New Frontend

For many years the only frontend I used with MythTV was the mvpmc. However, once I started installed my DVB-S2 card in the slave backend and recorded some HD content from Freesat I needed a different sort of frontend to watch it.

I decided to go to install a small PC below my TV that would act as a dedicated frontend with no backend function. I chose the following

• Antek IAK 300-65 Mini ITX case
• Asus - AT3N7A-1 - miniitx board which has Atom 330 and NVidia chipset with hdmi output
• 2 Gbyte Ram
• 160 GByte 2.5" Samsung Sata disk
• DVD-R

Altogether it cost abot £270 in March 2010

The case has 2 sided mounted fans but I only connected 1. The motherboard also has a fan so I was interested in the noise level. I am pleased to say that I can't hear it at all unless I turn eveything else off in the room and stnd really close.

I installed openSuSe and fitted a Windows MCE USB IR receiver to control MythTV.

The system works extremely well and plays all recorded content very well.