Hi guys,
I'm planning to replace my current HTPC with new one. This time around I would like to do it much better. First I would like to receive links to HTPC projects actively developed at this time and used by many people.
Here are my current requirements:
1. Power efficient / Low noise. Silent is preferred.
2. Very quick boot time. Here I think I need to use own Linux distro, but it should be derivative from popular distro like Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora. Also I was thinking to use Coreboot to eliminate BIOS if I can and boot directly into GRUB or Linux. I don't know if this is possible at this moment. I read somewhere that AMD E-350 based system are supported by Coreboot.
3. Has to be able to playback as many formats as possible using hardware acceleration. Looks like the VDPAU is the golden standard at this moment, but this means to use nVidia card and this could cause some conflict with requirement #2.
4. As Front end I kinda like XBMC, but I find my self switching back to miro for managing my downloads and android devices. It will be great if there is some kind of integration between those two.
5. No local storage. I have NAS and all media should be stored there. OS should be on USB/SSD drive mounted as read-only. I will need some user writable storage to store configs/logs/etc.
After reading many hardware recomendations I think there are three possible paths as it comes to hardware;
path #1: Atom based system + nVidia video card (similar to ION)
path #2: AMD E-350 or other APU system
path #3: Intel i3-2100T based system.
The most important requirement is to create startup system that others can use and improve on it. I would love to see it grow to the point where it is the best HTPC system in the world, flexible and open for anyone to use.
I think I am ready to hear your wisdom.
Best regards,
SAL-e
I'm planning to replace my current HTPC with new one. This time around I would like to do it much better. First I would like to receive links to HTPC projects actively developed at this time and used by many people.
Here are my current requirements:
1. Power efficient / Low noise. Silent is preferred.
2. Very quick boot time. Here I think I need to use own Linux distro, but it should be derivative from popular distro like Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora. Also I was thinking to use Coreboot to eliminate BIOS if I can and boot directly into GRUB or Linux. I don't know if this is possible at this moment. I read somewhere that AMD E-350 based system are supported by Coreboot.
3. Has to be able to playback as many formats as possible using hardware acceleration. Looks like the VDPAU is the golden standard at this moment, but this means to use nVidia card and this could cause some conflict with requirement #2.
4. As Front end I kinda like XBMC, but I find my self switching back to miro for managing my downloads and android devices. It will be great if there is some kind of integration between those two.
5. No local storage. I have NAS and all media should be stored there. OS should be on USB/SSD drive mounted as read-only. I will need some user writable storage to store configs/logs/etc.
After reading many hardware recomendations I think there are three possible paths as it comes to hardware;
path #1: Atom based system + nVidia video card (similar to ION)
path #2: AMD E-350 or other APU system
path #3: Intel i3-2100T based system.
The most important requirement is to create startup system that others can use and improve on it. I would love to see it grow to the point where it is the best HTPC system in the world, flexible and open for anyone to use.
I think I am ready to hear your wisdom.
Best regards,
SAL-e
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