User:Mrsdonovan
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I've been using MythTV since 0.18 and most of my contributions have been to the wiki in regards to modules I've worked with, like Firewire and Mythgame. Although not directly related, I built and maintain the Windows installer for Avidemux2 which is useful for archiving shows.
Setup
A - MythTV Master backend/ Frontend /Asterisk server
- 2.8Ghz HT Intel with 2GB of dual channel RAM
- 1GB ethernet jack connected to a 10/100/1000Mbps Dlink 8 port router
- HD capable Geforce FX 5200 video card.
- RAID 5 with four harddrives, two SATAs, two IDEs, roughly about 750GB of space.
- ASUS P4P800 SE
- Haupauge PVR-150
- Haupauge PVR-250 with remote
- Digium Wildcard TDM400P with three S100-M FXS expansion cards
- Asterisk @ Home
- Two Motorola DCT2524 cable tuners
- Linux Fedora Core 3 SMP
- 19" CRT
B - MythTV Frontend / Asterisk
- 2.6Ghz Intel
- 768MB of RAM
- Asus Pundit (The SIS version)
- Linux FC3
- Digium Wildcard TDM400P with three FXS expansion cards
- Asterisk @ Home
- MythGame with MAME emulation and a wireless Logitech Rumblepad 2
- 32" Sony Trinitron Flat Screen
C - MythTV HD Slave Backend / Frontend
- AMD Sempron 3400+
- ASRock motherboard with onboard Geforce 6100
- 1GB of RAM
- Via Firewire card connected to a DCT6214 (Yes, it is a PVR, I know..)
- 320GB Harddrive for recordings, 250GB HD for OS and video backup (rsync'd each night)
- MythGame with MAME emulation and a wireless Logitech Rumblepad 2
- Fedora Core 5
- Samsung LT-P266W 32" HDtv flat-panel LCD
D - MythTV Frontend
- Sony universal RM-V302.jpg
- 2.4Ghz Celeron
- 80GB HD
- 768MB of RAM
- Asus Pundit (The SIS version)
- Linux FC3, kernel v2.6.12
- Regular 26" CRT television
- Idle shutdown after 2 hours using sleepd
- Generic Sony Pre-programmed remote with ira-3 serial receiver.
Notes
- The link between the MythTV Frontend (B, D) and the master backend (A) is over an 802.11a wireless bridge using dual-band bridges from Trendnet (TEW-510apb) and 9dbi gain antennas.
- All the machines have access to a shared video/pictures/music/ROM 230GB LVM partition on the main server (A) and
almostover a terabyte of space for recordings. - We currently use link2voip.com as our DID and outbound provider for Asterisk
- We use most of the default plugins including MythGame, pictures, videos, weather and MythPhone. We don't use MythPhone for communication, just for displaying caller-ID display because each is setup as an extension for certain Asterisk servers (of which we have two on our network)
A few tips:
- Asterisk @ Home included PHPMyadmin which is useful for optimizing the database(s) which saves space and makes them run faster.
- Compared to the PVR-150 and 250s, the firewire is a bitch to get working smoothly. It is mostly because of problems between the client machine's USB implementation, the firewire card and the linux drivers.
- Concerning Asterisk, I tried ADSI, the ability to program phones with custom scripts, but some phones just didn't work because they are "locked" by their manufacturer. The comedian mail app for ADSI works, but it's clunky and slow and it was much simpler just to autologin and play the messages.