Re: [LUAU] MythTV on Fedora

2005-05-30 Thread Michael Matsuzaki
jonr wrote: Eric Hattemer wrote: Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: Anyway, I am only interested in the most rudimentary part of MythTV (or any other similar package) that will allow me to, as a first step, watch TV or rental DVD movies via a coaxial-to-USB converter, from a Linux machine. W

Re: [LUAU] MythTV on Fedora

2005-05-30 Thread jonr
Eric Hattemer wrote: Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: Anyway, I am only interested in the most rudimentary part of MythTV (or any other similar package) that will allow me to, as a first step, watch TV or rental DVD movies via a coaxial-to-USB converter, from a Linux machine. Wayne Watchin

Re: [LUAU] MythTV on Fedora

2005-05-30 Thread Eric Hattemer
Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: Anyway, I am only interested in the most rudimentary part of MythTV (or any other similar package) that will allow me to, as a first step, watch TV or rental DVD movies via a coaxial-to-USB converter, from a Linux machine. Wayne Watching TV is much easier th

Re: [LUAU] MythTV on Fedora

2005-05-30 Thread Jim Thompson
On May 30, 2005, at 11:17 AM, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: jonr wrote: As for HDTV, I do not know...yet. I am still waiting on my Air2PC card. :) I have heard that you need at least a 2.8Ghz system. Another thing to consider is this, a Intel Pentium processor is better for this applica

Re: [LUAU] MythTV on Fedora

2005-05-30 Thread Hawaii Linux Institute
jonr wrote: As for HDTV, I do not know...yet. I am still waiting on my Air2PC card. :) I have heard that you need at least a 2.8Ghz system. Another thing to consider is this, a Intel Pentium processor is better for this application than an AMD processor. Also, ATRPMS mythtv suite is compiled

Re: [LUAU] MythTV on Fedora

2005-05-30 Thread Hawaii Linux Institute
The McKinley demo machine is a fairly powerful Athlon64 3000 machine with 1 Gig DDR. I am Bcc'ing this reply to you and it should also include my e-mail address for your to send your xorg.conf file etc. Thanks for the help. Wayne jonr wrote: The one thing I forgot to mention was the horsep

Re: [LUAU] MythTV on Fedora

2005-05-30 Thread jonr
Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: Thanks a whole bunch. Care to help us this Saturday (that is, if you live in Oahu--I kept forgetting that this is not just a local forum)? :) I am in Anchorage, Alaska. How about I send you my xorg.conf file and my lirc file. If you can find this remote: One4Al

Re: [LUAU] MythTV on Fedora

2005-05-30 Thread jonr
The one thing I forgot to mention was the horsepower needed. I am using a PIII 733 with 384MB of RAM and am able to record and watch a recording at the same time while mythcommflag(flagging commercials) is running. This is probably the minimum. As for HDTV, I do not know...yet. I am still waiti

Re: [LUAU] MythTV on Fedora

2005-05-30 Thread Hawaii Linux Institute
Thanks a whole bunch. Care to help us this Saturday (that is, if you live in Oahu--I kept forgetting that this is not just a local forum)? The CentOS demo machine at McKinley has nVidia FX5200. I will try to get the Hauppauge 350 and Coax2USB cards. Wayne jonr wrote: Hawaii Linux Institu

Re: [LUAU] MythTV on Fedora

2005-05-30 Thread Hawaii Linux Institute
Hi Angela, I really don't know much about MythTV (interest =! knowledge). I believe it is still too much in the "testing" stage to be included in either the Livna or DAG repository, though ATrpms has it. (I am sure you're aware that mixing repositories may cause trouble.) Anyway, I am only

Re: [LUAU] MythTV on Fedora

2005-05-30 Thread jonr
Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: Aloha all, I am interested in testing out MPEG-2 encoder/decoder and/or pcHDTV tuner cards (such as Hauppauge PVR-250 / PVR-350) on the CentOS machina at McKinley. At the present time, it appears that the best package for this is the MythTV project: http://www.m

Re: [LUAU] MythTV on Fedora

2005-05-30 Thread Angela Kahealani
On Mon, 2005-05-30 08:01, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: > Aloha all, I am interested in testing out MPEG-2 encoder/decoder > and/or pcHDTV tuner cards e.g. the PCHDTV-2000 or PCHDTV-3000? > > (such as Hauppauge PVR-250 / PVR-350) on > the CentOS machina at McKinley. At the present time, it app

[LUAU] MythTV on Fedora

2005-05-30 Thread Hawaii Linux Institute
Aloha all, I am interested in testing out MPEG-2 encoder/decoder and/or pcHDTV tuner cards (such as Hauppauge PVR-250 / PVR-350) on the CentOS machina at McKinley. At the present time, it appears that the best package for this is the MythTV project: http://www.mythtv.org/ (There are live Myt

Roaming (was: Re: [LUAU] Re: [AWN] Wi-Fi traffic jam in Subject Line)

2005-05-30 Thread Angela Kahealani
On Mon, 2005-05-30 05:41, Jim Thompson wrote: > > Some private firms are building Wi-Fi networks with transmitters   > > mounted on rooftops. These companies charge customers for access,   > > using a model similar to Internet service providers. Skywave   > > Broadband Inc., for instance, charges f

[LUAU] from newsforge: Detroit school chooses Openoffice over MS Office

2005-05-30 Thread Robert Green
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[LUAU] Re: [AWN] Wi-Fi traffic jam in Hawaii

2005-05-30 Thread Jim Thompson
On May 30, 2005, at 2:46 AM, Jon Lebkowsky wrote: Maybe Jim Thompson should wander over to Waikiki and help these guys out... Hmm. Thanks Jon, but I doubt, (curmudgeon that I am) they'd welcome my participation. Group tries to unsnarl Wi-Fi traffic jam Stewart Yerton Pacific Business