I apologise for my hot-headedness.
I gave KnoppMyth a go first off and my bt878 got blacklisted. There was
nothing configurable on this DELL bios so I scrapped that.
Theres nothing fancy about the pixelview bt878 that Im using, just a
genreic. I got that to work correctly under fc3. No problems with the nvidia
driver as the module loaded ok after the installer complied the kernel
module. The nvidia splash screen came up on startx and all was fine.
I have been working at this for weeks and Im no stranger to linux. I just
avoided the hassles with compiling my own version because of all the
variables. If need be, I can complie everything from source, but I dont
think that would really help. Do you?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Barnhart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythShyte: One unhappy customer
--- antec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am atill getting prebuffer pause even though I have done everything
recommended in the documentation pages:
* bought and installed a geforce card
* got xwindows working with nvidia
* upgraded machine to a P3-1Ghz. (not a celeron!)
* checked and reconfigured all of the TV settings under mythtv.
Mythtv on my system was build using fc3 and atrpms. So I compiled
nothing.
Am I missing something crucial here, or is this just a case of sloppy
code. This project has cost me time and money to get a result that is
no better than "myth-shyte". After all, why would I now go and buy a
p4-3.3 to watch tv, when I can just plug in my P1 and do the same
thing (without buffering naturally).
Unless Im blind in both eyes and delusional, I think the next step is
to return to freevo aka bugvo and give mythtv the myth-skip.>
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I see a big misconception here. No one on this list considers you a
"customer". No one is trying to "sell" you on MythTv vs. Freevo or any
other PVR distro.
If you WANT MythTv to work, you have take a little responsibility for
learning enough to make that happen. You did not say what card you are
using to acquire the TV program. Are you using a PVR-type card that
does the MPEG encoding in hardware? Or are you using a software-based
card that puts the load on your processor? Did you get the accelerated
nvidia driver properly installed and configured? Are there any other
reports of success or failure with your processor?
If you expect more of a "works out-of-the-box" experience, take a look
at KnoppMyth. It is a distro aimed at making the setup of a Myth box
as easy as possible. See http://mysettopbox.tv.
But when you use the forum there, do not, I repeat, DO NOT come across
like your message here. I can understand total frustration, having
experienced some myself. But the attitude you express is not conducive
to getting the help you need.
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