[PD] Hardware suggestions for museum installation
derek holzer
derek at x-i.net
Thu May 4 19:28:53 CEST 2006
Sounds like you're on the right track hardware-wise. I don't know if a
dual processor would give you any benefit over just having a decent
single one. I've done stuff like this a bit with PDP, since you can
specify multiple displays. Mplayer or VeeJay would also do this with
less overhead. Your dual-head video card should be sufficient so long as
dual-head is supported, otherwise you could get an extra PCI video card
and do it with that one. Skip Gnome or KDE and use Black/Fluxbox or
LarsWm for even more efficiency. Could Mplayer run without X? That would
be even more interesting ;-)
Another option would be to hardwire the "Start" button of two DVD
players together so that they synch-start (if synch is needed), and use
the surround outputs for discreet audio channels.
Good luck!
d.
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