[tslug] Re: Linux PVR
6 GB of disk space really will only get you about 2 hours of video ... so you will really need to get a new hard drive. And if you get serious with your "taping", you will want the hard drive you get to be really big (80-120GB) and only for videos. Just my $.02 -Justin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chad Tatro Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 1:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [tslug] Linux PVR I have a system at home that I'm considering setting up as a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) to record shows off of DirecTV or local channels if I need to "tape" something. Of course, I don't want to spend any more money either. :-) I've looked some at the Freevo project, but have not yet attempted anything. Some of my system specs are as follows: CPU: AMD 900MHz (Thunderbird) Video Card: ATI All-in-wonder 32 MB AGP (Rage 128) RAM: 384 MB Hard Drive: Only 6 GB now :-) I know I need some better storage space if I get serious about this. I have another 6 GB available right now. Notes: Also have a CD burner available. (Currently in another system but could be moved). No DVD burner. Current OS: RedHat Linux 9.0 I'm curious about any experience any of you have with setting up a PVR box. It would be nice to eventually have something with a guide and live pausing, but right now I'm just looking for recording (timer recording). What tips and/or suggestions do you have? BTW, I hope to someday set up one that can record in HD, but right now my video card doesn't support that and I only have a handful of HD channels anyway. Thanks, Chad - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe - - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -
[tslug] Re: Linux PVR
I just got my MythTV box setup. I have an Avermedia PVR card, but from what I've read, the Haupauge PVR-250 and PVR-350 are the preferred cards to have. There is a howto out there for RH9.0 with mythtv that is excellent, I don't have the link handy right now though. You will definitely need more hard disk space. You should be able to pick up a 120GB drive for < $100 On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 01:21:09PM -0600, Chad Tatro wrote: > I have a system at home that I'm considering setting up as a Personal Video > Recorder (PVR) to record shows off of DirecTV or local channels if I need to > "tape" something. Of course, I don't want to spend any more money either. > :-) > > I've looked some at the Freevo project, but have not yet attempted anything. > > Some of my system specs are as follows: > CPU: AMD 900MHz (Thunderbird) > Video Card: ATI All-in-wonder 32 MB AGP (Rage 128) > RAM: 384 MB > Hard Drive: Only 6 GB now :-) I know I need some better storage space if I > get serious about this. I have another 6 GB available right now. > Notes: Also have a CD burner available. (Currently in another system but > could be moved). No DVD burner. > Current OS: RedHat Linux 9.0 > > I'm curious about any experience any of you have with setting up a PVR box. > It would be nice to eventually have something with a guide and live pausing, > but right now I'm just looking for recording (timer recording). > > What tips and/or suggestions do you have? > > BTW, I hope to someday set up one that can record in HD, but right now my > video card doesn't support that and I only have a handful of HD channels > anyway. > > Thanks, > Chad > > > - > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with Subject: unsubscribe > - > - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -
[tslug] Re: Linux PVR
>From what I've read, MythTV is a better PVR software package. I've installed it on my machine, and its pretty slick. You can just add the MythTV repository to your apt-get, and get everything you need. (there are a lot of dependencies, if I remember correctly.) Your machine may not be fast enough, or have enough memory to be able to get high-quality full-featured PVR capabilities. For example, you may not be able to do all of the "live" TV functions, and you may not be able to record at the best resolutions. Also, All-In-Wonder cards don't have the best support in the PVR software packages, from what I understand. But, MythTV has all the PVR functionality, plus weather, mp3 playing, cd playing, game system emulator interfact, etc. Its pretty nice. Later, -Jim Original Message: - From: Chad Tatro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:21:09 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [tslug] Linux PVR I have a system at home that I'm considering setting up as a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) to record shows off of DirecTV or local channels if I need to "tape" something. Of course, I don't want to spend any more money either. :-) I've looked some at the Freevo project, but have not yet attempted anything. Some of my system specs are as follows: CPU: AMD 900MHz (Thunderbird) Video Card: ATI All-in-wonder 32 MB AGP (Rage 128) RAM: 384 MB Hard Drive: Only 6 GB now :-) I know I need some better storage space if I get serious about this. I have another 6 GB available right now. Notes: Also have a CD burner available. (Currently in another system but could be moved). No DVD burner. Current OS: RedHat Linux 9.0 I'm curious about any experience any of you have with setting up a PVR box. It would be nice to eventually have something with a guide and live pausing, but right now I'm just looking for recording (timer recording). What tips and/or suggestions do you have? BTW, I hope to someday set up one that can record in HD, but right now my video card doesn't support that and I only have a handful of HD channels anyway. Thanks, Chad - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe - mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -
[tslug] Linux PVR
I have a system at home that I'm considering setting up as a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) to record shows off of DirecTV or local channels if I need to "tape" something. Of course, I don't want to spend any more money either. :-) I've looked some at the Freevo project, but have not yet attempted anything. Some of my system specs are as follows: CPU: AMD 900MHz (Thunderbird) Video Card: ATI All-in-wonder 32 MB AGP (Rage 128) RAM: 384 MB Hard Drive: Only 6 GB now :-) I know I need some better storage space if I get serious about this. I have another 6 GB available right now. Notes: Also have a CD burner available. (Currently in another system but could be moved). No DVD burner. Current OS: RedHat Linux 9.0 I'm curious about any experience any of you have with setting up a PVR box. It would be nice to eventually have something with a guide and live pausing, but right now I'm just looking for recording (timer recording). What tips and/or suggestions do you have? BTW, I hope to someday set up one that can record in HD, but right now my video card doesn't support that and I only have a handful of HD channels anyway. Thanks, Chad - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -
[tslug] Re: ALSA Tips Was(Re: Kernel 2.6.0)
Ian, Can you give us some tips on what you did to ALSA? I'm fighting that right now with my MythTV box. Ben On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:07:14AM -0600, Ian Monroe wrote: > Just downloaded. As was pointed out on Slashdot, 2.6 kernel and Lord of > the Rings on the same day (yes, its good and you should see it). And for > us, the end of the semester. What could make the day better. Guess it > would have to be World Peace or something. > > I've been using 2.6-test11 primarily for the last couple of weeks. For > the desktop user I think the most noticeable change are the new sound > drivers, ALSA. The old OSS still exists, as well as an OSS compatibility > layer for ALSA. My experience with ALSA is that it gives me a little too > much power. In my experience with my Sound Blaster Live! emu10k1 card, > by default, no sound was coming out. I opened up alsamixer and fixed > that. But it sounded kind of flat and voices were quiet in comparison to > other sounds. I fiddled around with the literally dozens of options now > in alsamixer and now it works fine. I hope now with ALSA in widespread > use there will be some develop of a just-make-it-sound-good auto config > thing. The commercial distros will probably write scripts to setup it up > right. > > Though I haven't done blind test trials, I think ALSA sounds better. > More full. But its hard to say. > > I'm currently having trouble with test11 and CDs. For some reason, I > have to load the ide-scsi module for the DVD and CD-R to work at all > even though I specifically configured the kernel with not having to do > that in mind (the ide-scsi module being in bad-taste according to Linus.) > > Untarring... > > Ian > > Benjamin Story wrote: > > >Linus released the first official 2.6.0 kernel today. Go to the usual > >places and download your copy today. > > > >- > >To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with Subject: unsubscribe > >- > > > > > > > - > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with Subject: unsubscribe > - > - To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -
