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im just going through a similar install...i bought a new pc
for the purpose but i built myth on a cele500 with the 150 to see how well
things went...
pvr-150 has mpeg2 on it so it means your already receiving
mpeg2 streams recording at mpeg2 should work on anything over a 266 mhz
pc....i mean really all your doing at the capture point is cat /dev/video0
>> file.mpg....so its merely a copy to file...
transcoding wont be quick on a small box but transcoding
can be ignored unless you are short on diskspace (2terabytes in my PC so i
dont bother transcoding...dvd is mpeg2 also so it's the easiest way for me to
cut them abck to dvd (tv series collections etc.
live tv on the 500 worked np but i have heard that people
under 500 have issues....try and see...make sure you have dma on on your
harddisks and it's not a via chipset mobo...via suck for dma
channels..
other than that as long as you have alsa drivers and video
drivers (nvidia/ati if its a new card) you should be
fine....
be aware you need to use mplayer to test the pvr-150
...xawtv etc do not work with ivtv cards....and the pvr-150 drivers you need atm
are on www.ivtv.tv......version 3
drivers unstable..
From: Adam Pash [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, 25 May 2005 9:55 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv Suggestions
I'm new to both mythtv and linux, but I'm hoping to tackle both. I'm hoping to setup a system that I can use as an all-in-one (front-end + backend) system. I've got an old pc (amd-k6 w/multimedia 300mhz, 288mb ram, pvr-150 [from my other computer], dvd-rom) and I don't know if I'm ready to tackle all that would go into installing a linux distrubution and mythtv on a system as old as this. I'm looking for suggestions for hardware (mobo, processor, video card w/tv out) that I can throw together with the pvr-150 remaining salvagable parts and get a mythtv up and running in the most simple fashion for a linux newbie.
I understand that this will probably be a somewhat large undertaking for someone who doesn't know anything about linux, so I'm ready to put some time into it; nonetheless, I figure that it'd be best to start out with the odd in my favor when it comes to hardware. I've read the Fedora-Myth HOWTO, and I think that's the route I'd like to take, but like I said, I'm looking for suggestions for the cheapest hardware purchases that will still get me a good system.
I'm hoping to use it mostly to record, transcode, and watch my video. I don't need it for live tv watching, but that wouldn't hurt! I'm excited to try the different offerings of mythtv, but those are my main NEEDS.
Thanks a lot for any suggestions,
Adam
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