HTPC Info

Mythtv Backend -- OTA ATSC/HDTV:
* pcHDTV HD-3000 (PCI, Two of 'em)
* Radeon LE (OEM version of Radeon 7200) (32MB DDR, AGP 4x)
* Pentium D 945 LGA775 (aka Socket T) 3.4GHz ("Presler" dual core, 65nm), 2x2048 KiB L2 cache, 800MT/s front side bus, 95W TDP.
* RAM Stick1: 512MB DDR 400MHz CL3 ECC (PC3200) DIMM (HP OEM).
* RAM Stick2: 512MB DDR 400MHz CL3 ECC (PC3200) DIMM (HP OEM). Yes, a twin.
> was: RAM Stick2: 512 MB DDR 400MHz (PC3200) DIMM, OCZ brand [purch. 5/11/05, $30].
Nexus PHT-7750 SkiveTek full-copper heatsink for Socket 775 CPU, quiet, with Artic Silver thermal compound on CPU's heat spreader [3/07]
> was: Intel OEM heatsink & fan (came with Pentium D 945)
ASUS P5P800-SE, Intel 865PE chipset, Socket 775, AGP 8x (AGP 3.0), Dual channel DDR400, GE LAN (HWaddr 00:15:f2:29:4e:92), Serial ATA, 6-channel SoundMax digital audio, USB 2.0, 4PCI, 1066/800/533MHz FSB.
Syba SD-SATA150R-B SATA pci card (2 int sata ports), Silicon Image 3512 chip [Fry's $30, 9/1/08].
400GB SATA Seagate, 7200rpm, 16MB cache, ST3400633AS-RK (ubuntu says "ST3400620AS") [retail box], SN 5QH029FD. installed 7/17/08, boot+swap drive.
500GB SATA Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKS-6 Rev: 12.0 [$90 frys.com purch 1/3/08].
640GB SATA WDC WD6400AAKS-6 Rev: 01.0 [$80 slickdeal, newegg, 8/26/08]
>> Decomm'd 9/1/08: 300GB Maxtor 7200rpm 6L300R0, PATA133, "Ultra16" [$90 Fry's special 11/28/05].
>> Died 7/16/08: 200GB Western Digital WD2000JB-00GVA0 [from rma 4/29/05].
>> Removed from service 1/10/08: 80GB WDC WD800JB-00JJA0.
Hitachi CDR-8335 CDROM, 24x read, IDE PATA.
Cheap Antec case, SLK1600 (Fry's special, beige, Front/Rear 80mm fan mounts).
Seasonic "Super Tornado" SS-300FB Active PFC power supply: ATX 12V rev 1.3 compliant, 300W, Active power factor correction, 120mm fan (70 CFM).
Panaflo FBA08A12L1A (aka PABA08A12L1J) 80mm case fan, mounted on rear panel.

Backend sw:
2010-01-17 15:23:04.863 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1 www.mythtv.org
mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1 [4/28/09 upgrade to ubuntu 8.04.2 via gnome Update Manager]
>> was: mythbackend version: 0.20 [1/9/08 upgrade to Mythbuntu 7.10]
>> was: mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 (from subversion upgrade 9/24/05).
donn@fatso:~$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.22-14-generic (buildd@terranova) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008
>> was: Linux version 2.6.22-14-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 [upgrade to Mythbuntu 7.10 on 1/9/08]
>> was: Linux kernel 2.6.12-1.1378_FC3 (yum install kernel & reboot, 10/1/05).
DVB driver included with Mythbuntu 7.10 kernel (1/9/08)
>> was: DVB driver included with 2.6.12.x (10/1/05)
>> was: pcHDTV DVB driver 2.0 from tarball, before 10/1/05.
>> was: pcHDTV driver 1.5 (2.6.9 kernel only)
>> was: FC2-3-Kernel-2.6-pcHDTV-driver-1.5.tar.gz
No dvb-apps installed yet (1/9/08)
>> was: dvb-apps from http://www.linuxtv.org/cvs.php
>> was: tools-2.6-a.tar.gz

Mythtv Frontend:
EVGA nVidia GeForce 9500GT 1GB DDR2, PCI-E 2.0, SLI, dual DVI. p/n: 01G-P3-N959-TR [purch. 11/30/2009, TigerDirect]
>> was: nVidia GeForce FX5200 (MSI FX5200-TD128; 128M DDR,DVI-I, 4pin tv-out (s-video out), AGP 8x keyed for both 3.3V and 1.5V compatibility) [was thought to be bad on 4/29/09 but turns out P5P800 mobo was bad]
Pentium Dual-Core E5300 (Wolfdale-3M), Intel 64, LGA775 pkg, 2.6GHz, 2MB L2-cache, 800MHz FSB, 45nm, 65W TDP, S-spec: SLB9U (stepping R0), PCG: 06, part # BX80571E5300. [specs: http://processorfinder.intel.com/Details.aspx?sSpec=SLB9U ] [purch. 11/30/09].
>> was: Pentium 4 Processor 550, LGA775 pkg, 3.4GHz, 1MB L2-cache, 800MHz FSB, 90nm, Hyper-threading, 115W Max TDP. [specs: http://bit.ly/4ALR8V] [purch. 4/22/2005]
Nexus PHT-7750 SkiveTek full-copper heatsink for Socket 775, quiet [1/06]
Four Patriot 1GB DDR2 PC2-6400 (800MHz) CL5 DIMM ramsticks [from jack]
>> was: Mushkin 512MB DDR 400MHz (PC3200) DIMM [purch. 4/19/2005]
Intel DP43TF, Socket 775, P43 Express chipset, four 240-pin DDR2 1.8V SDRAM DIMM sockets (800/667 MHz single or dual channel DDR2; 8GB max.), PCI Express 2.0 x16 video slot, three PCI Express 1.1 x1 slots, 3 x PCI slots, 6 x SATA (3.0 Gb/s), 1 x IDE ATA-66/100 (2 devices on one ribbon), 12 x USB 2.0, 2 x IEEE 1394a firewire, onboard 3-pin S/PDIF out, 10/100/1000 LAN, PS/2 mouse & keyboard, 1 x serial port via onboard header [purch 11/30/2009]
>> was: ASUS P5P800 (P5P800-UAYZ), Socket 775, Intel 865PE & Intel ICH5, Dual-channel DDR400, AGP 8x 1.5V (3.3V not supported), 800/533 MHz FSB, 5 x PCI slots, 2 x SATA, 2 x UltraDMA, SPDIF out (coax), 8 x USB 2.0, 10/100/1000 LAN [purch. 4/22/2005; determined bad on 4/29/09]
Turtle Beach Riviera 5.1 soundcard (installed 6/22/05)
>> was: Crappy Sound Blaster Live! rev.5 (EMU10K1) that wouldn't work with ALSA.
HP DVD Writer 200i (dvd200i)
>> was: Toshiba SD-M1402 DVD-ROM drive (DVD+R/+RW compat.)
IRman on COM2
Microspeed Liberator wireless keyboard/mouse (Sejin SWK-8698WT)
WDC 120GB drive
Maxtor 80GB drive
Maxtor 40GB drive 54098U8
Fixed HD: Hitachi Deskstar 7K80: 80GB 7200RPM, HDS728080PLAT20, sn S2TK6GUE [purch. 4/19/2005]
>> decomm'd: Lian-Li RH-17 removeable hard drive racks
>> moved to upstairs Windows pc: Seagate Scorpion STD224000N DDS-3 DAT drive
Antec P180 HTPC case w/ fanless SilverStone SST-ST30NF (st30nf) power supply
>> was: Black hydraulic case w/ Enermax quiet power supply (Digital Connection)
Emerson EVS-4000 (evs4000) basic video switch (R/L audio + composite video)

Frontend sw:
Linux version 2.6.22-14-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 [upgrade to Mythbuntu 7.10 on 1/9/08]
>> was: Fedora Core 3 stock kernel (from cdroms) 2.6.9-1.667
xorg XvMC disabled. XV enabled.
MythTV: Kernel deinterlacing.
Linux nVidia driver 1.0.9639 [1/9/08]
>> was: 1.0-7174 (NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1.run)
ALSA sound

Panasonic TH-42PWD3 42" Plasma monitor
Harmony Remote
> was: Pronto TSU2000 remote
> was: Pronto DS1000 base
Belkin Omnicube RGBHV 4-port switch
X-10 IR543 remote commander
PCS lighting controls (X10 compat.)
Channel Master 3021 UHF antenna
Channel Master 7777 preamp
RG-6 quad-shielded coax cabling
Two-way coax splitter/combiner:
>> Radio Shack #15-2587 (gold series), #15-1234 (regular)
3-foot coax cables, Radio Shack #15-1541
Dedicated 15A power circuit/feed
45 miles from Sutro tower (SF), Clear line of sight.

I have never had a cable or satellite bill in my whole life :)

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Old FC3 mythtv FE sound info:
Linux sound config (from stock FC3 cdroms):
alsa-lib-1.0.6-3
alsa-tools-1.0.6-1
alsa-utils-1.0.6-3
alsa-lib-devel-1.0.6-3

Old MythTV (FC3):
Frontend: From cvs sync on 4/22/2005

QT for compiling Mythtv:
qt-devel-3.3.3-8
qt-3.3.3-8

KDE version (rpm -qa), KDE on myth backend:
kdelibs-3.3.0-5
kdebase-3.3.0-8
kdesdk-3.3.0-1
kdeartwork-3.3.0-1
kdegraphics-devel-3.3.0-3
kdeutils-devel-3.3.0-2
kdepim-3.3.0-2
kdemultimedia-3.3.0-2
kdegraphics-3.3.0-3
kdewebdev-3.3.0-1
kdeadmin-3.3.0-1
kdenetwork-3.3.0-5
kdeutils-3.3.0-2
kdelibs-devel-3.3.0-5
kdebase-devel-3.3.0-8
kdenetwork-devel-3.3.0-5
kdesdk-devel-3.3.0-1
kdevelop-3.1.0-2
kdeaddons-3.3.0-2
kdepim-devel-3.3.0-2

Xorg modeline for 42" panasonic plasma:
See config notes in earlier blog entry.

Previous Windows 2000 HTPC:
HiPix DTV-200 ATSC tuner (PCI, Win2k)
Athlon XP 2100+ 1.733GHz
Radeon LE (32MB DDR, AGP 4x)
848x480 @ 60Hz (480p, Powerstrip)
M-Audio Delta DiO 24/96 optical TOSlink, S/PDIF soundcard
3 meter TOSlink cable
RAM Stick: 256 MB DDR266MHz (PC2100) DIMM
Thermalright SLK-800 copper heatsink w/ Arctic Silver thermal compound
Gigabyte GA-7VAXP, KT400, Socket A, IEEE 1394, RAID (2+2 IDE), 10/100, 266/333MHz FSB, AGP 8x/4x/2x, 3DDR DIMM, 5PCI, USB 2.0, 6-ch sound SPDIF in/out optical/coax.
Black hydraulic case w/ Enermax quiet power supply (Digital Connection)

Previous Windows 2000 HTPC Software:
Windows 2000 Pro
DirectX 8.0a
Powerstrip 3.01
Girder 3.0.23
WinDVD 2.8
Winamp 2.78
HiPix 2.3.0
Smartripper 2.41
DVD Decrypter
DVDStarter 2.0
YXY 1.6
ProntoEdit 2.0
M-Audio Delta DiO 24/96 drivers 5.10.0.26 (for Win2k)

Even older stuff:
ADS Pyro BasicDV IEEE1394 (removed, now on mobo)