[vdr] Re: Small & silent VDR custom STB

[Jan Ekholm <chakie@infa.abo.fi>]

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Javier Marcet wrote:

>Hi guys,
>
>I'm looking to build a small & silent vdr STB.
>
>I've taken a glance at some barebones as well as VIA EPIA boards.
>The latter seem to be a cheaper way, besides having some support for
>hardware video acceleration.
>
>My concern with all the systems I've found is that none of them has more
>than one single PCI slot. The minimum I need is two, one for a DVB-s
>card and another slot for a DVB-t card.
>
>I seem to remember there was some kind of PCI backplane with which you
>got two effective PCI slots. Am I right? In case I am, was it for the
>EPIA m/b or for some barebone?

You can get riser cards with two PCI slots for the Epia cards. At least I
have one. Never tested it yet though, but it is made especially for Epias.

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