I can't speak to the TV quality, as I don't use that portion of Freevo. Hi-res movies look fabulous on the tv when played through Freevo.
As for RH8 vs. RH9, I went with 9 and have had no problems related to the OS. I was in your shoes when I started my Freevo experience. It was a great way to learn! -Davin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Walter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 2:47 PM Subject: [Freevo-users] Newbie, is Freevo what I need/want? > Hi, newbie questions on the horizon... > > I am newish to Linux, and you may say I am jumping in the deep end, but > I need to have a purpose for spending time learning stuff, and this > might be my purpose... A few assorted questions if I may. > > Equipment > > Athlon 1000 > 256Mb Ram > Radeon 9200 video card, with s-video TV out > PCI wintv Hauppauge card (also USB model lying around somewhere...) > Redhat 8 disks available (or Suse 7.1 if that is better) > I have read the documentation guide on the freevo site and several other > guides via google > > What I want to achieve is TIVO style machine with video out to a 28inch > WS TV (PAL) > > I have tried windows with showshifter and snapstream without success so > far. > > Q's > > Is the above reasonable spec/baseline > > I assume the PCI wintv is the preferred model > > Will Freevo work well with video out to TV (I really need it to be > virtually Cable quality to make my wife accept it!) > > As said I am a newbie who wants to run before he walks, but is it a > reasonable task to work out all the rpm dependencies etc. Given my > newbiism, which is the best idiots guide, which will tell me when to > scratch my nose etc!!! > > How does freevo compare with windows offerings at the current time > (Accepting the open source/free software arguments as read etc, and > knowing things will continue to be developed) > > Is RH8 best (I read RH9 isn't naturally compatible) > > Many thanks for any guidance/tips > -- > Tim > http://yingtong.co.uk > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
