Hi, I've been a regular here for a while now, and I just wanted to thank the developers and contributers (especially Jarod) who have helped me get my Myth system up and running.
It's been a difficult road, but I think I've finally got it stable. To anyone out there looking for some quick and dirty advice, here's what I've found: 1) Heat is your enemy! PVR-250 cards get pretty hot and heat up the rest of the system. Solution: good cooling (can be noisy) or a well-cooled remote backend (preferrably in a place where noise is not an issue). I think heat was my number 1 problem, causing all sorts of other issues. 2) Don't mess with wireless! I know this will probably start some flames, but to be honest, I never had much luck with 802.11g under Linux. I got it to work sometimes, but it was always flakey and would stop working randomly. Save yourself a headache and go with tried-and-true 10/100. Believe me, it's much easier than reading serial numbers off of boxes at Best Buy trying to find the one magic revision of some wireless card that is rumored to work 85% of the time. 3) Unless you love troubleshooting, shamelessly copy someone else's working configuration. For me, I (eventually) tried to stick as close as possible to Jarod's hardware when building my frontend. nForce motherboard, GeForce FX 5200, PVR-250, etc. Striking off the beaten path might be fun for some, but it's hard for me to explain to my wife that we can't watch TV because I decided to cut a few corners or go with some exotic setup (*ahem* EPIA *ahem*) Anyways, this is mainly a thank-you to all who have helped me so far. I'll probably be back with more problems immediately after I send this and declare victory. Until then, Micah
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