>>> "Michael R. Dilworth (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2/9/2005
6:57:00 PM >>>
>I'm about to build my first mythtv box, I've been lurking
>here for a little over a month and have dug through the
>archives as well is google.  I believe I have enough info
>to pull it off, with one exception TV out.

Don't let recent discussions scare you off.  It's not 
as bad as it seems.

>I'm looking for a easy, (i.e. hardware I can find with out 
>going used/ebay) TV out solution.

Easy - nVidia and FC2.  I have three machines all running 
FC2.  Just built my third one last night.  It gets easier.
Now if I could figure out the netboot with Fedora, I'd be 
quite happy.

>The output will need to be composite, aka RCA, NOT dvi/svid 
>etc...   I will be plugging the output into my Avcast network.

FX5200 with passive (no fan) cooling or some huge heatsink.
I can't hear my frontend during very quiet passages and 
I'm using svideo on one and RCA out on the other.  There 
is a noticable difference between them, but not something 
about 99% of my friends/relatives woul dnotice.  I'm 
guessing that the difference between svideo and component 
video would be a little better, but the difference between 
RCA and component is much more noticable.  

>I would also like to be able to have both TV Out and X running
>on the console,.

Not sure about that.  Although because MythTV is 
pretty much an application that runs under X, you can 
have Myth running in a window and have full access to 
all the X apps you like.  My wife has gotten quite 
used to running myth in a window while she is making 
up tests for her class or surfing the web.

>I plan to be running Fedora(1, 2 or 3) and Myth 17 (I'm 
>waiting until it comes out) 

I'd do FC3.  I'm just waiting for a few brave souls to 
push ahead and report back from the front lines about 
the experience.

>Thanks, Michael...

Good luck, and keep us posted.

Paul

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