SM  wrote:
> Jim  wrote:
> 
> > SM  wrote:
> > 
> > > Jim  wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Sadly not wireless. And the big problem with an XBox is noise -
> > > > they're
> > > > really not all that quiet :-)
> > > 
> > > Pardon? ;-)
> > 
> > I SAID 'THURSDAY'!
> 
> No need to shout - I've turned the Xbox off now. It's only a bit too
> noisy when XBMC lowers the fan speed.

Ironically, Plex (the Mac 'port' of XBMC) makes the fans on my MacBook
Pro ramp up to full speed. Oddly (but thankfully) only when displaying
the menus, not the actual videos themselves...

    -zoara-



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On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:26:48 +0000, info@that.sundog.co.uk (SM) wrote:

>Jaimie Vandenbergh  wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:30:01 +0000, info@that.sundog.co.uk (SM) wrote:
>> 
>> >I've been investigating how to replace a recently defunct Pace Twin
>> >digibox and tried EyeTV with an Elgato Hybrid stick on a 2 GHz MacBook
>> >attached to the TV - presuming that its performance would be similar to
>> >a mini - but the laptop's fans are on almost constantly. Would a mini be
>> >quiet enough to run a tuner and Plex or similar?
>> 
>> I'm using a 1.86GHz 2007 Mini with EyeTV and an Elgato Diversity, and
>> it's as silent as a Mini gets when it's on - that is, very quiet
>> indeed. The fans spin up a little if I'm doing a transcode and running
>> at 200% cpu, but even then they're barely audible during daytime.
>
>Sounds good - is your mini attached to a TV?

SDTV at the moment, yes.

>The Hybrid is normally plugged into a Quad G5 which runs EyeTV well so I
>was a bit surprised that the MacBook was struggling somewhat.

The usual CPU usage for watching/recording telly on the Mini is under
50% (of 200%), usually under 30%, but plastic MacBook fans are a bit
trigger happy.

	Cheers - Jaimie
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