Re: [mythtv-users] Cost of MythTV Machines
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:09 pm, Michael T. Dean wrote: > > $US400 would be a good /start/ for storage for a Myth box... ;) > > Mike Guess I just don't watch enough tv ;-) But seriously, my last "bulk storage" drive I got for just under $AUD200, and it was 250Gb, if I spent $US400 on storage today it would be insane! (well, at least hard to justify). I guess I normally burn anything I want to keep long term as well, and with mythburn its very easy to get away with less storage. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cost of MythTV Machines
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:26 pm, Brian Wood wrote: > With some recent discussion here about CPUs and costs I wonder what > the "average" cost of a MythTV machine might be. > I think if one was constructing a computer specifically for MythTV a > minimal F/B configuration might cost $600, using refurbed components > perhaps, and with 1 MPEG-encoding capture card. $1500 would buy a > very nice machine with maybe 1TB of storage and 3 capture cards. > These guesses include a "computer" monitor but not an entertainment- > quality display. > US$600? I guess it depends on what you want from your mythbox, but I think you could get it done for less than $AUD500 (Maybe $US400 with the exchange rate now). Then again, maybe I'm just thinking that way because my mythbox is part time, I run it on a machine I already had. But I can run standard definition digital on my celeron 1.7 no problems. HD is a bit jerky of course. But if you only wanted either analogue or standard def, I reckon you could head over to www.cheapestpc.com.au and get a machine for about $380, and whack in a tuner for about $110. That machine would be a lot faster than the one I'm using, and so would probably do a magnificent job. I imagine if you were given $US600 to spend on a box, you'd probably get HDTV in there. In any case, it's one of those things where you can probably spend as much or as little as you want (depending on how many spare parts or PCs you have). I think anyone who isn't trying it out due to cost should get their existing PC, perhaps put a tuner in it and try one of the live CD distros that includes myth, thats a pretty good way to try before you buy. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on Debian - is it dead?
I recently gave up on it and just got the svn. Once you have the dev packages it needs installed its a snap to compile. But it seems that deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main is valid, at least it lists packages for me in synaptic, apparently newer than the csh.dijkstra.edu packages as well. I presume that you would be able to apt-get the packages from there. Otherwise, I do recommend a source compile. Some of the updates might be worthwhile for you. I only had to modify some things on my debian system to point to /usr/local so it would run. On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:39 pm, Philip Nelson wrote: > drbob wrote: > > It's beginning to look depressingly like I would need to switch > > distributions to use mythtv :-( Any suggestions on what to do welcome. > > Compile from source. Everything goes to /usr/local so it's fine. All > dependencies can be found in the normal debian stable repository (you > probably want that marillat source as well), so all you need to compile is > mythtv. > > Philip > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythvideo:handling large video archives
I have a large number of files, which on my drive are in "videos/Movies" and "videos/TV Shows". Basically I'd like to be able to filter out either the Movies or the TV Shows, either by putting them in different categories, or making on part "browseable" and the other part not. Now, I figure the quickest way is to do an SQL query that will find all those files with a particular path, but is there any way to achieve it through the myth interface? Thanks for any suggestions, Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Use remote machine to control Myth frontend?
How about "ssh -x" (with x forwarding enabled) then just run amorak, it will display on the local machine but run on the machine you've ssh'd into. On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 11:59 am, Footer wrote: > I have an older machine that I'm using as a Myth box configured as > both a frontend and backend hooked up in my entertainment center. > Since it's old, it has limited storage so what I'd like to do, is use > a remote machine (another Linux box) to store and play music from but > pipe it over to the old Myth box so that it plays on my entertainment > center sound system. Both of these machines are on my home network > and are wired (not wireless). > > I know I can make a remote hard disk to store and play music from but > what I want to do is be able to use the remote machine to also control > and play that music (use amaroK for example vs. MythMusic) on the Myth > box hooked up to the entertainment center. > > Does anyone know if this is possible and how I would go about > configuring it? I hope my explanation isn't too confusing! And I > apologize for the goofy sounding subject! Wasn't easy to come up with > ... > > :) > > Thanks! > > PS. I use KnoppMyth on my Myth box and Webmin to configure it > remotely. I also have Vncserver working so I can VNC to it remotely > but that's not what I'm after! > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
