[mythtv-users] Hardware and other questions

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Wednesday 17 December 2003 01:01, James Orr wrote:
> Thanks for all the advice about a case.
>
> I found an old HP Desktop which has a micro ATX with a 466 Celeron
> processor in it.  It's a pretty crappy board, but with a PVR 350
> handling most of the work it should be OK, shouldn't it?  At least to
> get me started.
>
> So that means my only purchases I need to make to get going are the
> PVR 350 and a hard drive.  Then I can upgrade the remaining
> components as I go.
>
> I would still appreciate an answer to some of my other questions
> though.  I have quoted them below.
>
> On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 10:46, James Orr wrote:
> > I have some questions about MythTV as well:
> >
> > I have a motorola digital cable box (ComCast).  I can't see a model
> > number on it anywhere, but i've googled and seen some people have
> > been able to control motorola boxes with a serial cable and I do
> > have a serial port on the back of the box so I am hopeful.
> >
> > At first I would like to control the box via serial cable, but at
> > somepoint I would possibly add a second capture card (probably
> > without a tuner) and record digital cable shows with that card, and
> > then be able to simultanously record basic cable channels with the
> > 350 tuner.  My question is, does MythTV support different channel
> > lineups for different capture devices, or will it try to capture
> > digital channels with the 350 tuner (which obviously won't work)?

You can assign a different Video Source (aka channel lineup) not only to 
each card, but even to different inputs on the same card.


> > Another question is about conflict resolution.  Let's say I want to
> > watch Alias and The Sopranos (both Sunday at 9 PM).  Now Alias is
> > only on once, but The Sopranos is also on again in 3 hours on HBO
> > Pacific. Will it automatically record Alias first, then the
> > Sopranos later or will I have to spell it out?

I believe the scheduler is smart enough to record Alias & the 2nd 
showing of The Sopranos *if* your listing data is specific enough for 
it to be able to tell that the 2 showings of The Sopranos are indeed 
the same episode.

-JAC