[wplug] MythTV

[Drew from Zhrodague]

> Actually before I got my Tivo I did.  Someone on the group was kind enough 
> to tell me about KnoppMyth  http://hust.la/KnoppMyth/ ..  It's built on 
> knoppix, but with MythTV..  Very easy to setup, even for a beginner..
> 
> The reason I went with Tivo though is the XMLTV listings for my area were 
> way off, and I didn't have nearly a good enough capture card.
> 
> All in all it's a pretty sweet setup though..

	I'm in the process of building one now out of Fedora Core 1. Looks 
like a great system, but configuring some of the hardware I have is a big 
pain in the ass.

	The XMLTV listings that we have, match the Comcast-Cable-Rebuild 
lineup -- we've got basic-cable. You specify this at the zap2it account, 
and it will go and download all of the channels and shows. It's really 
neat if you get it on the first try, but makes you want to stop using it 
when the channels don't line up properly.

	The Voodoo 3500 TV card I have is junk. Prolly has a great cable 
tuner, but there's not too many resources to get this wacky thing to work. 
I can't imagine the QA department allowed this thing to go out the door.

	I have an ATI bttv card, but it's reception is pretty bad. I've
been fighting with that for a day, and was able to get it to display
channels, but very crappily. (I seem to remember the goodwill in the
SoSide once had a whole basket full of PCI cable tuners, but they were all
gone when last I was there)

	Also of note, is that the shell of the coax from Comcast will give 
a small arc when I touch it to the metal PC case. I haven't measured the 
difference with my handy VOM yet. I noticed this while leaning on the PC 
to plug it in.

	MythTV is a really cool product, is very pretty, and seems to have 
slightly more features than I thought were available. I'll have to try the 
KnoppMyth, but I'd rather free the CD player for SVCDs and audio.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Edward C. Smith" <esmith at smythenet.com>
> To: General user list <wplug at wplug.org>
> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:27:52 -0400
> Subject: [wplug] MythTV
> 
> WAS: (Re: OT: TiVo archive (was RE: [wplug] Internal hard drive deals?))
> 
> Since it just came up and I happen to playing with it right now I was 
> wondering if anybody else has had any experiances with building a Linux PVR 
> especially a MythTV setup.
> 
> I'm just playing with some older hardware trying to determine what all is 
> necessary to have a nice Media PC for my house without breaking my budget. 
> One that can record Stargate for me when I'm out is also a huge bonus. :-D
> 
> So anybody else try this?
> 
> -Ed

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