On 1/19/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mythtv, like thunderbird, is delightfully full of promise, but not so good in > the gritty detail. > myth works, and the user interface is streets better than any commercial PVRs > that I've looked at eg Toshiba, although Humax looks to be better. > > It does not transfer to low-spec view platform, easier to have low spec > server. EG I cannot watch HD with P4-3G + GT6600, only SD.
Default Ubuntu 5.10 install with the mythtv 0.18-1 packages available from repository works alright on my Athlon XP 2800+ with 1.2gb ram and FX5200 video. HD for me is a bit of a problem. I only use SD at the moment so all good. I've been tempted to tweak the install and maybe even compile mythtv manually to try and see if HD can be made stable, as it should work. Although personally its not that important. > > It does NOT work with the borg's toys. > > Several friends use Xp media center to run DVB stuff, all have the occasional > hang, freeze, etc. None has managed a multi-tuner setup. > > I know of no other solution that *works* (other than myth) ie you can *see* > DVB with some tools, but not stuff you'd leave your wife to do! > > Michael Fox has had some success with myth, ask him to summarise ... > Happy to demo if anyone wants to drop past. I dont have it connected to a TV or anything. The backend box with 2 x Twinhan Mini Ter tuners is sitting under my desk and just records stuff as it should. I then either watch from the same box by running mythfrontend or run mythfrontend from mac mini :) The whole setup works alot better with 2 tuners then I imagine a Windows setup would. Besides I love being able to connect from work and browse the tv guide for stuff I might like to tape. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
