[Cialug] DVRs

[Tim Wilson]

I confess, I cheated too.  I have a standalone Series 1, and a DirecTV Tivo
Series 2.  I'm excited for the new DirecTV Tivo.  Too bad I have to wait a
year for it to be released.

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Tim Champion <timchampion at gmail.com>wrote:

> I cheated. ... bought a TiVo. :)  Its not a geeky, but I highly recommend
> it as it is much less stressful, and the wife loves it. It's been running
> strong for something like 3 years, I think.
>
> Tim Champion
> timchampion at gmail.com
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:10 AM, <jrnosee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok, so here's what I got.
>> I started with a Biostar SFF pc (used to be a car computer!) with a 2GHz
>> P4 (socket 478) w/ ~640mb ram (I think)
>> nVidia GeForce FX 5500 AGP graphics card.  Pinnacle PCTV HD Card (800i).
>> Mythbuntu 8.04 in hybrid mode.  80 GB "starter" hard drive.
>>
>> That didn't work so I bumped up to a full tower w/
>> Shuttle mobo w/ 3GHz hyper-threaded (64 bit compat.) P4 (LGA775) w/ 1GB
>> ram.  Moved my video and tuner cards over, and stuck in a 40GB "test" Hard
>> Drive just to set it up.  Same os.
>>
>> I've followed the steps to get the 800i working and I *can* get channels
>> on it.  The problem is when tuning in digital mode I can *usually* get it to
>> come up, but when changing channels it locks up.  In analog mode it will
>> tune a channel then "drift" past into static.  The same problem exists on
>> both machines.  I'm tempted to try it again in Windows <gasp>.  I had it on
>> vista temporarially, but it never quite worked right.  I assumed that was
>> because it was on a system that couldn't really handle vista.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Theron Conrey <theron.conrey at dice.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  I've got a dedicated mythbuntu box set up using some old dual NTSC
>>> haupauge cards in a media case.  It's worked for me well over the last few
>>> years, but it's gone through some serious overhauls every few months because
>>> I always get that "ooooh that feature would be nice!" and break something.
>>> If I'd just leave it alone, I'd say that I've fantastic luck with it.
>>>
>>> -Theron
>>>  ------------------------------
>>> *From:* cialug-bounces at cialug.org [cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf
>>> Of jrnosee at gmail.com [jrnosee at gmail.com]
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 16, 2008 4:06 PM
>>> *To:* Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>>> *Subject:* [Cialug] DVRs
>>>
>>>   Has anyone in the group set up MythTV/other DVR solutions?  I've been
>>> trying to set one up for a while and I'm running into problems.  I'd like to
>>> know if anyone has had success with this.
>>>
>>> --Justin
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Tim
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