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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I got MythTV working on my FC2 server which was
also shared by KnoppMyth. I use FC2 for my daily use like mail server, ftp
server(transferring files from/to office), web server(sharing my pics with my
family+friends), s/w development and lastly samba server for playing music,
videos etc on another machine.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>KnoppMyth was working fine, but I had problem with
it's kernel giving DMA errors at random with my hard disk, thus causing crashes.
Also I had to switch between FC2 and KnoppMyth for recording etc.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today I bit the bullet and started the task of
installing under FC2. Now I have running system which has following
problems:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) MythTV live player / Video
Player does not run. It complains about no usable video output method. I can
live with that as I do not have speaker on my FC2 machine, and always watch my
videos from another machine running Windows XP.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) The ivtv driver causes crash
if mythtv user tries to use /dev/video0 before the user root has done it once.
So i have put a dd command in /etc/rc.local to create a small mpeg file in /tmp
folder. Then everything proceeds fine.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Other than the above two, I love my setup. I
installed and compiled ivtv (ck114b) and mythTV 0.16 myself.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any tips for enhancements are welcome.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>VJ</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>