we have a PVR with mythdora on it we looked around and the hauppauge pvr 150 works and is relatively cheap although we don't use it for recording mainly just for the remote
On 10/22/07, Andy George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Recently, I decided that Windows Media Center being in charge of my PVR > had much in common with a Diesel Mechanic being in charge of my dental > hygiene, so embarked upon what can only be described as the biggest > brain tumour in the known universe. I decided to install Linux Media > Center Edition. > > I spent 4 days Bit Torrenting a 4GB DVD copy of LinuxMCE, which turned > out to be a mongrel. After about a week wrestling with LinuxMCE, I had > been told that Ubuntu 7.04 and it's default MythTV was a good > alternative. Tried this and had more of a success with the PVR after I > changed video cards from an ATI 9600...something, to an nVidia 6200 AGP > card. > > I also changed the TV Tuner card from a ComPro WinTV TV-PVR card to a > Hauppauge PVR150MCE, which doesnt work. I took the defective card back > to Harvey Norman who are more than happy to get me another one, but this > got me wondering. Is there a recommended tuner card for Myth TV, or is > this going to end up a very expensive exercise in Hit Vs Miss, until I > stumble across something that works? > > Your thoughts? > > Andy George > P4-1.8 > 512 MB Ram > 320GB Hard Drives > NVidia 6200 128MB AGP (or will the 256MB ATI card ACTUALLY be better > with Linux?) > [ in between TV Tuner cards at the moment ] >
