On 18/06/05, Toad Mazter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy all! > I'll start off by stating two facts: > 1> This is my first post > 2> I'm a total Linux NooB > > Now, that that's out of the way, lets get to it! > > After months of investigation of WindowsMCE, and > trialing Buffalo's LinkTheater, I've finally made the > decision to leap to Linux. My goal is to use MythTV > for my whole-house content distribution over IP > system. I want to be able to have at least 3 - 6 > viewing stations (using XBOX's and EPIA systems as > frontends), with at least 2 of those capable of > receiving and decoding HDTV streams. So, I need the > sanity check on my backend (no content viewing, to be > placed in my MDF (ok, is is a closet ;-) ). All I > really want to be able to do with the backend is > multichannel/source capture and store, stream recorded > and live, store photos/MP3's etc, and probably rip and > transcode. > > Here is what I purchased yesterday (it was in stock, > and I was in a hurry to get started... ok, so it was > an impulse buy): > > CoolerMaster Centurion 5 case > Gigabyte GA-K8NS-ultra (nForce3 Ultra chipset) > AMD Athlon 64 3000+ CPU > 1 gig DDR RAM (2 512MB DIMMs) > 2x 200GB 8MB cache 7200RPM WesternDigital SATA drives > Liteon 16x dual-layer DVD writer > eVGA nVidia GeForce 5500 256MB AGB video card > (overkill, but the only AGP card they had in stock... > and if this MythTV thing doesn't work out, the box > could be a decent 2nd gaming machine) > > So, here I am now with all of the above put > together... and I'm not sure what to do next. My > questions are: > > 1. As a professed newbie, should I follow Jarod's > guide and install Fedora Core 3 ? Any 64 bit gotchas?
apt-get doesn't work with the x64 version of Fedora Core 3. I used a mixture of yum and smart, and got there in the end. > > 2. After plugging everything in, I noticed that > Gigabyte didn't have any Linux drivers for the > embedded devices. nVidia site has nForce3 and GeForce > 64 bit drivers, anywhere else I should look? atrpms.net > > 3. I was originally planning to do hardware RAID0 for > the boot, system, and video buffering. Am I going to > have a driver issue again with the embedded > SiliconImage sil3512 controller? I also want to grow > the storage to at least 1TB fairly quickly, can I do > some sort of "spanning" of the disk volumes? > > 4. I am going to order 2 HD3000 cards, which 2 > standard def cards should I use, PVR150, PVR350, or... > ? Again, 64 bit issues? no 64 bit issues AFAIK > > 5. Firewire support: I currently have a couple > Motorola 6412 DVR's through Comcast. I want to be > able change channels and capture HD streams via > Firewire. My MB has an embedded TexasInstruments > controller... driver, 64bit? > > 6. Was my 64 bit purchase a bad move? It'll work fine. > > Ok, thats all my questions at the moment. I am > building this system at my office and won't bring it > home until I can make sure it will register high on > the Wife Acceptance Factor. On a scale of 1 to 10, 8 > is the highest achievable score ;-) All help is > greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > Adam > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
