[mythtv-users] Getting Started with MythTV
Robert Empfield
oldwizeman85 at hotmail.com
Mon Jul 7 10:25:21 EDT 2003
Hi, Vern. Thanks for your input on my question(s). They made me think
about this project and the problems that I might and will run into.
In one of the replies I recieved, Jarod Wilson gave me this link to a
step-by-step guide he has wirtten:
Step-by-step guide to building a MythTV box under Red Hat Linux 9 with a
Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250
http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-page.php?pageName=rh9pvr250
After skimming through it, it looks helpful. As soon as I get the time, I
plan on reading though it and using it. According to Jarod a newer verison
of the article will be posted soon.
I hope this helps you. Good Luck
Robert
>From: "Robert Empfield" <oldwizeman85 at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
>To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
>Subject: [mythtv-users] Getting Started with MythTV
>Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 22:16:05 -0400
>
>Hi everyone. Just subscribed to this mailing list today and wanted to say
>hi to everyone.
>
>A couple of days ago, I discovered MythTV and everything that it can do. I
>am highly interested in using MythTV but have a view questions before I get
>too involved. I know there are a lot of questions listed and I am sorry
>for this. Being new to this all, I wanted to get my questions out there so
>I can decide whether this is for me or not.
>
>1.) I am a Linux newbie. I am currently learning how to use Red Hat Linux
>9. Is MythTV to complex to install and configure for someone who is new to
>Linux or could I manage with my limited knowledge?
>
>2.) I have an extra computer here that I would like to use for MythTV.
>Here are its specs:
>
>Pentium III 800 MHz Processor
>384 MB DIMM Memory
>4.2 GB Hard Drive (OS is located on this drive)
>30 GB Hard Drive (Used as storage)
>Sound Blaster Live! PCI Sound Card
>64MB TNT AGP Video Card
>10/100 Ethernet Card
>56K Modem
>Red Hat Linux 9
>
>Would this hardware be able to handle to use MythTV? I would like to
>connect this computer to my entertainment center and use it just like a
>TIVO.
>
>3.) In the hardware list above, there was no TV capture card listed. I
>know that a video capture card is needed to run MythTV. I am currently
>looking at the Hauppauge Win PVR 350. I know that this card has a hardware
>encoder. If this system were unable to handle MythTV because of the
>processor speed, would this card help? Is this card capable of working
>with Linux/MythTV.
>
>4.) Is there a distribution of Linux that is recommended for using with
>MythTV? Right now I have Red Hat Linux 9 installed on this computer.
>Since I mainly want to use this computer like a TIVO, do I really need this
>Linux version installed with a GUI? Being that I am a Linux newbie, could
>I get away with a text-based version of Linux?
>
>5.) I know that for some Linux distributions that someone must log in
>because Linux was designed to be a multi-user OS. Is there a way to
>automatically log on, when the computer is booted, and also load MythTV?
>
>6.) Can MythTV be used with a remote control like the one from Streamzap?
>
>Thanks for any help that is given and, again, sorry for the length.
>
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