion Case
* 2GB DDR RAM
* Gigabyte GEF7600GS 
* 120GB SATA
* Twinhan DVBT
* MCE Remote
|| Yes
|| Ubuntu 7.04
||

|- bgcolor="#efefef"
| mike-s
|| 
* Pentium 4 2.8GHz
* intel D865GLC Motherboard
* 1GB DDR400
* nVidia GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x
* Onboard sound (Intel ICH5 AC'97 Audio Controller)
* Dvico Fusion HDTV Lite PCI (Rev 1.0 h/w)
* 2x Dvico Fusion Home DVB-T (Rev 4.0 H/w) 
* Antec NSK-2480B case (very quiet 12cm fans = ideal)
* Shaw 450W PSU
* Seagate ST3160812A 160Gb HDD (boot & primary /storage LVM)
* Western Digital WDC WD800JB 80Gb HDD (LVM extension)
* Seagate ST36421A 6.5Gb HDD (used as a config archive )
* Acer 48x CD, 8x DVD-RAM drive
* Dvico FusionREMOTE & usb port.
|| When i had a 2.4GHz CPU in there, it barely ran HD with slight tearing visible. Going up to a 2.8GHz CPU made all the difference.
|| Mythdora 4.1
||

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| Mycosys
||
'''first Backend / Frontend'''
* AMD AthlonXP 1600+ (1.4Ghz)
* Gigabyte GA-7DXE
* 768MB DDR-200 RAM
* Albatron AGP6200ALQ 2.0 (NV 6200) 
* 40GB ATA133 HDD
* Asus MyCinema U3100mini
* generic USB2 PCIe Host (U3100mini needs USB2)
* Dell 1226 Full HD Trinitron
* ancient case lined with bubble wrap, 7v fan adapters
|| Yes (with XvMC - stutters with OSD, otherwise perfect)
* was not HD capable without XvMC (and hence not with GeForce 2MX400 or Radeon 7000)
|| Mythbuntu 8.1
||

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| Mycosys
||
'''second Backend / Frontend'''
* Pentium 4HT 2.8 Northwood
* 1G DDR-400 RAM
* Albatron AGP6200ALQ 2.0 (NV 6200) 
* 40GB ATA133 HDD
* Samsung Ecogreen F2 1TB
* Asus MyCinema U3100mini x3
* generic USB2 PCIe Host (U3100mini needs USB2)
* generic sata adapter
* Dell 1226 Full HD Trinitron
* case lined with bubble wrap, 7v fan adapters
|| Yes 
|| Mythbuntu 9.04
||

|- bgcolor="#efefef"
| Mycosys
||
'''next Backend / Frontend'''
* AMD Sempron64 3800+ (1.8Ghz)
* Asus M2N-MX-SE
* 2G DDR2-667 RAM
* Gainward Fanless GT210 
* 40GB ATA133 HDD
* Samsung Ecogreen F2 1TB
* Asus MyCinema U3100mini x3
* generic USB2 PCIe Host
* Dell 1226 Full HD Trinitron
* case lined with bubble wrap, 7v fan adapters
* Antec NeoHE430
|| Yes 
|| Mythbuntu 9.04
||

|- bgcolor="#efefef"
| Mycosys
||
'''current Backend / Frontend'''
* AMD Athlon64 X2 5200+
* Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4
* 4G DDR2-800
* 9600GT underclocked to 300MHz 
* Samsung Egogreen F2 1TB
* Samsung Ecogreen F4 2TB
* Asus MyCinema U3100mini x3
* 56" HD Rearpro
* Generic Case
* Antec EA500
|| Yes, can also manage commflag faster than playback while playing HD
|| Mythbuntu 9.04
||

|- bgcolor="#efefef"
| Mycosys
||
'''windows frontend'''
* AMD Athlon64 X2 5200+
* Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4
* 4G DDR2-800
* 9600GT 
* seagate 7200.10 250G
* Samsung Ecogreen F4 2TB
* 56" HD Rearpro
* Generic Case
* Antec EA500
|| Yes
|| Windows XP SP3
||

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| Mythdora
|| 
* AMD Sempron 2800+ 
* 512MB DDR2 
* S3 Virge 
* 2x V-Stream Xpert DTV-DVB-T
* 240GB HDD 
* 16x Pioneer DVD-RW optical drive
* SPI enclosure 
* Sony CRT Monitor 
|| No - Video card not up to it
|| MythDora 4.0
||

|- bgcolor="#efefef"
| Oblong Cheese
||
* Asus P5PKL-AM/AS
* Intel Pentium E5300 (dual core 2.6Ghz)
* Corsair TwinX 2x2Gb PC6400
* nVidia GeForce 210 (HDMI, DVI, VGA)
* Onboard sound (Co-axial output) 
* 2x Afatech AF9035 USB DVB dongle
* Western Digital 'Green Power' 750Gb SATA
* Antec MicroFusion 350 w/ '80Plus' 350W PSU
* 46" Sharp 1080p LCD
|| * Full 1080p, 720p w/ VDPAU acceleration (new in Myth 0.22)
|| * Mythbuntu 12.04 base w/ XBMC 12 "Eden" front-end
||[[Image:Htpc1-oblongcheese.jpg|100px]] [[Image:Htpc2-oblongcheese.jpg|100px]]

|- bgcolor="#efefef"
| Paisley
||'''The "Shishtem"'''
* Asus P5Q3 Deluxe Wifi DDR3
* Intel Quad Core Q9450
* Kingston KVR1333D3N9K2/ 4G 4GB 1333MHz DDR3
* Nvidia ASUS EN9600GT MATRIX/HDMI/512MB 
* Onboard sound (Optical out) 
* 2x Leadtek 2000H DTV tuners
* 2x 1TB Samsung F1 3D HD103UJ
* 1x 320GB WD3200JS (used for MythTV live TV spool)
* Antec 900 case
* 42" Panasonic Plasma
|| Yes
* Full 1080p, 720p
* Frame sync and refresh is excellent - using hardware vblanking via NVIDIA driver 177.82
* Using CPU++ playback profile - adjusted MAX_CPUs and deinterlacer to GreedyHighMotion(2x)
|| Mythbuntu 8.10 (LiveTV)
XBMC (Movies and Music)
|| 


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| Pingers
||
* Pentium 4 2.8E
* 512MB DDR 
* Nvidia FX 5200 
* Onboard sound (C-Media) 
* Twinhan Terrestrial DVB DTV Tuner
* 120GB WD SATA (tv)
* 120GB WD SATA (videos)
* 68cm Panasonic TV 
|| Probably
|| Ubuntu 7.04 
|| 

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| RoboRat
||
* Master Backend
** Intel Core 2 E6420
** GA-965P DS3
** 3GB DDR2
** POV Nvidia 7600GS (Passive)
** 320GB Seagate SATA
** Headless
** 2 x DTV1000 T, 1 x Twinhan DTV MiniTer
* Frontend 1
** P4 1.7 GHz
** Dell GX240
** 512M SDR
** nVidia GeForce MX 2 440 passive
** Sony 127cm Rear Projection TV
** 4G HD
** Homebrew serial LIRC receiver + Leadtek Y04G0033
* Frontend 2
** Intel P4 2.66 Northwood @ 3.1GHz
** Asus P4P800-Deluxe
** 1GB DDR
** Silverstone LC17
** Albatron Nvidia FX 5900XTV
** 80GB Maxtor IDE
** Sony 68cm Flat CRT
** SB Live
** Hauppauge MCE Remote
|| 
* Yes/Yes (with XvMC) The Dell stutters when OSD appears
* The Albatron GeForce FX 5900 XT only works with Nvidia binary drivers 96.43
|| Ubuntu 8.04 
|| 

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| samarium
||
* Intel E6420 2.13GHz at 2.67GHz
* Gigabyte G33M-DS2R
* 2GB DDR2 667
* Nvidia 7300 PCI-e, passive cooling, DVI-HDMI dongle
* Onboard sound (AC-97) 
* Hauppauge Nova-T 500 Dual DVB-T
* LifeView TV Walker Twin DVB-T USB2
* 2x 500GB Samsung SATA, RAID1 for system/database, rest of each disk is a filesystem in the Default storage group.
* Antec Fusion
* Soundgraph iMon Pad remote control & USB IR receiver
* Panasonic Plasma, HDMI & seperate Red/White RCA Stereo sound.
|| Maybe
||
* Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic
* DVB cards work with default drivers now
* Shepherd EPG
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| spedwards
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* AMD Athlon XP 2600+
* Gigabyte GA-VT600 1394
* 512MB DDR 
* Nvidia FX 5600 
* Onboard sound (AC-97) 
* Leadtek WinFast DTV1000 T
* 200GB SeaGate PATA
* 68cm Palsonic TV 
* [http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=lc10m&area=usa Silverstone LC10M+]
|| Yes 
|| MythDora 4.0 
|| 

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| Stik79
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* Master BE/FE combo
** Athlon Venice 3500+
** Shuttle SN95G
** 1GB DDR
** nVidia GeForce FX6200TC (passive)
** 700G LVM (Samsung quietness)
** 32" AWA 720p LCD (1366x760)
** Digital now USB Twin Tuners
* Slave BE/FE combo 
**(in bedroom (needs quietness - PSU = only fan))
** Athlon 2100+ (underclocked) / Abit NF7S
** Silverstone LC17M
** 512M DDR
** nVidia GeForce FX 5200 passive
** 48cm CRT LG TV (bleh - replace with LCD one day)
** Kworld Xpert DVB-T100 PCI Digital TV Tuner (cx88_dvb)
** 0G HD - remote boot/NFS
* Gigabit Wired Network
|| Yes/Yes (with XvMC)
|| FC6/FC6 
|| [[Image: Stik79-mythtv-lounge.jpg|100px]] [[Image: Stik79-mythtv-bedroom.jpg|100px]] 

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| Thrawn
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* Dell SC430
** Intel Pentium D 820 2.8 Ghz Dual Core
** 512MB ECC DDR2 (256MB pc4300 standard and one 256MB pc3200, needs the initial release BIOS for pc3200 support)
** Gainward 7300GT fanless, cut the PCIe x4 slot to fit
** USB Audio with optical output
* 1TB software RAID-5 JFS volume consisting of 5 x 250GB partitions
** 3 x 250GB SATA drive
** 1 x 320GB SATA drive (remainder space for OS)
** 1 x 250GB IDE drive
** 1 x 200GB IDE drive outside RAID
* TV Tuners
** Dvico Fusion HDTV Lite PCI
** Twinhan VP3020 PCI
* Display device
** Aiko 32" LCD 1366x768 HDMI
** 30" LCD 2560x1600 (now sold, found TV is better on the much cheaper Aiko anyway)
* Network
** Onboard Broadcom Gigabit
** Extra PCIe Broadcom Gigabit
|| Yes
|| Slackware 10
||
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| The Sentinel
||
* Case
** Silverstone HTPC case with iMON LCD/IR
* Motherboard
** Intel Q6600
** 4GB DDR RAM
** NVidia 9400 PCI-e card with HDMI-out
** Onboard audio/optical out
* Storage
** 4TB LVM ReiserFS (4 x 1TB SATA drives)
* Tuners
** 3 x dual-tuner DVICO PCI-e cards
* Display device
** 42" 1080p LCD
* Network
** Onboard Intel Gbit Broadcom Gigabit
* Frontends
** 1 x master backend/frontend
** 3 x slave frontends
* Backends
** 1 x slave backend
* EPG
** Shepherd
|| Yes
||
* MythBuntu 10.04 x64
* MythTV 0.23
||
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| Wornbat
||
* Backend
** Two AMD Athlon(tm) MP 1600+
** AMD-760 MP Motherboard
** 512MB DDR RAM
* Video cards
** ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS Backend 
** nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600/GeForce 6600 GT] Frontend 1
** ATI Technologies Radeon 9600 Frontend 2
** ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] Laptop Frontend 3
* Storage 
** 1 x 30GB OS
** 1 x 300GB  drive Mythtv Record storage
** 1 x 200 GB SATA drive DVD Storage
** 1 x 120 GB SATA drive Apps/Misc Storage
* TV Tuners
** DVICO DVB Lite Backend
** DVICO DVB Pro Backend
** DVICO DVB Hybrid (Analog sound not working?) Backend
** Analog Tuner PROVIEW Backend 2 Slave
* Display devices 
** 21in Phillips CRT Frontend 1 Main Computer Desktop 1
** 19in Widescreen LCD Frontend 1 Main Computer Desktop 2
** 50in Widescreen HDTV LG Plasma Frontend 1 Slave of Main Computer Desktop 2
** 19in CRT Backend / Frontend 2
** 19in Widescreen LCD Laptop Frontend 3
* Network
** Onboard 100mB 
** 3 Wireless 54mB G Networks
* 1 x master backend/frontend
* 3 x slave frontends
* Shepherd EPG
|| Yes
|| Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty
||
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| adante
||
* E8400 @ 3 GHz
* EG45M-DS2H
* Onboard Intel 4500 GMA
* 2x1.5tb Seagate ST31500341AS (ext3)
* Medion 37" LCD (1366x768) DVI-Input
* 3 x Winfast DTV Dongle (usb)
|| Yes
|| 
* Ubuntu 9.04
* MythTV 0.21
||
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| Storage Locker
||
* ASUS  Motherboard
* AMD Proceesor
* 1G memory
* Video card - fanless Nvidia , with DVI output
* 40G for system ie root and 2x400 as LVM for recordings.
* TV is an LG 42 inch LCD
* Remote - Keyboard and the LC20 remote
* AMP - Denon AVR-1906 receiver
* Speakers - Wharfedale Rubiance series 
* Tuners
** Hauppauge PVR 150 for Foxtel 
** Leadtek Winfast DTV1000-T for digital free to air
* LIRC to drive Foxtel via simple serial port blaster.
* Grabber is Shepherd , runs each day approx 4AM
* Case - Silverstone LC20 Black with VFD. Yep, the display works with LIRC
* Case - You must put a fan or two in the front of the case to cool the hard drives.
|| Ubuntu 7.10 
|| Can record and play back smoothly
||
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| elbeasto
||
* Abit AV8 3rd eye Motherboard
* 2GB Giel RAM
* Video card - 6800GT nvidia (AGP)
* Speakers - Logitech R-20 (very cheap but quite decent)
* Tuners
** Dvico Fusion dvb-t Hybrid (doesn't work with newer kernels, 2.6.20 or greater)
** Leadtek WinfastDTV 2000H (revision "J")
* Remote - Dvico USB remote
* Case - Cooler Master Elite
* Grabber - shepherd
|| HD and SD work and playback well
* HD playback causes a decent amount of CPU usage
|| Debian Etch
* kernel - 2.6.18-6-amd64
|| [[Image: Backend.JPG|100px]] [[Image: Frontend.JPG|100px]]

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| Bonj
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'''Backend/Frontend'''
* Motherboard: Foxconn P965 chipset (Conroe)
* CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 (2.4GHz) 800MHz FSB
* RAM: 1GB
* Tuner: 1x LeadTek DTV-1000T, 1x LeadTek DTV-2000H Rev. J (options cx88xx card=35,51)
* Video: PCIe nVidia 7200GS passive - 1080i component out
* Audio: onboard Intel HDA optical out to surround receiver
* HDD: 500GB SATA
* DVD: Pioneer DVD single layer burner
* Case: Silverstone LC20 Silver
* Display: Sony HD 76cm widescreen CRT

'''Old hardware''' (worked until motherboard developed a fault)
* Motherboard: Asus P4S800
* CPU: Intel P4 2.6GHz 800FSB w/ hyperthreading
* RAM: 512MB
* Tuner: LeadTek DTV1000T
* Video: AGP nVidia FX5200 passive - Svideo out. (would have been 1080i RGBHV but for faulty mb)
* Audio: onboard SIS chipset - stereo out
* HDD: 320GB LVM {1x 200GB IDE, 1x 120GB IDE}, 1x 80GB IDE 

'''Test Laptop frontend'''  (replaced with older machine)
* Dell Vostro 1400
* CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz)
* RAM: 4GB
* Video: nVidia 8400GS discrete
* Audio: onboard Intel HDA
* HDD: 250GB SATA
* DVD: dual layer burner

'''Frontend'''
* Compaq V2000 laptop
* CPU: 1.4GHz Centrino 
* RAM: 512MB
* Video: Intel embedded (Centrino)
* Audio: Intel embedded (Centrino)
* HDD: 20GB
* DVD: Single layer burner
* Display: Sony LCD TV, VGA in

|| HD?
*Yes, 
*Yes,
*Yes,
*Yes
|| Distro
*Mythbuntu 7.10, 
*MythDora 4.0,
*Ubuntu 8.04 x86_64,
*Kubuntu 7.10
|| 
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| Onthax
||
'''Combined Frontend / Backend'''
* Intel Core i5 760
* Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P Motherboard
* G Skill 8G(2x4G) DDR3 1333MHZ PC3-10666 CL9
* 1x 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS
* 6 x 2TB Western Digital Green Drives in Raid 6 via MDADM
* Gigabyte G220 1GB TurboCache
* 2 x Acer U3100
* 1 x Hauppauge PVR-150
* Hauppauge MCE Remote control Kit
* Logitech Harmony 1
* Using HDMI for audio and video out
|| Yes
|| 
* MythBuntu 10.04
|| 
|}

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== See Also ==
* [[Audio Visual]]
* The main OCAU [[MythTV]] guide.
* Our supported [[MythTV Hardware]] article.
* Our [[MythTV Electronic Program Guide]].
* [[MythTV frontend on laptop with broken or removed panel]]
* [[MythTV-TV GRAB AU]]