[mythtv] MythTV PC - Any warnings?

[Jeffrey Cody]

For what its worth, on my Iwill motherboard, it has onboard audio with
the 8738 chipset.  Everything plays well, but currently, under RH8, I
cannot record audio.

I've tried both OSS and ALSA - I'm still trying to get ALSA to work
(right now, it only works with OSS-type ioctl on /dev/dsp, but still no
recording.  I can hear line-in audio just fine, however.)


On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 15:21, Bernard Johnson wrote:
> Speaking of onboard sound... has anyone had any experience with the C-Media
> 8738-PCI-6CH/LX chipset?  It is listed as:
> 5.1 speakers, C3DX positional audio in 6CH speaker mode
> HRTF-3D positional audio, Direct Sound 3D and A3D interface
> 
> It has linux drivers:
> http://www.cmedia.com.tw/edl8738.htm
> 
> 
> I'm trying to be very careful here because the box I'm looking at is a Small
> Form Factor box and only has 2 PCI slots, one of which will contain a
> capture card.  So I don't want to end up with a bunch of hardware onboard
> that is useless and run out of slots.  The box is the Shuttle SS50, which
> can be had for about $200.
> http://us.shuttle.com/specs2.asp?pro_id=77
> 
> For those interested, I've started buying *some* hardware, as I see it work
> the way I want (or hardware I already had).  Here is what I'm planning:
> 
> case/mb:  Shuttle SS50G (or equiv AGP bus version for Matrox card below)
>   (built-in audio, video, network, USB (1.0), Firewire)
> memory:  512MB DDR Ram
> harddrive:  TBD - probably WD 180GB 7200 RPM
> cd/dvd drive:  LG GCC-4320B CDRW/DVD combo drive
> processor:  Intel 2.4GHz processor
> wireless keyboard/pointer:  BTC-5090
> capture:  either Win-TV GO card (model 190) or Matrox Marvel G400-TV -
> trying both
> tvout: either G400-TV out or VGA->NTSC scan convertor - trying both
> 
> 
> I know it's processor overkill, but it's going to be doing a whole lot more
> than MythTV :)
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Isaac Richards" <ijr@po.cwru.edu>
> To: <mythtv-dev@snowman.net>
> Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 12:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv] MythTV PC - Any warnings?
> 
> 
> > On Saturday 07 December 2002 02:22 pm, Jason RIchmond wrote:
> > > Athlon xp-2000
> > > Biostar M7VIP
> > >    AC97 2.2 (6CH) Audio CODEC onboard
> > > 256mb Ram (Do I need 512 for it to run smooth?)
> > > 120gb WD 7200RPM HDD (ata-100)
> > > Geforce4-mx440 w/ tv out (for tv out to big screen)
> > > 10/100 lan card
> > > Hauppauge WinTV-GO
> > >
> > >
> > > MY specific questions are:
> > >   Fast enough processor?
> > >   Will sound work?
> > >   HDD Fast enough?
> > >   Enough ram?
> > >   TV-out from the geforce 4 card going to work well?
> >
> > Should all work great.  The sound _might_ be a problem, but then, it might
> > work perfectly.  Some people have had problems with on-board sound (ie,
> bad
> > drivers), but my onboard sound works wonderfully.
> >
> > Isaac
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