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Building a HT computer with Bluray and preferably Ubuntu

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ctviggen

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Building a HT computer with Bluray and preferably Ubuntu
« on: 5 Feb 2009, 01:32 pm »
Has anyone built a small, as-silent-as-possible computer with a Bluray DVD player/burner and HDMI.  And also preferably Bluray?  If so, what did you use and what obstacles did you find?

I was thinking of using this case (or something like it), one hard drive, the Bluray, and a 256/512 MB video card with no fan:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856101073

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ctviggen

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Re: Building a HT computer with Bluray and preferably Ubuntu
« Reply #1 on: 5 Feb 2009, 01:36 pm »
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randytsuch

Re: Building a HT computer with Bluray and preferably Ubuntu
« Reply #2 on: 5 Feb 2009, 02:58 pm »
I was thinking about building a blu ray HTPC last year, but they could not support audio over HDMI at that time.

Now they can, but I bought a stand alone player instead.

But, if it was me, I would like at something like the MB in this thread

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1087407

You need a case, but it is micro atx, and it supports 8 channel lpcm over HDMI

Randy
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soewhatman

Re: Building a HT computer with Bluray and preferably Ubuntu
« Reply #3 on: 5 Feb 2009, 03:09 pm »
A couple of years back I built a HTPC based on a Shuttle barebones case, and the fan system was very noisy.  I eventually ended up abandoning it for HT use because of the noise, even after extensive modification.  I've yet to find a small form factor case that was quiet enough for me, and ended up with a larger Silverstone desktop style case that I keep around the corner in a dedicated media closet.  Maybe Shuttle has quieted down their cooling system since I last had one, but I don't know.

Rick.
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Re: Building a HT computer with Bluray and preferably Ubuntu
« Reply #4 on: 5 Feb 2009, 05:26 pm »
I doubt anyone has done a truly full featured blu-ray HTPC - the technology has not been there. Now it looks possible but of couse would it be up to audiophile standards?

One key is 8-channel LPCM over HDMI

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3411

There are some very good fanless power supplies, so the noisiest component would be the blu-ray drive (or video card?) if you went that route.
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Re: Building a HT computer with Bluray and preferably Ubuntu
« Reply #5 on: 5 Feb 2009, 07:10 pm »
If you REALLY want quiet.

http://www.computeraudiophile.com/Absolutely-Silent-Audiophile-Music-Server



As to if the no fan case's cooling and power supply will support the HDMI enabled mother boards that I leave as an exercise for the class.
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