Hello everybody, I am planning to build a vdr-pc within the next weeks and therefore need help on some decisions...
As hardware I want to use the AOpen XC Cube AV EA65-II barebone system. This is my first question: The barebone does have an integrated IR-Control. Is it likely that lirc can handle this integrated IR? I'm afraid I can not find any information on the hardware AOpen used for the IR-Control. Maybe someone also uses this barebone with vdr?
The TV-Card I will use in the first step is the Hauppauge WinTV Nexus-S.
So far the hardware. Now I need Software... I tought about using the LinVDR distribution, but I also want to use the computer as a file-server, and therefore I think that LinVDR is a bit too restrictive, so I will use a "standard" distribution. This will then probably be Gentoo. Any Problem with that?
Alright, if this System is up and running I will be very happy. But in a second step I would like to put a second TV device in it to be able to record several channels at the same time. Since the XC Cube has only one PCI Slot and I have only one free satellite cable I am thinking about a DVB-T USB Box. I have seen several on the Wiki that work with Linux. But I was wondering if using a PCI DVB-S and a USB DVB-T Adapter could cause Trouble. Any experience with that?
Are DVB-T USB Boxes also divided into full-featured and budget adapters? If so will I probably need a full-featured one as second device or is a budget card enough? And does it make a big difference if the adapter supports usb 2.0?
Many Questions, I know. But maybe someone of you knows the answers :-)
If my system is then up and running I am thinking about posting an article in the "Barebones and bundles" section on the Wiki. Would be glad to do something for the community :-)))
Many thanks for some hints. Greetings
Björn