Something to show

**timekiller** · 08-09-2005, 11:28 PM

Noticed that nobody seems to have a conplete system to show off here, so here ya go:

https://www.timekiller.org/carpc/

Lemme know what you guys think

**simon_C** · 08-10-2005, 12:06 AM

wow thats really neat. really innovative and creative!

i like it.

**Bugbyte** · 08-10-2005, 12:10 AM

That's sweet. Nice touch with the streaming TV.

**shizzle** · 08-10-2005, 12:39 AM

Very nice install.... I am most impressed with the factory look, and how it is placed, but all that coding and configuring had to be the behemoth task.
You are an inspiration.

**pkg** · 08-10-2005, 12:48 PM

That is a great setup you have going.

And you are in a Mazda 3 sport! We should race! Well maybe e-race :P

I am very impressed with your setup, what is your core distro?

**timekiller** · 08-10-2005, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by shizzle

but all that coding and configuring had to be the behemoth task.
You are an inspiration.

All the configuration did take time, especially getting Direct Rendering working, but ready for a shocker?

I did NO coding. I put this together with software already out there. Granted I modified the hell out of things. Like the MythTV UI and theme. But the closest I came to coding was a bunch of Bash scripts to handle all the behind the scenes stuff.

**timekiller** · 08-10-2005, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by pkg

I am very impressed with your setup, what is your core distro?

Gentoo - I use it for everything. In fact I even have my fiance on it. I am happy to report that my home is 100% Winblows free

**Rireal** · 08-12-2005, 01:42 PM

I saw you were looking to work on a EPIA Gentoo write in the future. I would love to read through this. I tried (and installed) Gentoo on mine but like you said, it was a pain in the ***. I'm currently running win98 just for the fast load times but I would love to hear from someone to who has gotten Gentoo working (and seemingly flawlessly).

**LavaJoe** · 08-12-2005, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by timekiller

Noticed that nobody seems to have a conplete system to show off here, so here ya go:

https://www.timekiller.org/carpc/

Lemme know what you guys think

VERY Nice! I wrote a python MP3 front end (see thread on this forum), since I couldn't find a good music browser out there - sounds like Myth is cool - hadn't seen that one.

Did you manage to get 800x480 working? My only concern about 4:3 resolutions would be video/TV, which would appear "squashed" (or is there a way around that in the player?).

-Joe