I think i needed about 10hours to get it working like it is now, of course i played around a lot in the beginning, but it should be possible to accomplish that task with the current version in 2-3 hours, maximum...
I've started on a SuSE 8.2 box, but reinstalled it some weeks ago with Debian's Sarge, always using the source-version, cvs-snaps preferred ;) -Hauppauge WinTV (old PCI card, with BT878) -onboard sound (SiS375 chipset, loads intel 810 module, dunno exactly, just works ;) ) -debian sarge (testing) -the fiddling with the configs is part of the process, hehe ... Use the Wiki and the Lists, you will spend most of those 2-3 hours with getting this to work the way you want, but in the end it will! Btw, system is a homebuilt duron 1.3ghz, 256MB sdram, nvidia geforce 4 mx440, 120gig storage, sound onboard, ir-receiver was soldered in ~20 minutes (okay, it was the third try), works with lirc / lirc_serial ... The only thing that doesn't work for me is the bluetooth plugin for remote controlling with my nokia 3660, but i think the phone is the problem. /jan -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Peter Howell Gesendet: Dienstag, 3. August 2004 23:27 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: [Freevo-users] Freevo - It's a hoax, right? (rant) I'm not a linux expert by any means, but I'm not a newbie either. I've been using the OS for about 10 years now. I can load modules and change configuration files, but I'm not really comfortable investing the time and effort to start fiddling with the code. That having been said. I've been trying to get a functional freevo box for a couple years now. I've tried using wintv and matrox cards. I've used two separate boxes. I've installed redhat 8,9, fedora core 2, debian and mandrake from scratch on multiple occasions. In each case I've had it almost working. Usually there was one final function that simply wouldn't work, and I just couldn't figure out what was wrong, or find anyone else who had just that problem. Sometimes the sound wouldn't work, sometimes I couldn't record. What is particularly frustrating is that the problems are often different. I could understand if they were they same problems over and over. Is there anyone out there who has actually been able to watch TV and record shows (with sound) and spent less than 10 hours configuring the system. What system do you have? I might just go out and buy it, although I've sunk well over $1000 into this project already. Which tuner card will just work? Which sound card? Which distribution will recognize both of the above upon install? Are there any small (set top) boxes that that are suitable for this? Which means of installing the latest version of freevo will produce a functional install with the above hardware without multiple config file edits or cryptic record_server errors? I've tried manual compiles, apt-get, yum, rpms and several combinations of same. Ok, I have that out of my system. Now I'm going to calm down and go start the reinstall process again. Sigh. That's better. A new install with no mistakes in it yet. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
