> > I'm thinking of setting up one of my new-to-me P3-500 desktops as a > > mythtv system. Has anyone tried it? Any drawbacks? Are there > > superior alternatives? > > > > > Hi Grant, > > I run it here as the media server for the family. > > It compiled easily, setup was a bit cumbersome with mysql however. Once ypou > get myth and mysql talking together, it's quite reliable. Early on, in the > begining, the mythbackend startup script proved to NOT function at all. > Someone one on the mythtv mailing list gave me a script to try and it > worked.... only to become useless after a few version bumps of mythtv. I gave > up on the startup script and just start mythbackend > in /etc/conf.d/local.start. It works/runs on each boot or restart now. > > I don't have a media streamer as each of my family watch what they want from > their desktops/laptops. I'll get around to having a streamer for the main 57" > projection tv some day, but it's not a priority just yet. > > Do youself a favor... if you're going to have more than one user, plan ahead > on buying more than one capture card... I have two pvr-150's and am planning > on buying a third one soon... :') > > > Cheers, Jerry.
Hi Jerry, Did you try running it without the mysql USE flag? Do you have a remote control working? Is that pvr-150 a hardware decoder/encoder? I need to find a cheap one of those for my P3-550. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
