I'm just finishing up my own build of MythTV using Fedora Core 3. I've got a micro-ATX case and motherboard with 2.4GHZ P4, 512MB RAM 200GB hard drive and (3) tuner cards (1 Hauppagge PVR 350 and 2 PVR 250's)
I'm using the PVR 350 for TV out, and the entire X console run's on there just fine. I've also got an older ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 128 card in another system but I haven't tried using it yet, since the PVR 350 is doing a fine job. I've read several reports that claim the TV out on the ATI card is wonderful under Linux. (I really wish the tv capture worked, since then I could fit a 4th tuner into this box!) Comments about my configuration: Now that I'm nearly done, I'm extremely happy with the configuration and performance of the system. That said, I've had a VERY hard time with the configuration of the beast, due mostly to the fact that the tuner cards I bought are BRAND NEW and have tuners not supported by the canned kernel distributions that are out there. (i.e., EVERYTHING involving kernel drivers had to be installed from source.) There is an execellent document at http://wilsonet.com/mythtv for installating Myth under Fedora FC3, including config files for TV out, Lirc, digital audio setup and more. I also had no trouble getting TV out to work using KnoppMyth. Instructions for installing KnoppMyth can be found at http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/ All of the tv capture cards that I've ever owned have supported both svhs and composite in and out, so you should not have any worried there. If you're looking for a cheap solution on ebay, try finding an older ATI All-In-Wonder card, like a -Pro or -128 model. These are supported for video out, and as a bonus they're AGP so they don't eat a valuable PCI slot on your micro-ATX box ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Crystal Network Engineer Novell CNE, Microsoft MCP, Citrix CCA, Compaq APS, HP ASP, Xerox ASP ---------------------------------------------------------------- Integrated Data Solutions Madison Heights, MI (248) 543-5300 ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>> "Michael R. Dilworth (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/09/05 6:57 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. I'm looking for a easy, (i.e. hardware I can find with out going used/ebay) TV out solution. The output will need to be composite, aka RCA, NOT dvi/svid etc... I will be plugging the output into my Avcast network. I would also like to be able to have both TV Out and X running on the console,. I plan to be running Fedora(1, 2 or 3) and Myth 17 (I'm waiting until it comes out) Thanks, Michael... _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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