[Cialug] MythTV project, any suggestions?

David Champion dchampion at visionary.com
Wed Jan 10 10:32:07 CST 2007


Did you guys see that Hitachi has announced a 1tb 3.5" hd, with either 
SATA or PATA interface. Price is supposed to be about $400.

-dc

Tony Bibbs wrote:
> I'd agree with the suggestion of Knoppmyth.  I ran the installation with 
> no problems and even lirc was working fine against my PVR-250.  Only 
> problem I'm having is getting the myth box to change channels on my 
> Directv d11-500 tuner (the tuner is supported).  As soon as I get that 
> problem licked I'll be loving it.
> 
> Also, I've opted to grab the x-arcade joystick which works like a charm 
> under linux for MAME.  It definitely has some geek-appeal:
> 
> http://www.x-arcade.com/two-player.shtml
> 
> As for space, I've considered getting a couple big SATA drives and 
> running LVM on them.  Anybody here running myth that way?
> 
> --Tony
> 
> Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>> You owe it to your sanity (and maybe your family) to check out knoppmyth.
>> They make a fantastic distro that installs mythtv for you - and boy how.
>> After knoppmyth there is only a little bit of tuning to do to get a great
>> installation going.  I think mine has been running about two years 
>> now.  I
>> use it everyday.  In addition to knoppmyth the knoppmythwiki has great
>> tuning tips for myth and particularly knoppmyth.
>>
>> Even if you only use Knoppmyth to experience a nice working config and to
>> cut your teeth on MythTV before going "whole hog" with a raw install you
>> will come out ahead.
>>
>> Also, you can never have enough hard drive with MythTV.
>>
>> The hauppauge stuff is all well supported these days.  Video on Linux has
>> come a long way in the last 3-4 years.
>>
>> Ask here if you have more questions. 
>> -Nate
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