Great suggestion! I have now posted the document up at the wiki.
It's under installation instructions, linux distros, then Ubuntu. - nav On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:23:14 +0000, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you want an interactive document then why not post it up at the wiki: > www.mythtv.info > > David > > Nav Jagpal wrote: > > >Maybe my reply was confusing. > > > >Let me try again: > > > >The hardware requirements I listed were arbitrary - I just wrote > >something down with the intent of going back to fix them. I hope I > >didn't give the impression "Hey, I'm done with this doc.. Please check > >it out".. Instead, I was looking for people to help fix it - and thank > >you for pointing out the hardware requirements list. > > > >Thanks (again) for pointing this out. > > > >-- > >Nav > > > > > >On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:42:59 -0800, Brad Templeton > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 11:18:00AM +0900, David Bennett wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Pretty interesting so far but my question is what about those of us > >>>that are going to buy a system specifically for the purpose of setting > >>>up a myth box. > >>> > >>>The documentation does not make this clear and I am still not sure > >>>what I should get!! > >>> > >>>- Is a hauppage decoder necessary??? > >>>- with a fast enough processor can I use any TV capture card? (ANY???) > >>>- am i going to run into linux driver problems with "any-ol" tv capture > >>>card? > >>>- What would you guys recommend for a good Myth System at a good price? > >>> > >>>(be careful! based on what you guys recommend, I am going to go out > >>>and buy it! so be kind.) > >>> > >>> > >>It depends on your goal? You want to do HD? That's very different > >>requirements from SD. Any system you would go out and buy today is > >>probably overkill for SD, better to turn your old system into the myth > >>box and buy a new computer for yourself. > >> > >>If you want to buy something today for SD, buy the slowest thing they > >>make today (which is about a 2000 sempron), or get some fancy new case > >>like a pundit, or SFF computer. > >> > >>You don't need the wintv-pvr or similar with your 2ghz class machine, > >>if you are trying to save bucks, but the big reason to get it is no > >>matter what the speed of your machine, with the hardware encoder, high > >>cpu load will not interfere with your recordings. > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>mythtv-users mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > >> > >> > >
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