1. My mythbox is not a dedicated machine. It runs UBUNTU with the mythtv
background service running out of sight. I start the frontend service by
selecting it from the gnome desktop menu. This allows me to search for and set
recordings on the program guide which quietly and regularly reloads itself each
midnight. I also call up the frontend service to playback the recordings, (but
I am putting together another system that I hope to use as a remote frontend.)
When not running the frontend I use the box to surf the net, download (legal)
torrents with azureus, etc. you would never notice that MythTV is running.
2. on the video card, can you tell me the name and number on the card?
I am having trouble getting to the link you gave from home but I will try again
from work.
willhill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have not tried mythtv because I'd rather
this machine be general purpose.
One day, I'll invest time and money getting a dedicated machine and a
gnu/linux friendly card to make a nice mythtv box. Right now, I'm happy to
have a way to watch shows like Nova, Nature and Star Trek without disturbing
the kid's play and having to remember when they air.
The better card is discussed with links on the site pointed to. I'd like to
know what kind of problem you had accessing it and if others have similar
problems. In the mean time, I'll copy a few sections of that page here:
/**********************************************************************
This is not working and might never. The compenents look good. It contains a
Vics Xcode 2105 hardware encoding chip, a LGDT3303 ATSC/QAM tuner which is
supposed to be able to receive both broadcast and digital cable signals, and
a Philips SAA7136E DVB-T digital terrestrial receiver. If the MPEG encoder is
not intentionally crippled, this device should serve its purpose well into
the future but a similar card requires firmware, nasty!
BT dvb and lgdt330x modules load without error but I don't know where the
video device shows up. It's not /dev/video anything. I should probably
install MythTV, but this is too powerful a computer to devote to TV.
**********************************************************************/
I'm either missing something basic, like the device name used or I'm going to
have to wait a while for this card to work for me. The page has images and
links to more information you might enjoy.
On Wednesday 13 February 2008 11:41 am, c.a. weisheit wrote:
> have you tried mythtv? it has a manual scheduler if you don't want to use
> the built in program scheduler.
>
> also, what is the better card you want to use? maybe I can help?
>
> also,also, I was unable to goto the link provided.
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