Stefan van der Eijk wrote:
Brian,I have successfully used pre buld vdr on mdk 9 despite the DVB numerous driver modules on Mdk kernel are not up to date.
I've taken a look at some of the PVR software this week. Freevo and Mythtv.
Freevo was fun. They have some "rpm packages" (I'm quoting that with a reason, read on) that you can grab from sf.net. The rpm packages contain everything you'll need to run freevo, except the linux-kernel perhaps. This may sound cool, but I'd rather provide a rpm package with just the application and solve the dependancy stuff with rpm --> dependancies on libraries, etc. The src.rpm's also contain i386 binaries, which is nice when you try to build it on an alpha :-)
First you start off with freevo-runtime (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freevo/freevo_runtime-3-3.src.rpm?download), which contains those pretty libraries:
The things ran on a PII 350 MHz with Hauppauge DVB-s Neus.
Successfully recorded mpeg2 threads from sat channels ent played back at normal full speed without any frame loss.
Thank to the Nexus card to provide convenient hardare mpeg2 decompression and my Nvida Geforce 3 ti200 for helping the poor PII 350 at the display task.
vdr has a nice transparent overlay interface workable by liirc devices. With proper setup you can build a box that work plenty like any normal sat reciever and is able to record/playback hours ov digital video.
vdr has a client server interface as well (not tested) that can allow sharing and distributiong video in all your home network..
Ill buy a dedicated set top box for this when I have enough founds.
Havee found nice integrated motherboard and destop box from MSI. Graphic chip, network card, IR interface, audio on one motherboard all linux compatible. 1 or 2 pci slot suitable for the Nexus DVB-S card.
Having that with a silent hard drive or a bootp end tftp loaded Mandrake could bi nice under our TV set.
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