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It seems to do everything, cheaper. On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 1:46 PM, elliott-brennan <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Owen, > > In the end I completely reinstalled Mythbuntu. I > then checked out the Ubuntu Mythbuntu forum (I'd > checked out the Mythbuntu site previously) and was > lucky to get immediate responses to some questions > over a couple of days - working through a few issues. > > The machine is running very well now. > > > > >> I have sound, but not through the telly (I can > >> plug-in headphones to the on-board sound and it > >> works). I'm assuming I can plug in a cable to the > >> on-board output and see if that works by plugging > >> it into the telly's audio input. > > > > How are you plugging it into the telly now? > > If it is a composite cable (yellow) then you will also need to use the > > other two (black and red) for audio. > > This will probably require a '3.5mm Stereo to 2xRCA' cable to get from > > the headphone port to the tv audio in. > > Yes, exactly. I bought a 3.5mm jack to 2 RCA jack > cable and that works fine. > > > > > Look into setting a modeline that conforms to the PAL spec and you should > be ok. > > If that doesn't mean anything to you (yet), then either ask more or it > > at least gives you some keywords to search with. > > Channel 2 is the only channel where the image is > not as good as I'd like. I'll have to check this > out more along the lines you're suggesting. > > > >> 3. The desktop image is slightly drawn to the > >> left. I have an older analogue telly, so there are > >> no 'display' controls as on some LCD telly's and > >> PC monitors. > > I solved this by changing the resolution to > 1024x768 and using the nVidia config settings to > zoom the screen. Works extremely well. > > Regarding cost: > > I was given a BlueRay players/DVD burner by a mate > (brand new but he couldn't get it to work with the > Windows Media Centre he was building. He also gave > me a Hauppauge PVR-150 because in the end he > wanted a low-profile dual tuner. (Nice to have > friends like this). > > I already had a P4 mobo with a 3Ghz chip, 160G HDD > and 500G HDD left over from another upgrade, so > the total cost (new) to me has been: > > a Seasonic S12II 430W PSU > > a Zalman CNPS7700 CPU fan and heat sink > > another Hauppauge PVR-150 tuner > > Plus I bought a Shintaro wireless keyboard with > inbuilt marble mouse control. I didn't like the > idea of having to individually select each letter > when using a remote control when I was naming each > of the recordings I was making. > > For anyone who is interested, I found this site > very useful for information about PSUs and CPU > cooling: > > http://www.silentpcreview.com > > Regards, > > Patrick > > > > > > -- > Registered GNU/Linux User 368634 > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- "None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
