[mythtv-users] Questions on Myth TV

[Nick Breau]

Thanks for the reply... I don't suppose you would want to reccomend a
hardware combination ? I'm looking for a "low priced setup", not something
that would be state of the art and cost me twice as much... I would
definetly go with the reccomended video card but aside from that no idea
what motherboard to choose...


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph A. Caputo" <jcaputo1 at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Questions on Myth TV


> On Wednesday 12 November 2003 09:16, Nick Breau wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> >
> > I have spent the weekend researching MythTV and have a few
> > questions....
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to setup MythTV as cheaply as possible. If I went with the
> > VIA M1000 micro-ATX will that do the trick in terms of processor
> > power and video/sound requirements for basic PVR functionality ? So
> > with this mobo all I would need to get is a hard drive, RAM, dvd-rom
> > and case/powersupply ?
>
> Well, you need a tuner card.  With that mobo/cpu (btw, the VIA Epia
> boards are mini-ITX, not micro-ATX), you'd probably want at least a
> PVR-250 or equivalent (Hauppauge Freestyle, AverMedia M170).  You could
> use the Epia's on-board MPEG decoder, but reports indicate it's not
> that great... most people have reported great success with the PVR-350
> w/its TV-out.
>
> > Will MythTV be able to change the channels on my digital cable box
> > (rogers digital cable in canada) ? how would I accomplish this ? I'm
> > thinking/guessing it can be done through the serial port on the
> > device or via IR (remote control emulation?)  I think the digital
> > cable box is made by general instruments.
>
> Right; those are your 2 options, assuming the serial port on your cable
> box is enabled.
>
> > Would I run into any problems running Linux RH 9 ?
>
> Shouldn't be a problem.
>
> -JAC
>
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