[mythtv-users] CentOS and MythTV

[Kenneth Hadley]

Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Feb 10, 2006, at 13:51, Kenneth A Hadley wrote:
>
>> Has anyone had experience using CentOS4 for a MythTV
>> Backend? Specifically ivtv drivers with a PVR500.
>>
>> About a week ago my poor FC3 running a single PVR350
>> lost it's hard disk so I'm rebuilding my MythTV box.
>> I've used CentOS for work and used it for a MythTV
>> Frontend (following Jarod's Fedora guide with a few
>> tweaks to use the EL4 portion of ATRpms) but I'm
>> intrested in anyone's experience with it as a backend.
>
> My current master backend is running EL4 along with a PVR-500. EL4
> works fine for a backend, so long as you don't need recent dvb code to
> enable one of the newer HDTV tuners out there. I'm moving to pre-FC5
> for my master backend ever so shortly (tomorrow), partially because of
> the dvb issue (I'm adding more HD tuners), partially so I have some
> FC5 systems I can write about, partially because I just feel like it...
>
> --Jarod Wilson
> jarod at wilsonet.com
>
One day later......

I've come to the conclusion that the current ivtv drivers dislike having
a PVR350 and PVR500 in the same box, at least on my MythTV box and under
CentOS. I experienced alot of random lockups and static recordings. Good
stuff.

Final configuration that seams to be working fine:
Intel Celeron 2.6ghz
Intel D845GRG Motherboard
GeForce 4MX
Hauppauge PVR500 MCE
CentOS 4.2 (Basically RH EL4)
MythTV 18.1

Unfortunately I had been using the Hauppauge PVR350 w/Grey Remote for
controlling my box but with needing to remove the PVR350 and the
problems I experienced getting LIRC running (possibly related to using
the i2c connection/driver on the PVR350) it would seam that I will have
to find a different remote! Bummer....I'd grown attached to the grey remote.

Has anyone had experience running a StreamZap remote with the current
rev of LIRC?

-Kenneth