From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 18 18:12:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F1B1106564A for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:12:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ghartl@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02E4B8FC18 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:12:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ghartl@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so1275980ywe.13 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:12:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:cc:references :in-reply-to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:thread-index:content-language; bh=wwFNabfaP6Zrp9/MvBfpwq7BYuE0ITcXIjrgS2itnT4=; b=Kaqimli1DK0XLGBcElEEDVYAjdVjJEZGIRhIvDl7WqbLyZaE+xzGAPQSjexbllrJnY Ohdy05mfp7ancfTQ/g+KtUNY9ZAtCQmfAJ+7QvrGwkMuVVIS49EKStkjt2P0YZsG25TJ RMkjbRL+UzZqVN7T1CiL+p9SkSZLnsx4+rpnw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:references:in-reply-to:subject:date:message-id :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer :thread-index:content-language; b=I1GSXufDuulkYeodTcYXmt6qeQdd4tWwdzxk5Pz0LE90yyT3vznZf0ELNnOi8o3XD8 AtAaV1Tz6V7IeVuILDvX8sciU0dCYvq+qOfDIFYT9DbXBj1i4S7nQnjaP9546aN+Lg1e q9qJ44uyDpvf5Xg7v+J1YNDFNNzpRKcjLgpvA= Received: by 10.65.53.19 with SMTP id f19mr160855qbk.31.1227031961174; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:12:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from mainpc (d226-16-220.home.cgocable.net [24.226.16.220]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k7sm9202740qba.3.2008.11.18.10.12.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:12:39 -0800 (PST) From: "Gary Hartl" To: "'michael'" References: <000e01c94999$a7532dc0$f5f98940$@com> <4922ED9D.90509@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4922ED9D.90509@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:12:39 -0500 Message-ID: <000001c949a9$3e5fb490$bb1f1db0$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AclJmvFdRi+N1rTVRJWFVC6j9OAWYQADh7vA Content-Language: en-ca Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: RE: FreeBSD Media Center X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:12:43 -0000 -----Original Message----- From: michael [mailto:michael.copeland@gmail.com] Sent: November-18-08 11:30 AM To: Gary Hartl Subject: Re: FreeBSD Media Center Gary Hartl wrote: > Hi all; > > > > I have an old laptop (Dell Inspiron 7500), P3 550mhz, 256mb ram 20 gig hdd. > > > > I am wondering what the validity of putting FBSD on it running VLC or > something like that feeding to my tv. > > > > Anyone with any feedback on this. > > > > Or is there a FBSD Media Center project out either in alpha or beta? > > > > Thanks > > > > Gary > It will run. I'd put a bit more ram in, especially if the video card is lacking. I assume it has svideo out? or are you feeding with vga out? Yeah i'm going to be bumping it to 512mb which is the laptop max, I will be running vga out coupling to dvi on the tv. With a y audio cable from the sound card. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >