[mythtv-users] CentOS5.1 mythtv 0.21

[Duncan Brown]

George Galt wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Florin Andrei <florin at andrei.myip.org> wrote:
>   
>> Simon and the Threshold wrote:
>>  >
>>  > I'm currently running a 3 DVB-T tuner system on FC6 with 0.20 Mythtv
>>  > using a PS3 as the Frontend over UPNP.
>>  >
>>  > However since Fedora has made that release obsolete and I quite fancy
>>  > some of the 0.21 features (multiple multiplexes etc.) I was wondering if
>>  > anyone had any advice with running MythTV under CentOS5.1.
>>  > I've been using CentOS at work for sometime and love the fact that it
>>  > isn't made obsolete after 12 months and of course its stable and has
>>  > only a need for a few updates.
>>
>>  Enable the ATrpms repo and you should have a good source of MythTV
>>  packages via yum on CentOS 5. The repo started carrying Myth 0.21 pretty
>>  quickly. Their users list is fairly supportive.
>>
>>  I am building a dedicated Myth machine, I will use CentOS 5. I am
>>  already using that distro for other servers, where long term support is
>>  important.
>>  On the laptop, though, I use Ubuntu. I'm happy with this combination.
>>
>>     
You may also need to use the Centos-Plus kernel to get all the DVB 
drivers you need

Other than that you should find the experience very similar to FC6

Dunc