I use it too. I haven't messed with for a while, so I forgot all the ids. I think its mythbuntu about a year old. I runs XFCE. I installed several times, the last after an upgrade that committed hari-kari.
It runs on a 2.8 xeon server I bought used. The scsi disk it came with was too noisy, so I put in a cheap ATA drive with plenty of space. I also had to upgrade the video with a cheap nvida card that has hdmi output. Getting it going is like a lot of things, takes twice as long as you expect, even when you double your estimate in the beginning. Good luck -- Pat On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Terry Griffin <griff...@pobox.com> wrote: >> I'd like to get rid of my tivo/comcast combo. Is anyone here using >> MythTV (or similar) to record over-the-air HD broadcasts? >> >> I have most of the parts I need except for a few important ones (like a >> recording card) and I was wondering what experiences people have had >> with whatever hardware they are using. >> >> > > Works for me: > - CentOS 5.3 > - MythTV 0.21 (RPMs from atrpms.net) > - Custom kernel build (2.6.27.x) for DVB. > - Intel P4, 3.2 GHz, HT > - 3GB RAM > - pcHDTV HD-3000 > - ATi Radeon 9600 > > The HD-3000 may not be under production any longer. The HD-5500 is the > latest offering. My understanding is that is uses the same drivers. > > The CPU is just at the edge of being able to handle HD rendering. > Previously this machine had a 2.8 GHz P4 (no hyperthreading) and it > was insufficient. Any modern processor should do fine. > > This might be helpful: > > ftp://ftp.axian.com/pub/people/terryg/PLUG/HD-Content-on-Linux.pdf > > Terry > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
