[mythtv-users] What kind of Myth setups do you all have?

[Dave Oxley]

Bobby Gill wrote:
> Just out of curiousity, what kind of setups do our list regulars (or
> anyone!) have? ie., How many backends, frontends, which tuner card(s),
> remote(s), and how is the whole shebang connected and placed
> throughout the house/wherever? What kind of TV (HD, analog, etc.)? Do
> you use Myth for videos/pics/etc.? I'm trying to get ideas for myself
> as we move into a new house in a few months, I'd really appreciate
> feedback.
>
> Myself, currently Myth server box in basement and desktop PC in room
> on upper level as frontend, cable TV, pvr150 w/usb IR remote-- pretty
> simple ;)
>
> Bob
The server under the stairs:
Dual CPU Xeon 3GHz
3GB RAM
3TB RAID-5 (2TB usable should be 2.25TB but haven't figured out how to
increase the size of a partition beyond 2TB yet!)
1 DVB-T (Australia) tuner, soon to be dual
1 DVB-S (Used to do Austar but the encryption changed and CAM no longer
works).

Network:
At least 4 Ethernet points in each room (newly built house)
Ethernet cable 10Gbit capable
1Gbit LAN switched by a single Linksys SGE2000P
Linksys WAP4400N

Frontend 1 (Wired):
Silverstone ML02 case
Intel Core Duo with 1GB RAM
Connected to Panasonic 50" HD Plasma via HDMI

Frontend 2 (Wired):
Silverstone LC11M case
AMD64 with 1GB RAM.
Connected to Sony 32" TV via S-Video

Laptop (Wired and 802.11g - Intel 802.11n doesn't connect to WAP4400N in
n-mode):
Dell XPS M1730 with 4GB RAM

All run Gentoo. Use MythTV for recording TV, DVD's, pictures, music.

Cheers,
Dave.