[vdr] Re: split: vdr-server & control unit w/ DVD

[Steffen Barszus <st_barszus@gmx.de>]

On Monday 27 January 2003 15:40, you wrote:
> > From: tobias.meyer-janson@sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de
> > [mailto:tobias.meyer-janson@sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de]
> > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 3:17 PM
> > To: vdr@linuxtv.org
> > Subject: [vdr] split: vdr-server & control unit w/ DVD
> >
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > IIRC some of you managed to have a vdr server relatively far away from
> > the tv so with long cables for av and serial IR.
> > How about a DVD-ROM? Has anybody managed to have a DVD-ROM 5 to 10 m
> > away from the rest of the LinuxVDR? As far as I know IDE cannot have
> > these length. Are there any IDE repeater? Or is the easiest
> > way to use a
> > firewire connection?
> >
> > I would find it perfect to have it like this:
> >
> > Part one at the TV
> > Little case without power supply with
> > - DVD-ROM (long power cable & long IDE cable with repeater or
> > firewire?)
>
> firewire 400 (the usual) can have upto. 4.5m
> or FireWire Repeater Mac/PC - US$ 49.95
>
> > - IR receiver (long serial cable)
> > - AV-Out (long av cable)
>
> can both be handled with a ir capable (backchannel) video transmitter
>
> > - Power On switch (long power cable)
> >
> > Part 2 at the workspace (in my case it's near the TV) with
> > - Keyboard  (long PS/2 cable?)
> > - VGA (long VGA cable?)
> > - LAN (100BT Ethernet)
> >
> > Part 3 in another room:
> > normal linuxVDR system without DVD-ROM, Keyboard, VGA

Is USB enough for Playback of DVDs ? How long can USB be ? 
-far cheaper
-another idea in my mind


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