User:Jimbodude

Setup

Theater

• Core/Hybrid
  • ASUS M2NPV-VM
  • On-board audio, using fiber output (using digital I/O expansion card) to A/V switch
  • On-board video, using DVI output into HDMI cable, directly connected to Projector
  • USB-UIRT
  • Hauppage PVR-500
• Projector
  • Epson Home Cinema 720
  • RS-232 control (template available in SqlCVS - you're welcome)
• Speakers
  • Cambridge Sounworks DTT3500 (old-school multi-media speakers)
  • Uncontrollable! I have not been able to find ANY device capable of learning this thing's IR codes... Luckily, the receiver part is small, so I just put it near my couch.
  • It plays multiple inputs simultaneously, so I don't need to switch inputs.
  • LinuxMCE uses the internal volume, so once the speakers are on, I'm all set.
• Cable box
  • Scientific Atlanta Explorer 2200 (Charter)
  • IR Control (template available in SqlCVS)
  • Connected directly to projector using S-video (too cheap to pay for HD... Besides, Charter doesn't have Discovery HD, so what's the point)
  • Connected directly to speakers with RCA to 1/8" cable
• Sony Play Station 3
  • Video connected to component input on Projector
  • Fiber audio connected to A/V switch
  • Will be controlled via IR using Schmartz Ps3IR-1000 (it's in the mail now)
• A/V Switch
  • IMPACT 3-Play A/V switch (S-Video, fiber/coax digital audio, RCA audio, 3 inputs, 1 output, discrete input selection via IR, toggle power via IR, powered by external DC source)
  • Controlled via IR
  • Used for fiber switch only - input from Core and PS3 are switched, since the DTT3500 only has one fiber input

Bedroom

• MD
  • ASUS_P2-M2A690G (DO NOT BUY THIS THING - it's a piece of crap)
• Monitor
  • Samsung 730B (standard 17" monitor)
• Speakers
  • Klipsch stereo multi-media speakers
  • Excellent sound, but not controllable

LinuxMCE Projects

• MythTV commercial skip and playback menu - Allowing us to use these great features
• Standalone Mode - Making one-NIC LinuxMCE possible
• Orbiter Phone - making it possible to use the Mic and speakers on the Orbiter to run simplephone