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HTPC configuration Description of steps taken to make a low power PC function as a HTPC and a Desktop at the same time.

Lirc & xbmc time

Posted 09-21-2011 at 12:34 PM by serafean

Tags htpc, imon, lirc, xbmc

The Enna media center project stagnating, and the KDE Plasma Media center being developed in GSoC bursts, I got back to using xbmc. xbmc supports lirc, and having an imon panel with a remote, I finally decided to set it up.

The key here was understanding that the iMon device is now supported in the kernel using the new infrastructure. What this did is make the iMon device send normal input events. (I think this is mostly because it does the IR decoding directly in hardware). What...

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A little ALSA magic

Posted 03-11-2011 at 06:27 PM by serafean

Wanted configuration :

user kde can play sound using the Optical output
user enna can play via analog and optical simultaneously (optionaly HDMI)
Both users can play via Optical at the same time
Both have access to an upmixing device that encodes the stream into A52 and sends via the Optical output

first we name the outputs (link numbers to names, this will be different on your hardware) and add a dmix device for the digital output to the global asoundrc:

Code:

pcm.analog{

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X dual head, one graphic card

Posted 10-25-2010 at 10:48 AM by serafean
Updated 11-04-2010 at 04:20 PM by serafean

Tags dualhead, mpx, nvidia, xorg

X configuration

Goal : 2 separate X screens working as dual-head(like 2 mice, 2 keyboards), powered by one graphic card(nvidia ion, 1st gen).

features used :

X multiple screens (Zaphod mode?)
MPX (multiple input X)

First configure the X server through xorg.conf :

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Monitor"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 1500 0
    Screen      1  "Screen1" 0 0  #LeftOf "Screen0"

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Attached Files

xorg.conf.txt (2.9 KB, 2 views)

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HTPC configuration series

Posted 10-08-2010 at 04:09 PM by serafean

Tags htpc, imon, zotac

In this little blog series I'll describe my process of configuring my new HTPC.

hardware :

M/B : Zotac ION-ITX F E(PDF brochure)
Remote/LCD Display : iMon Ultrabay(discontidued)
CD/DVD reader/burner : Sony optiarc SATA slot-in.
Case : APlus cupid 1

Goals :

HDMI connected TV, running a media center
DVI/D-Sub connected LCD screen on which a full fledged KDE desktop always ready for quick internet acces (and to serve a connected scanner)
Sound output simultaneously to an

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