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Monday, May 2, 2011

My Home Theater Setup


TV:
  • Samsung PN58C7000 58-Inch 1080p 3D Plasma HDTV (Black)
  • Samsung SSG-P2100S/ZA Shrek 3D Starter Kit, Black

Remote:
  • Logitech Harmony 900 Rechargeable Remote with Color Touch Screen


A/V system:
  • Onkyo HT-S7300 7.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver and Speaker Package with iPod Dock

HTPC:
  • Running Ubuntu 11.04 Natty with MythTV backend, XBMC as the frontend.
  • nMedia 2000b
  • Intel Core i3 550
  • Gigabyte H55M-USB3
  • Corsair 4GB Dual Channel Corsair DDR3 Memory for Intel Core i5 Processors (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)
  • Corsair CMPSU-430CX CX Series 430-watt Power Supply Compatible with Intel Core I7 and Core I5
  • ASUS GeForce GT430 1 GB DDR3 Video Card ENGT430/DI/1GD3(LP)
  • Hauppauge 1212 HD-PVR High Definition Personal Video Recorder

Gaming:
  • PlayStation 3 160GB
  • Logitech Harmony Adapter for PlayStation 3


Need to add some decent cable management...

USB3 and HD-PVR

Turns out USB3 is still unstable in Ubuntu 11.04. When the HD-PVR is connected to USB3 will fail with the following in dmesg:

[ 1603.561520] xhci_hcd 0000:04:00.0: ERROR no room on ep ring
[ 1603.561524] hdpvr 9-4:1.0: usb_submit_urb in hdpvr_submit_buffers returned -12
[ 1603.561527] hdpvr 9-4:1.0: couldn't submit buffers

Just switch back to USB2 and the issue should go away.