[wplug] ? MythTV, PVR350 and Install Fest

[Jason Jerome]

I tried putting together both a KnoppMyth and Fedora install using
older hardware (P3/nvidia/remote server for files). I was only looking
to create an application that played existing recordings I had in
divx/xvid/etc format.

The KnoppMyth installation never worked out.  I guess my hardware
decided not to cooperate fully.  I either couldn't get it to format my
hard drive without crashing, or it wouldn't boot from cd-rom at all.

I got the Fedora install to work, just the same as Shane has - using
the same website he did (http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php) and an
old nvidia card.  I would say this site would be best; he has
configuration guidelines for all types of hardware.

For me, it took a few days to get it all together, and I still question
whether I should have just purchased a new machine for the job.  I've
started to get interested in the newer h.264 codec, and the stuff I
have tried downloading has had sound synching issues.  I hear the newer
h.264 stuff is pretty processor intensive and the sound is common
issue.

Anyone know whatever happened to Freevo?  That used to be the old
favorite before MythTV started making inroads.  I found their site, but
I'm not sure why it doesn't get as much press as Myth.





--- Shane Liesegang <shane at shaneliesegang.com> wrote:

> I've built several MythBoxes at this point, and have played with 
> KnoppMyth, Fedora, and Ubuntu. I've had the easiest time with Fedora,
> 
> mostly due to Jarod Wilson's excellent howto 
> (http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php); if you're new to MythTV (or 
> Linux in general), the best bet is probably to go with Jarod.
> 
> As for the 350, some people have had trouble getting the on-screen 
> display overlay to work properly with it's S-Video out. I know it's 
> appealing since it does hardware MPEG decoding as well as encoding,
> but 
> then the system has to do wonky things to insert its information
> overlay 
> into the stream. A reasonably strong processor (I've got a 2 GHz P4
> in 
> mine) can decode just fine, and you can output to a video card much
> more 
> easily.
> 
> Of course, if you were planning on outputting via a video card to
> start 
> with, there's no reason to go with the 350 over the 250.
> 
>      - SJML
> 
> 
> On 12/13/2005 6:36 AM, Sawders, Daryl wrote:
> > I'm really trying to get together the components to build a MythTV
> setup.
> > 
> > The reason I'm posting here, is that I hope to be able to bring the
> components to an InstallFEST.
> > 
> > I'm looking at the WinTV-PVR-350 card.  Any thoughts PRO and CON ??
> > 
> > I'm also confused on which version of Linux is "best" for building
> a MythTV box...
> > Yeah, I know...  this is a loaded question.  Please try to limit
> replies to less than 5000 words and use small words  ;-)
> > 
> > Please let me know your thoughts.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> >    - Daryl -
> > 
> > sawders at ppg.com
> > 
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