On 30 July, 2008, Jesse Kline wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions on creating a Linux media > center. My main goal is to have a dedicated box hooked up to the TV > that will grab digital video from my desktop computer and play it on > the TV. I've looked at a number of PVR solutions including MythTV, > Freevo, and LinuxMCE, but I'm not sure which is the best solution, or > if there is a better solution for my needs. I wasn't planning on > adding a TV tuner card to the box, but that is always an option. I'm > also open to suggestions regarding TV cards and remote controls. I'm > currently looking at the Hauppauge WinTV PVR150 MCE w/ MCE Remote > bundle from Memory Express. > > Thanks, > > Jesse >From all the reading I've done, if you decide to add a PVR150 card, it's important to make sure the one you're buying IS a PVR150. Hauppage has been known to substitute another model (1600?) that does not work well with Linux - check the fine print on the box, and make sure you can return the card if it's different from what the box says. Also, I gather the PCI card is much preferable to the USB version which is not fully compatible.
I've been using an ASUS TV-FM card which has it's own quirks - every so often it gets detected as a sound card and assigned as card 0 - which means I get no sound until I go in and re-edit the alsa configuration. This is complicated by the fact that I use a couple of distros with different ways of organizing the sound configuration. Alastair _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
