>An unusual set of hardware requirements then. Sorry, I just arbitrarily picked the hardware requirements.. I needed to put something there; I really should have put a "** FIX ME" beside that section. I'm running a way less powerful machine than the one I described!
>Buying a pc to tv converter is also odd advice, since video cards with tv-out are cheap and plentiful. I guess I didn't describe my goal properly. I wanted non-linux people to be able to get MythTV up and going. When I first thought about getting a mythtv box, I just wanted to find a place that said "hey, get this stuff, and it will work". Instead, I had to take bits and pieces of documents, and build a system with what I had -- which was great, for me. But this may not be great for others. Most machines come with on-board video.. Instead of busting out >= $100 for a video card with tv-out, and having the fun associated with setting up tv-out with that card, spend $100 towards something that requires 0-configuration. On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:59:01 -0800, Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 03:20:55PM -0800, Nav Jagpal wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm in the process of writing a step-by-step install document for MythTV. > > > > You can checkout what I have so far by visiting > > http://silver.cs.uvic.ca/~nav/mythtv/index.xhtml > > > > The document itself is written in DocBook, so the appearance can be > > changed easily using stylesheets. > > > > I would appreciate any feedback/advice etc. Also, if anyone wants to > > help, that would be great! > > > > If you skim the document, you'll see that I am targetting PVR-250. If > > anyone wants to add sections for other tuner cards, that would be > > great too. > > > > An unusual set of hardware requirements then. With the pvr-250, myth > seems to run fine on as slow as a 600mhz celeron, possibly even slower. > > Buying a pc to tv converter is also odd advice, since video cards > with tv-out are cheap and plentiful. > > A PCI sound card isn't needed, onboard often works just fine. > > Ethernet isn't strictly needed, dial-up connection is fine except for > downloading the software will take a while. > > I think I would focus on the different common classes of Myth installation: > > a) Turn an old, slow box into an SDTV mythbox. Soon, the pvr-150 will > be the recommended way to do that. > > b) Build an high-power HD mythbox with new equipment > (2.8ghz range recommended) > > c) Build a decent performance SD mythbox using previous generation > processors (1.5 to 2ghz) or better, and if sitting around, with > cheap raw capture card rather than pvr-x50. >
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