A general note on 64 bit MythTV.
1) 64 Bit MythTV works with some caveats.
a. Xvmc drivers for Nvidia hardware (from Nvidia) are really bad with
current (7667) releases……..hopefully this will improve later, but
for now 64bit XVMC is spotty at best (it works every 5th or 6th
time).
b. MythTV itself is pretty stable on 64bit Linux (I run my backend
24x7 – I’ve had three crashes in three months – not too bad).
c. Mplayer/Xine work, but have limited codecs for some third party AVI’s
– basically anything that requires a 32bit codec WON’T work –
until the 64 bit implementations are more readily available.
2) 64 bit Linux is pretty mature with support for most packages:
a. I run mtd for ripping DVD’s
b. Lirc
c. Apache2 for mythweb
d. Asterisk
e. X10 Home Automation thru CM11U and Firecracker
f.
Samba
g. Postfix/Cyrus IMAP & POP
h. WUFTP
i.
Tinyftp
j.
Sphinx2
k. Festival
l.
phpBBS
To sum it up, if you absolutely must have
the 32bit codecs (ie. You have a lot of pre-existing AVI’s), or you
absolutely must have XVMC acceleration for HDTV (I do my HDTV thru xv) you
should go the 32bit route. Given your processor specs, HDTV will be fine with a
good Nvidia class AGP/PCI-E card (5200 or better, recommend the 6600). For
example my HDTV
David
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Greg Depasse
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005
12:34 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] System
Setup: Dual Opterons, Firewire, Xvmc,Homebrew Lirc, 64-bit packages, Hdtv (DVI
to HDMI),Panasonic PT-AE700U Projector, Optical Digital Audio Surround Output
On 8/24/05, Matt Mousseau
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm looking to put together the system to end all systems. I
believe I have spec'd out all the hardware, but I was hoping to get some
feedback on everyone's experiences with each individual aspect of the system.
First I will post the proposed specs, then the desired software / hardware
behavior, then questions that I'm concerned with at the moment. If anyone thinks
of something I may have missed, please let me know!
Also, as I build this I will be writing a guide. I am very
much new to linux, so it should be helpful to the "n00bs" in the
community.
Ram: Thinking around 1gb / chip
HD's: 4x400gb SATA For my "archive" ;
2x250gb SATA "working"; 1x160gb PATA "music" ; 1x80gb PATA
"boot"
Firewire: Basic 4 Port controller (for hookup to my
HDTV recievers)
Nic's: Thinking the onboards should work, will add new
ones if necessary
Audio: Need a recomendation here, onboard is Coax
SPDIF, was looking for an optical solution (longer run so i'm concerned about
noise)
Graphics: Recommendations are good here too, I want DVI
to HDMI for my projector, as well as a second monitor running (for diagnostics,
etc...)
Hi Matt-
As a noob who has the same mobo I'd love to see what you come up with. I
haven't been able to get mine up and running. Of course, the bulk of my
problems have been trying to get a PVR-250 running (which you don't have
spec'd). The rest of the mobo stuff works great.
I had the same plan as you (although not quite as extensive in the automation
dept). I bought the same mobo and CPUs. I also bought a couple
PVR-250's, only to find out that this mobo only has 1 slot compatible with the
cards. I've been trying on and off since April to get this working.
My wife and and I had our first child in March, so their hasn't been much free
time for me to work on this. I tried the 64-bit OS route and found that I
didn't gain much except a headache (be careful of some of the software
repository issues regarding the 64-bit distros), so I reverted to the 32-bit
versions. I've tried FC3 (jarod's guide), knoppmyth, gentoo, and suse
9.3. (And I'm about to try the new version of MythDora). I couldn't
get any of them to work with either of my PVR-250s. It's been a
couple months since I've last attempted an install, and I'm sure much has
improved in the 64-bit area since then so good luck. I'm not a linux
guru, which definitely accounts for some of the delay in getting this to
work. My guess is that you will have better luck.
Greg
