[wplug] ? MythTV, PVR350 and Install Fest

[Gentgeen]

Just FYI -- if you want to view pre-recorded stuff, you might want to
look at GeeXBox -- I really like it.  It is kind of a "media box" and
lets you play what ever you might have on your network already.  

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:35:47 -0800 (PST)
Jason Jerome <jjerome2 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 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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