[mythtv-users] Server/adding new card dilemma, HD/hardware questions

[Mike Perkins]

Bobby Gill wrote:
> 
> Now let me pose an example so I'm clear on what I'd have to do and whether
> it'd be worth it. If I have my Myth server box in the basement and I have my
> desktop PC frontend in a room upstairs (as I do currently, not sure how it
> will be in the new house), then would the Rogers box sit in the basement
> plugged into the Myth box and bada boom bada bing that's it? The mention of
> the IR blaster needed also adds confusion for me as it sounds like I'd need
> to have a remote right at the server or am I misunderstanding??
For SD, just plug your Rogers box into the server's PVR150. For HD, you will 
need to plug the (HD capable) Rogers box into an HD1212, and plug that into your 
server.

As far as IR is concerned, you plug your IR receiver into your local front end, 
of course. Otherwise those of us with more than one front end would find it a 
bit tricky. You don't have to use the one on the HD1212, others are available.

> 
> Also I don't think my Myth box mobo has any firewire input, the mobo is many
> years old and I have moved it around case to case oodles of times, never
> seen a firewire input IIRC (but will check when I get home tonight). If it
> doesn't, then that's probably the reason to go with a new mobo/cpu/ram
> purchase.
> 
Your Firewire may exist as a header on the motherboard. It should be possible to 
find, or to make up yourself, a connector to bring that out the back. That being 
said, if the m/b is old enough, the Firewire chipset might not be well 
implemented or supported, so maybe an upgrade is indicated.

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Mike Perkins