[mythtv-users] Tuner Selection...

[Phil Bridges]

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:31 AM,  <Coin_Graham at genpt.com> wrote:
> Great information, thanks.  As far as the tuner is concerning, I'm reading
> good things about the Haupaugh PVR 250/350.  My end goal is to have
> everything in Divx/HD Divx.  I'm not sure if there is a tuner that can
> encode directly to Divx/HD Divx or if Mythbuntu can handle it.  I've only
> got about 300Gb of hard drive space.
>
> This box has dual Xeon 1Gb processors, so I'd like to do all encoding on
> the card if possible.
>
> --  Coin
>
> mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org wrote on 05/22/2008 05:55:32 PM:
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>> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 5:44 PM, <Coin_Graham at genpt.com> wrote:
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>> Hello all.  My company saw fit to bequeath me with a server they
>> wanted to throw away and I've decided to attempt to turn it into a
>> Myth TV back-end (front-end TBD).  I wanted to start by asking if
>> anyone had an opinion on Mythbuntu with a focus on ease of use(i'm
>> familiar with ubuntu)?
>>
>> Glad to see that there's an active community available to help in
>> what appears (hopefully superficially) to be a daunting task.
>>
>> --  Coin
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>> What are you planning on using for a tuner? I used to use Fedora
>> with Wilson's HOWTO, then Mythdora because it was easier, but when I
>> tried using my Set Top Box with firewire I had so many problems that
>> I switched to Mythbuntu. I'm currently running a Mythbuntu 7.10
>> backend upgraded to Myth .21 with several Mythbuntu 8.04 Front Ends
>> and I doubt I'll ever go back to Mythdora, but I wouldn't
>> necessarily put down Mythdora, especially since I haven't used it
>> since version 4. If you're already familiar with Ubuntu, Mythbuntu
>> might be the way to go.
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Please don't top-post.

I'm pretty sure you aren't going to find a DIVX-recording card.  Your
best bet will be to get a PVR150/500 and transcode after the program
is recorded.