[mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions

[Jason Rhodes]

off list 
 
im just going through a similar install...i bought a new pc for the
purpose but i built myth on a cele500 with the 150 to see how well
things went...
 
 
pvr-150 has mpeg2 on it so it means your already receiving mpeg2 streams
recording at mpeg2 should work on anything over a 266 mhz pc....i mean
really all your doing at the capture point is cat /dev/video0 >>
file.mpg....so its merely a copy to file...
 
transcoding wont be quick on a small box but transcoding can be ignored
unless you are short on diskspace  (2terabytes in my PC so i dont bother
transcoding...dvd is mpeg2 also so it's the easiest way for me to cut
them abck to dvd (tv series collections etc.
 
live tv on the 500 worked np but i have heard that people under 500 have
issues....try and see...make sure you have dma on on your harddisks and
it's not a via chipset mobo...via suck for dma channels..
 
other than that as long as you have alsa drivers and video drivers
(nvidia/ati if its a new card)  you should be fine....
 
be aware you need to use mplayer to test the pvr-150 ...xawtv etc do not
work with ivtv cards....and the pvr-150 drivers you need atm are on
www.ivtv.tv......version 3 drivers unstable..
 

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From: Adam Pash [mailto:adam.pash at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 25 May 2005 9:55 AM
To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
Subject: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions


Hi everyone,

I'm new to both mythtv and linux, but I'm hoping to tackle both.  I'm
hoping to setup a system that I can use as an all-in-one (front-end +
backend) system.  I've got an old pc (amd-k6 w/multimedia 300mhz, 288mb
ram, pvr-150 [from my other computer], dvd-rom) and I don't know if I'm
ready to tackle all that would go into installing a linux distrubution
and mythtv on a system as old as this.  I'm looking for suggestions for
hardware (mobo, processor, video card w/tv out) that I can throw
together with the pvr-150 remaining salvagable parts and get a mythtv up
and running in the most simple fashion for a linux newbie.

I understand that this will probably be a somewhat large undertaking for
someone who doesn't know anything about linux, so I'm ready to put some
time into it; nonetheless, I figure that it'd be best to start out with
the odd in my favor when it comes to hardware.  I've read the
Fedora-Myth HOWTO, and I think that's the route I'd like to take, but
like I said, I'm looking for suggestions for the cheapest hardware
purchases that will still get me a good system.

I'm hoping to use it mostly to record, transcode, and watch my video.  I
don't need it for live tv watching, but that wouldn't hurt!  I'm excited
to try the different offerings of mythtv, but those are my main NEEDS.

Thanks a lot for any suggestions,
Adam

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