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Revision as of 15:12, 15 June 2007
Contents
About Me
My name is Andrew Williams, Helpdesk Analyst from Widnes, UK. Currently starting my MythTV setup.
MythTV Boxes
Combined Front/Back - MythTV
- Asus K8N-SE (Socket 754)
- Athlon64 3200+
- 1Gb DDR RAM
- 20Gb Seagate UIDE HDD (/ - ext3)
- 200Gb Maxtor SATA I HDD (/mnt/mythtv - xfs)
- nVidia FX 5200 (S-Video Out)
- 1x Hauppage Nova-T (DVB-T)
- 1x TechnoTrend C1500-HD Budget (DVB-C)
- Ubuntu Feisty with stock MythTV packages (0.20).
- Abit KN8-SLI (Socket 939)
- Athlon64 3200+
- 1Gb DDR Ram
- 250Gb Western Digital SATA III
- nVidia 6600GS
- Ubuntu Fesity
Portable Frontend
- Compaq Laptop
- AMD Duron 700
- 512mb RAM
- 20Gb IDE HDD
- SiS Onboard Graphics
This system is in the middle of its setup, The laptop itself hasn't been used due to instability with Windows and various wireless drivers.
Providers
- UK Freeview, Winterhill Transmitter (very poor signal).
- Virgin Media Cable, FTA Only.
I don't recommend or support using Virgin Media for direct DVB-C connection, as this is unsupported by Virgin and its also in breach of your Terms & Conditions.
Content
The combined Backend/Frontend box can decode 1080i content without the use of XvMC, but it runs at around 60-70% CPU usage, possibly enough spare for pure DVB source recording. HD content (BBC HD) is available via Virgin Media but this is encrypted. Crystal Palace transmitter is currently running a HD trial over Freeview (DVB-T).
Most Virgin Media channels are encrypted with Nagravision, and Virgin do supply Nagravision cards for their STBs, unfortunatly these are CAM locked, so even using a CI and Nagravision CAM you'll be unable to decrypt these channels. Several channels available on Freeview FTA are also FTA on Virgin Media.