[mythtv] Which Distro?

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Tony Clark(tclark@telia.com)@2002.12.23 20:26:09 +0000:
> Watching tv pushes it up for sure.  I can dual boot RH and Gentoo on this box 
> so I may do some tests but I don't think it will be much different.  I just 
> perfer Gentoo :)
> 
agreed.  what's yer target bitrate & quality settings?  it seems when
I watch live tv thru mythtv it doesn't look as sharp as 'real' live TV
no matter how high I bump up the bitrate & quality settings mpeg4.
Am very interested to use the YUV decoder to see what the best possible
picture I can get looks like when that stuff gets put in.
    Mark

> 
> 
> On Monday 23 December 2002 20.53, mark@zzo.com wrote:
> > Hey Tony,
> >     I'm very interested in any performance differences between a Gentoo
> > compiled specifically for your machine vs. a stock RH8....
> >     tanx,
> >         Mark
> >
> > Tony Clark(tclark@telia.com)@2002.12.22 10:36:50 +0000:
> > > I normaly use Gentoo but for kicks I set up another box with RH8.  It
> > > worked pretty well.  I've just converted the box over to Gentoo though,
> > > as I am interested to see if the optimisation that you get with Gentoo
> > > gives any real advantages.  It should and it maybe a good choice for
> > > those light on processor grunt.
> > >
> > > I think you have to expect some issues with Mythtv as it is still in
> > > heavy development mode.  0.7 is quite stable but still has a few quirks. 
> > > It would be nice to see 0.8 out or maybe even a back port of some of the
> > > bug fixes and make a 0.71.  To maintain the current 0.7 would require
> > > someone with the necessary skill and interest to do it.  The current
> > > developers seem to be pretty busy getting stuff done for the next release
> > > and it wouldn't be fair to asked them to back port patchs.  I would help
> > > but I'm no c++ programer.
> > >
> > > tony
> > >
> > > On Sunday 22 December 2002 09.45, Mike Payson wrote:
> > > > Which distribution is recommended for use with MythTV? I've been using
> > > > Gentoo, but I've run into some (probably minor) issues that are making
> > > > me think that it might be easier to just start over with a different
> > > > distribution. FreeplayTV recommends Slackware, but gives no
> > > > rationalizations for that decision. What's going to be the easiest to
> > > > get up & running with?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Mike
> > >
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