[mythtv-users] Has the Hauppauge Freestyle been killed?

[Sean]

> On Tuesday, Sep 16, 2003, at 07:46 US/Pacific, <hubez at rogers.com> wrote:
> 
>> First of all, huge compliments to the Myth tv author and team. It is
>> by far the BEST PVR software available. My only irk is that Linux
>> doesn't make the full use of my Audigy2.
> 
> Did you install ALSA? Red Hat's native sound system doesn't do that
> card justice.
> 
>> Now, my issue. Whenever I use the program guide (the TV listings)
>> built into Myth - it is really slow to respond and it eats up my CPU.
>> It chops up video, and really bogs down the system. (This is only when
>> I'm moving around, or scrolling through the channel listings). Is this
>> normal? Or is something wrong?
> 
> Not normal.
> 
>> I just realized it could be the fact that I'm running at 1280x1024 on
>> the desktop - but I'm nowhere near by box, so I can't test it out
>> right now.
> 
> I have don't have a problem like that on a system hooked to a monitor
> running 1600x1200.
> 
>> BTW, to all the newbies (I was one starting Friday), my advice to get
>> everything working (minus LIRC - I'm still working on that), is to
>> follow the official MythTV install guide, and COMPILE EVERYTHING
>> YOURSELF. Don't use pre-compiled binarys (aka - RPMS). The problem
>> with binaries is that most are usually very specific to a certain
>> configuration, and introducing 1 small glitch starts an avalanche
>> later on.
> 
> No they aren't. You must have done something wrong. I've used the rpms
> on quite a few different systems, as have others, without any problems.
> 
>> When I started Friday, I used pre-compiled rpms, and by Sunday night -
>> it wasn't working, and my compiles were failing left and right.
> 
> What were you compiling if you were using rpms? I can install an entire
> RHL9/MythTV system from bare metal in under 3 hours via rpms, without
> ever having to compile a thing... That includes installing all the
> latest errata.
> 
>> I start Monday night, yesterday, with a fresh install of RH9, I had it
>> up and running THAT NIGHT!!!
> 
> Minus lirc... I still think it can be done easier and faster from rpms.
> 
>> Oh, and other advice, use the real standard kernel (and re-compile
>> using it), the pre-compiled kernels from RH always give me stupid
>> little problems here and there when I compile.
> 
Hello. I am currently lurking with the hope of building a MythTV box (my
first HTPC attempt) very soon. I would like to thank everyone for sharing
their knowledge and experience with everyone else as I have already learned
a great deal simply by reading.

I have decided to base my box on the mighty Hauppauge PVR-250 MPEG-2
encoding PCI card. However, instead of getting the full-blown retail card, I
was looking at getting a pair of Freestyles. However, it appears that they
have disappeared from any web source. Does anyone know where we can buy the
card or is there the possibility that I can find them in good shape used?
Thanks.

Sean O