Silent Frontend Hardware Summary

That brings the shopping list to:

  1. Via ME6000 Motherboard/CPU
  2. 256MB RAM (I'd go with 512MB next time)
  3. Morex Cubid 2677 Mini-ITX Case
  4. 1GB Compact Flash card (you could get by on a much smaller card knowing what I know now)
  5. Compact Flash to IDE Adapter
  6. StreamZap USB Remote Control
  7. DVD-ROM, Laptop (thin) style (optional, as you'll see later)

Now that all the hardware was selected and purchased, it was time to try to put together a working software solution.

Build a Silent MythTV Frontend
Hardware:

  1. Requirements
  2. Base System
  3. Disk
  4. Remote Control Options
  5. Hardware List

Software:

  1. MiniMyth on Compact Flash