[mythtv-users] Which distro easier? Mandrake10 or Fedora? HavePVR250 & Cmedia audio card

Joseph William Schultz ou812 at comcast.net
Thu Apr 1 18:02:51 EST 2004


Clay,

Have you found anything that has not worked with the pvr-350?

I am about to make the leap and is between the pvr-250 and 350.  But I
would I would like everything to work.

Thank you <><


On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 17:21, Clay Fandre wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Apr 2004, Apollo (Carmel Entertainment) wrote:
> 
> > I just got my PVR250 (980 model) and my C-media CM8738 audio card (with SPDIF
> > out). I also have bt848 card, but I am not sure if I should be messing with two
> > different tunner cards.
> > 
> > So here is my question. Which ditribution is the easiest to install and
> > configure for MythTV? I am a newbie in this compiling thing, so pre-packaged
> > RPMs is the way I want to go. I have tried KnoppMyth before, but ended up with
> > miserable failure.
> > 
> > Should I go with Mandrake 10, 9.2 or with Fedora?
> 
> I just finished building my MythTV box with a PVR350 using Fedora
> Core1 following Jerod's guide. I think it's beneficial to go through
> the steps yourself instead of having it done automatically like
> Knoppmyth. When you run into problems later, you at least will have
> some knowledge of how things are setup and configured.
> 
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php
> 
> My $0.02.
> 
> -- Clay
> 
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