[mythtv-users] Over mythTV stability/success

[Matt Snow]

I went to Tahoe for the week and left my KnoppMyth box running to record
4 shows.
Came home on Friday, the box was still running, recorded all of my
shows, and I had no problem watching the recordings.

Here are the 'problems' I have with my myth box:
1) I can't watch DVDs out of the box(help please!).
2) TV out(built on S3) to my Sony Trinitron TV does not fill the entire
   screen, it leaves a lot of unused space compared to normal TV.
3) I have noticed that sometimes while watching a recording, and recording
   at the same time results in the recording missing a lot of the show.
4) Recording from MTV has very loud music audio. I guess this is a known
   issue with MTV broadcasting.

This is my hardware/OS setup:
Shuttle SK41G
AthlonXP 1700+
256MB PC2700 DDR
30GB Hitachi(IBM) 2MB Cache 7200RPM
Hauppauge PVR-250
KnoppMyth R4(with 0.14 packages).

I hope this helps with your decision.

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Matt Snow
 (@) drama at slakin.net
 (w) http://slakin.net.

"We do not tell others the things we fear admitting to ourselves."
        -w0rd

On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Nowhere wrote:

> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>
> Hey Everyone,
>
> I realize that this group's focus is mostly on helping each other
> overcome difficulties. I was just wondering before I embark on my mythTV
> journey, what sort of success rate do users in general have installing
> mythTV without problems?
>
> I'm assuming that using virtually identical hard to that listed in
> Jarod's guide should result in a mythbox setup with little / no
> difficulties.
>
> Anyone keeping an eye on successful install rate?
>
> Also, those who have installed and have been running, how long has your
> system been running flawlessly (for example no missed recordings etc.)?
>
> Just curious :)
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>