Anyone else done this?

[stormuk]

I want my SFF to just stream MP3's or Divx off my network....

So was thinking what I could do to the box erm for fun and thought about the big noisey over hot hard drive.

Initial Idea was to stick in a laptop HD - which I might still do... but for the heck of it...

Ive ordered a Compact Flash IDE adapter - gona then wang in a 128 or 256 MB card some how put get a small win 98 install on and erm see what happens :)

If it dosnt work I have a use for the adapter and have a compact flash camera so nowt wasted.

I will make the Shuttle quite!

Tony

[CyberDrac]

As a rule the Seagate Barracuda IVs are quite quiet, and there are some new Samsungs which are allegedly quiet as well.

Samsung Review (http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/storage_memory/samsung_40_80gb/)

... and don't forget to Change your fans for something quieter ... then PSU fan is responsible for a large amount of the noise coming from the Shuttles.

Also there are several topics on the old
Viahardware - now Sudhian forums relating to SFF issues (http://forums.sudhian.com/categories.cfm?catid=33) they often discuss techniques for making shuttles quieter.

[ 16 September 2002: Message edited by: CyberDrac ]

[stormuk]

Ive done most things to it to make the fans quite thus why Im turning to the HD.

Its the bit making the case really hot and noisey now - remove it and its near silent due to the replacement papst fans in there...

One other thing Im going to also try is sticking a slim 50mm fan about 2 inches from the psu blowing into it after cutting larger vents in the psu to see if I can remove the mini papst which is much better than the stock one but still noisy.......

Wadaya mean my PSU isnt under warranty anymore :)

[Factor X]

I always figured streaming the mp3's, divX's, etc. off the network would mitigate the use of the noisy, hot HDD. A little onboard NIC isn't loud, and can't be that hot, but does it neccessitate HDD access as much as running off of the disk itself? Just my two pence.

[IggyMF]

I have done a lot of work in the video/music broadcast arena and you do not need a incredibly fast hard drive.

You certainly need one for capture as there is a lot more going on in your PC. (The input signal needs to be compressed and then stored)

To put in context ... a broacast quality video stream is anly 1.5Mbits per second, so if you are using multicast technologies you can send that stream to multiple PCs/devices on your network. If you are using unicast technologies, you will need one stream per PC/device.

I have a low end compaq server (PIII 733) and can quiest happily run 10-12 video streams from hard drive. You do need a repectable amount of memory tho' (i use 1Gig)

If anyone is interested in using some of the cooler features of IP let me know and I will do my best to explain how to configure and what software to use...it does get a bit intense!!!!!!

[ 18 September 2002: Message edited by: IggyMF ]

[ 18 September 2002: Message edited by: IggyMF ]

[Drexel]

GeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeK :D

Multicasting hurts my head :confused:

[IggyMF]

Too many rods...thats ur problem!!! In the words of pink floyd.."hey teacher, leave those fish alone!!" ...or sumthin' :D :D