Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations on project with ticker
I am looking for any viable solution to display a video feed (.avi file on hard drive) with a side or bottom ticker that shows weather/news info always. I currently run myth at home and have read some addons for ticker display during video playback (caller id plugin). Could try mythtvosd. You can run this from a shell script that receives the weather/news data from an external program. It''s very simple to use. I have some examples of using it somewhere which I could share with you if you need it. Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations: Case/Motherboard
On 6/11/05, PAUL WILLIAMSON [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey! That's the exact same case I have for a new FE/BE I'm building as we speak! Picked up a fairly cheap mobo (Asus P4P800 SE), a Celeron 2.6, a Zalman cpu cooler and a silent PSU and 1gb dual DDR ram. I've got a PVR-250 and a PVR-150 ready to go into this box as well. Firewire might be on option when I get an HD receiver... How did this motherboard end up working for you? Thanks, Dave -- Are Your Friends Lemmings? -- http://www.lemmingshirts.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations: Case/Motherboard
I just bought this one for my front end, it got the wife vote. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1689070 its very quiet, and looks nice. the loudest thing in that system is the video card fan. I spent a few more bucks on a quality CPU fan, it was worth it. as for MB/CPU, there are always deals. I just bought a P4 3.2 HT and MB with onboard audio/nic for $260 at frys. I'm sure there are cheeper deals if you look. if you go hyper thread, it give you a foundation for HD tv, but you will have to mess with your kernal to get the benefits (switch kermal to SMP) -EB On 6/11/05, Garry Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I awoke this morning to find my Dell FE/BE DOA. I've narrowed it down to either the motherboard or CPU, most likely the former. I've been considering purchasing a new MB and making a swap, but my wife mentioned the other day that she's not too pleased with the PC tower on the floor beside the TV. So, I'm thinking about possibly putting it back together in a new case, one that looks more like something that would fit in an A/V rack. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. I don't mind if it is tall, 5, 6 or 7 inches, as there is plenty of room in my TV cabinet. I could get the dremel out if necessary, but if I can find a case/MB with three PCI slots and an AGP that will fit full size cards, I'll be happy. I might like to play around with the LCD options that are now built into MythTV as well. On board audio is good, otherwise I'll need another slot and recommendations on sound cards as well. If you have suggestions on sites to figure this stuff out on my own, please send those along too. I don't mind doing my own research, but it's been a few years since I've built a box from the ground up, and I just don't know where to start right now. Thanx! --Garry ___ 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
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations: Case/Motherboard
On 6/11/05, Garry Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. I don't mind if it is tall, 5, 6 or 7 inches, as there is plenty of room in my TV cabinet. I could get the dremel out if necessary, but if I can find a case/MB with three PCI slots and an AGP that will fit full size cards, I'll be happy. I might like to play around with the LCD options that are now built into MythTV as well. I built my MythTV system in this case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811163004 It's has enough room to mount 5 hard drives for a grand total of 1TB of RAID-ed storage. On board audio is good, otherwise I'll need another slot and recommendations on sound cards as well. Watch out, most on-board audio these days only does one rate, 48000, everything else must be resampled and sounds like crap :( -- Fedor G Pikus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.pikus.net http://wild-light.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations on a second card with working FM radio
Like so many other before me, I find that just one tuner card is not enough, and now I need another one. I have a PVR-350 card which I use for input and TV out, but I have never got the radio part to work. My I have both a 250 and a 350, and neither works. I think the problem may be ivtv's support for particular the tuner within the cards (mine are both newer, type 47s). While the video portion is fully supported, the FM may not be yet. It would, understandably, be pretty far down on the list of the developer's priorities, too. You might try writing to the ivtv list, with the output from your syslog which says what type of tuner you have. -- Dan Wilga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Administrator http://www.mtholyoke.edu Mount Holyoke CollegeTel: 413-538-3027 South Hadley, MA 01075Who left the cake out in the rain? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations for New Sound Card
On 4/27/05, Lachlan McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone I'm finally sick of the ATI ITX150 onboard sound on my Jetway mainboard. The mainboard purportedly had everything I needed for a Myth box. TV out, S/Pdif in/out etc, none of which work correctly. My recommendation to anyone thinking of getting a mainboard with integrated components is DON'T - unless you have LOTS (and lots) of free time. So I'm now looking for a PCI soundcard with S/Pid optical outputs. I do have a SB Live! Card that I have been using, this has a digital output on the back of the card (but it isn't optical). So can anyone recommend a card that: 1. Has S/pdif that will work out of the box with ALSA and Kernel 2.6.9. 2. Has S/pdif on the back of the card (so there is no need for extra connectors etc - I just want the CARD in there) 3. WORKS!!! OUT OF THE BOX (No late nights, no recompiles, no getting the latest source from CVS, no guessing as to what I have to put in a config file to make the sound come out) :) Any (tested?) recommendations eagerly anticipated. :) Thanks Lachlan McIntosh ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users I was in the same boat as you. Got a Turtle Beach Riviera. 30 minutes later optical SPDIF was working. At $25 it is the no holds barred choice in this arena. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations for New Sound Card
Lachlan McIntosh wrote: My recommendation to anyone thinking of getting a mainboard with integrated components is DON'T - unless you have LOTS (and lots) of free time. For anyone who may see this email in the future - this is truly worthless advice :) Both my onboard sound systems are fantastic and 'just work' - one does optical or electrical spdif to a decoder - the other is line-out. Lachlan, if you want to comment on your difficulties with a specific _model_ of motherboard/sound subsystem then feel free. And you may want to advise people to check the sound subsystem on their mainboard for compatibility _before_ buying it. So I'm now looking for a PCI soundcard with S/Pid optical outputs. I do have a SB Live! Card that I have been using, this has a digital output on the back of the card (but it isn't optical). Have you looked through the tons of messages on this very subject in the last few weeks? Try searching for Soundcard Recomendation. David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations for New Sound Card
On 4/27/05, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lachlan McIntosh wrote: My recommendation to anyone thinking of getting a mainboard with integrated components is DON'T - unless you have LOTS (and lots) of free time. For anyone who may see this email in the future - this is truly worthless advice :) Both my onboard sound systems are fantastic and 'just work' - one does optical or electrical spdif to a decoder - the other is line-out. Lachlan, if you want to comment on your difficulties with a specific _model_ of motherboard/sound subsystem then feel free. And you may want to advise people to check the sound subsystem on their mainboard for compatibility _before_ buying it. So I'm now looking for a PCI soundcard with S/Pid optical outputs. I do have a SB Live! Card that I have been using, this has a digital output on the back of the card (but it isn't optical). Have you looked through the tons of messages on this very subject in the last few weeks? Try searching for Soundcard Recomendation. David Yeah, this is more an Alsa issue really. I haven't tried it with MythTV but I use a USB to spdif converter from ADS Tech for our music collection playback. It works great. If I knew where to configure Myth to use hw:1,0 instead of default then I'd give it a quick shot with Myth also. I'll bet it works fine. So, PCI based, MB based, USB based. It's really an Alsa issue in my mind. MB is probably fine if Alsa supports it well. Cheers, Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations for New Sound Card
On 4/27/2005 9:23 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: I haven't tried it with MythTV but I use a USB to spdif converter from ADS Tech for our music collection playback. It works great. If I knew where to configure Myth to use hw:1,0 instead of default then I'd give it a quick shot with Myth also. I'll bet it works fine. You could try changing AudioDevice from ALSA:default to ALSA:hw:1,0. See the sound section of the docs for where this is located: http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-7.html The alternative would be to create a .asoundrc for your soundcard. There is more info about this at: http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/DigitalSoundHowTo HTH, -- David HDTV frontend I'm working on (pictures, mythmon source) http://mythhd.info ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations for New Sound Card
On 4/27/05, David George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/27/2005 9:23 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: I haven't tried it with MythTV but I use a USB to spdif converter from ADS Tech for our music collection playback. It works great. If I knew where to configure Myth to use hw:1,0 instead of default then I'd give it a quick shot with Myth also. I'll bet it works fine. You could try changing AudioDevice from ALSA:default to ALSA:hw:1,0. See the sound section of the docs for where this is located: http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-7.html Well, the front page (Section 7) doesn't say much and the troubleshooting notes say they don't apply to my PVR-250. So much for the easy way. Currently my user specific setup pages show /dev/dsp for the audio device. Cycling through what it offers doesn't give me any ALSA options at all. Can I jsut type in ALSA:hw:0,0 or ALSA:hw:1,0 there to change sound devices? The alternative would be to create a .asoundrc for your soundcard. There is more info about this at: http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/DigitalSoundHowTo Will consider but I've had problems dependign on .asoundrc in the past. Not well documented out here on the fringe. ;-) Thanks, Mark ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations for New Sound Card
On 4/27/2005 9:47 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: On 4/27/05, David George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could try changing AudioDevice from ALSA:default to ALSA:hw:1,0. See the sound section of the docs for where this is located: http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-7.html Well, the front page (Section 7) doesn't say much and the troubleshooting notes say they don't apply to my PVR-250. So much for the easy way. That is referring to audio capture, not audio playback. Currently my user specific setup pages show /dev/dsp for the audio device. Cycling through what it offers doesn't give me any ALSA options at all. Can I jsut type in ALSA:hw:0,0 or ALSA:hw:1,0 there to change sound devices? Yes, you need to just type the ALSA information in that field. Also, make sure ALSA is all upper-case. The alternative would be to create a .asoundrc for your soundcard. There is more info about this at: http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/DigitalSoundHowTo Will consider but I've had problems dependign on .asoundrc in the past. Not well documented out here on the fringe. ;-) Ok, but check out the DigitalSoundHowTo page anyway. There may be some useful info in there for you. -- David HDTV frontend I'm working on (pictures, mythmon source) http://mythhd.info ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations for New Sound Card
Michael Haan wrote: On 4/27/05, Lachlan McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone I'm finally sick of the ATI ITX150 onboard sound on my Jetway mainboard. The mainboard purportedly had everything I needed for a Myth box. TV out, S/Pdif in/out etc, none of which work correctly. My recommendation to anyone thinking of getting a mainboard with integrated components is DON'T - unless you have LOTS (and lots) of free time. So I'm now looking for a PCI soundcard with S/Pid optical outputs. I do have a SB Live! Card that I have been using, this has a digital output on the back of the card (but it isn't optical). So can anyone recommend a card that: 1. Has S/pdif that will work out of the box with ALSA and Kernel 2.6.9. 2. Has S/pdif on the back of the card (so there is no need for extra connectors etc - I just want the CARD in there) 3. WORKS!!! OUT OF THE BOX (No late nights, no recompiles, no getting the latest source from CVS, no guessing as to what I have to put in a config file to make the sound come out) :) Any (tested?) recommendations eagerly anticipated. :) I was in the same boat as you. Got a Turtle Beach Riviera. 30 minutes later optical SPDIF was working. At $25 it is the no holds barred choice in this arena. __ I second this recommendation. It is what I use and the easiest setup yet. Kevin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations
I first tried setting it up with Mandrake 10, but ran into some problems. I can't remember what exactly the problems were, but I wasn't sure at the time if it had to do with my hardware or with the configuration. I put on Knoppmyth to for testing, and when it was so easy to get the whole system working, I just kept it. Since the box is only running Myth, there's no need for any of the extras that come with Mandrake or FC, or other distros. Everything you need is included, and the whole thing can be set up with only minor tweaking. If you do end up with an nvidia card, you'll probably need to get an updated driver. I know when I installed Knoppmyth R4V4, there were issues with the included nv driver. Still it was easy to find and install. This may have been addressed in the latest release, but I don't know. I haven't upgraded to R4V5 yet. The other thing you'll need with an nvidia card is xvatttr to get rid of a blue border at the top and left of the picture. You can find it at sourceforge or by googling. Good luck. On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:38:41 -0500, Dennis B. Hopp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm actually doing some rearranging of machines (basically moving my mail/web/developing server to a laptop that the LCD doesn't work any more..well the LCD works, but the hinges are broke so it doesn't make for a good laptop, but that's another story) and in the process will free up a Athlon XP 2000+, 768MB RAM so the machine is there now, but thanks for the feed back...I may end up using the slower machine for a mythfrontend somewhere in my house. I picked up a PVR-250 (could have gotten it for less but I like newegg and I had to order some other parts for my in-laws machine) and a Chaintech FX-5200 card (seemed to be the card of choice for people on this list). Haven't picked up a hard drive yet, but I will use a 40GB to test with and if all goes well will definetly pick up a bigger drive (I didn't realize how cheap they have gotten!, best buy had a deal on Seagate 200GB for $99.99 with a $50 rebate over the weekend, not sure if it's still going). Just have to wait for the parts to get here so I can start tinkering :) What distribution are you using? I'm thinking either Fedora Core or Mandrake (I love gentoo, but I think it may be too much for this)... --Dennis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dewey Smolka Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 7:50 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations I built mine for about $500. I tried it first with an old K6-2 450 (512 RAM) and found it way to slow. I ended up getting a used P3 700, for $150 and that works fine. You could probably get it running on a slower machine, but it might not be worth the effort. Hardware encoding will definitely be necessary with a pokey machine, and the PVR-250 is well worth the price. I got mine for around $120, but I've seen them for less. They include a remote control and IR dongle, and are completely painless to set up for Myth. For TV-out, you really don't need the latest and greatest card. You can save a lot of money here, as I suspect with this kind of processor you're not looking for gameplay. I use an Nvidia Geforce 2 with S-Video out. I had this card lying around but you can pick one up for a song, I'm sure. I run an S-Video to RCA cinch adatper and use the RCA to connect to the TV's aux in port. It's not HD by any means, but neither is the TV. If you don't have an RCA-in on your TV, you can easily run this through a VCR, which will definitely have the port. The video quality is much better than VHS, but not quite DVD. Still, good enough for me. The on-board audio is also good enough for me, though I run the audio out through a stereo system. Again, not 5.1 Dolby, but I don't have a sound system that supports 5.1 anyway, and the sound really is good enough. Keep you eye out for hard drive deals. I got a 200 GB Maxtor at Office Depot back in September for around $120, no mail-in rebate crap. I think I saw Staples selling a 160 GB drive for around $100, plus a $40 rebate. You may think 60 GB is a lot now, but just wait till it starts filling up. Get a big drive from the beginning. On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 09:50:56 -0500, Dennis B. Hopp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm toying with the idea of building a mythtv box. Budget is not as big as I would like, but what can ya do... Anyway, I was thinking of getting the PVR-250 (the PVR-350 seems to have too many problems with the TV-OUT to justify the extra $40-50). What card do you guys recommend for doing TV-OUT? Also do you think a K6-2 500 Mhz proc is enough (will have 384MB of RAM, maybe 512, not sure what I have laying around)? The only thing this box will do is act as a media center (with it's primary objective to be a TV-Recorder, and live tv). It will connect to a DirecTV receiver (which has a low speed data
RE: [mythtv-users] Recommendations
By too much I meant the install process. Don't know if I feel like spending 24-48 hours compiling everything when I can get most everything running in about 20 minutes with a different distribution. I haven't used gentoo for a desktop type project in a while. Mostly web/mail servers at work that don't need a GUI of any sort so I don't have to compile X (yes I know you can get precompiled packages, but then what's the point of using gentoo?). --Dennis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nate s Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 2:23 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations What distribution are you using? I'm thinking either Fedora Core or Mandrake (I love gentoo, but I think it may be too much for this)... --Dennis Gentoo too much? How so? I've got it running fine on gentoo. I hear FC is one of the easiest to set up due to Jarod's guide, and I've also heard good things about KnoppMyth, esp. for a first time setup. However, if you're already a gentoo user, I'd highly recommned that, as in my slightly biased opinion, the setup on gentoo is even easier (gentoo setup in general is hard, but if you're familar with that, the mythtv setup part is pretty painless.) -Nate ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations
nate s wrote: What distribution are you using? I'm thinking either Fedora Core or Mandrake (I love gentoo, but I think it may be too much for this)... --Dennis Gentoo too much? How so? I've got it running fine on gentoo. I hear FC is one of the easiest to set up due to Jarod's guide, and I've also heard good things about KnoppMyth, esp. for a first time setup. However, if you're already a gentoo user, I'd highly recommned that, as in my slightly biased opinion, the setup on gentoo is even easier (gentoo setup in general is hard, but if you're familar with that, the mythtv setup part is pretty painless.) -Nate I agree, I did Knoppmyth first, but when I tried to upgrade to Myth version 0.16 I had a hard time finding Debian packages. The box was having other problems too, so I scrapped it tried Gentoo and I loved it. Yes the installation was a lot more involved, but I learned a hell of a lot more about Myth and about Linux in general from going through it. Now that I know the box inside and out, I'm much better at troubleshooting when things go wrong. Also I imagine my next upgrade will be easier since Gentoo will probably be the first distro with Myth packages, and if they don't, it should still be one of the easiest to install from the source tarballs. A friend of mine who runs Knoppmyth said he hit a lot of problems trying to do a manual compile upgrade because Knoppmyth moves a lot of things like libraries to non-default locations and he had to move them back. So if you feel like taking the time and learning a lot, I would recommend Gentoo. There are also some excellent Gentoo-specific guides out there too, check out: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_MythTV http://home.comcast.net/~alf_park/mythtv.html Good Luck, Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Recommendations
I'm actually doing some rearranging of machines (basically moving my mail/web/developing server to a laptop that the LCD doesn't work any more..well the LCD works, but the hinges are broke so it doesn't make for a good laptop, but that's another story) and in the process will free up a Athlon XP 2000+, 768MB RAM so the machine is there now, but thanks for the feed back...I may end up using the slower machine for a mythfrontend somewhere in my house. I picked up a PVR-250 (could have gotten it for less but I like newegg and I had to order some other parts for my in-laws machine) and a Chaintech FX-5200 card (seemed to be the card of choice for people on this list). Haven't picked up a hard drive yet, but I will use a 40GB to test with and if all goes well will definetly pick up a bigger drive (I didn't realize how cheap they have gotten!, best buy had a deal on Seagate 200GB for $99.99 with a $50 rebate over the weekend, not sure if it's still going). Just have to wait for the parts to get here so I can start tinkering :) What distribution are you using? I'm thinking either Fedora Core or Mandrake (I love gentoo, but I think it may be too much for this)... --Dennis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dewey Smolka Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 7:50 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations I built mine for about $500. I tried it first with an old K6-2 450 (512 RAM) and found it way to slow. I ended up getting a used P3 700, for $150 and that works fine. You could probably get it running on a slower machine, but it might not be worth the effort. Hardware encoding will definitely be necessary with a pokey machine, and the PVR-250 is well worth the price. I got mine for around $120, but I've seen them for less. They include a remote control and IR dongle, and are completely painless to set up for Myth. For TV-out, you really don't need the latest and greatest card. You can save a lot of money here, as I suspect with this kind of processor you're not looking for gameplay. I use an Nvidia Geforce 2 with S-Video out. I had this card lying around but you can pick one up for a song, I'm sure. I run an S-Video to RCA cinch adatper and use the RCA to connect to the TV's aux in port. It's not HD by any means, but neither is the TV. If you don't have an RCA-in on your TV, you can easily run this through a VCR, which will definitely have the port. The video quality is much better than VHS, but not quite DVD. Still, good enough for me. The on-board audio is also good enough for me, though I run the audio out through a stereo system. Again, not 5.1 Dolby, but I don't have a sound system that supports 5.1 anyway, and the sound really is good enough. Keep you eye out for hard drive deals. I got a 200 GB Maxtor at Office Depot back in September for around $120, no mail-in rebate crap. I think I saw Staples selling a 160 GB drive for around $100, plus a $40 rebate. You may think 60 GB is a lot now, but just wait till it starts filling up. Get a big drive from the beginning. On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 09:50:56 -0500, Dennis B. Hopp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm toying with the idea of building a mythtv box. Budget is not as big as I would like, but what can ya do... Anyway, I was thinking of getting the PVR-250 (the PVR-350 seems to have too many problems with the TV-OUT to justify the extra $40-50). What card do you guys recommend for doing TV-OUT? Also do you think a K6-2 500 Mhz proc is enough (will have 384MB of RAM, maybe 512, not sure what I have laying around)? The only thing this box will do is act as a media center (with it's primary objective to be a TV-Recorder, and live tv). It will connect to a DirecTV receiver (which has a low speed data port). Total budget is probably around $500...included in that I need to get the PVR-250, a card to do TV-OUT and a decent sized hard drive (probably 60 or 80 GB to start with). --Dennis ___ 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
Re: [mythtv-users] Recommendations
I'm toying with the idea of building a mythtv box. Budget is not as big as I would like, but what can ya do... Anyway, I was thinking of getting the PVR-250 (the PVR-350 seems to have too many problems with the TV-OUT to justify the extra $40-50). What card do you guys recommend for doing TV-OUT? Also do you think a K6-2 500 Mhz proc is enough (will have 384MB of RAM, maybe 512, not sure what I have laying around)? The only thing this box will do is act as a media center (with it's primary objective to be a TV-Recorder, and live tv). It will connect to a DirecTV receiver (which has a low speed data port). Total budget is probably around $500...included in that I need to get the PVR-250, a card to do TV-OUT and a decent sized hard drive (probably 60 or 80 GB to start with). Search the mailing list archive at http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/ - this has been covered many times here. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
