[mythtv-users] MythTV and Asterisk?

[Peter Loron]

Yeah, I'd like to use a solid state box for Asterisk, but I need to have
a PCI slot for my X100P card to interface with POTS.

-Pete

Brian Wood wrote:
> On Jan 23, 2006, at 3:48 PM, Peter Loron wrote:
> 
>> John Biundo wrote:
>>> Dean Collins wrote:
>>>> How do you handle interruptions etc?
>>>>
>>>> I thought asterisk had to be a standalone solution otherwise voice
>>>> quality can vary?
>>>>
>>> Also heard that Asterisk and X don't get along very well.
>>>
>>> I'm running both, but on seperate boxen right now.
>> I've heard some people swear that you must run Astersk without X or
>> anything else running in order to avoid problems. Others have reported
>> that it works fine. I rarely ever use the console of my myth box.
>> Occasionally I'll connect up with VNC. Myth usage is light as would
>> Asterisk usage.
>>
>> Maybe I'll give it a whirl.
> 
> Perhaps a bit OT,  but I play around with Linksys NSLU2 boxes, which  
> are sold as NAS appliances but, since they run Linux, can be made to  
> run most anything. I use one as a Postfix Mailserver and another as  
> an Apache web server.
> 
> I've heard tell that folks are using them as Asterisk servers, but I  
> don't know much more than that. Since they retail for $90 you might  
> be interested. Would sort of make the question of a dedicated box moot.
> 
> Check out:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nslu2-linux/
> 
> These things can run Debian, and there are  more than 5000 registered  
> users on the Yahoo group, and more than 15,000 DLs of the firmware  
> replacements.
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